Unit 1A Text and Vocab Flashcards
Aurarus
Greedy (adj)
Tip: looks like ‘avarice’
Filia
Daughter (n.)
Tip: sounds like ‘filial’
Dramatis
Of the play
Genitive noun
Ego
I
Tip: ego is all about the self
Tip: sounds like Eggo
Sum
I am
1st person singular
Es
You are (singular)
Est
He/she/it is (3rd person sing)
Sumus
We are (1st person plural)
Tip: sum-us = us = we
Estis
You (pl.) are
Sunt
They are / there are
3rd person pl.
Es?
Are you? (Singular)
Estis?
Are you? (Plural)
Et
And
Also
Too
Even
Familia
Household
Tip: not family! False friend!
Habito
I live
Tip: sounds like inhabit/habitat
Habitat
He she or it lives (3rd p. Sing)
Habitant
They live (3rd p. Pl.)
Omnes
All (pl.)
Tip: like omni
Pater
Father
Paterfamilias
Head of the family (n.)
Personae
Characters, literally masks
Plural
Qui
Who (plural)
Quis
Who (singular)
Senex
Old man
Tip: like senile
Serua
Slave woman (n.)
Tip: like servant
Seruae
Of the slave woman (genitive)
Nomen
Name
Tu
You (singular, nominative and vocative)
Quis es tu?
Who are you (sing.)?
Note: s on quis
Qui estis?
Who are you (plural)?
Note: drop s on quis for plural
Aedibus
House
Tip: like aedifico (I build) which sounds like edifice
Ante
Before (preposition)
Ianuam
Door (accusative)
Tip: like January, Janus - god of doorways
Clamo
I shout (1st sing)
Tip: like clamour
Clamat
He/she/it shouts / is shouting
(3rd sing)
Tip: like clamour
Coquus
Cook (noun, nominative)
Cur
Why
Auus
Grandfather
Heus
Hey!
In scaenam
On stage
Tip: like scene
Intrat
He/she/it enters (3rd sing)
Me
Me (accusative)
Note: accusative is for objects
Quid
What
Quod
Because
Seruae
Of the slave woman (female, genitive)
Seruam
The slave woman (accusative)
I.e. the object
Seruus
Slave (male, nominative, singular)
Serui
Of the slave (male, genitive)
Stat
He she or it stands / is standing
(3rd sing.)
Tip: like stationary
Te
You (singular, accusative)
I.e. you as the object
Tibicina
Pipe girl
Tip: as in “plays the tibia”
Uoco
I call (1st singular)
Tip: uoco = vocalise
Uocat
He she or it calls / is calling
Tip: uoco = vocalise
Uocas
You (singular) are calling / call
ad
to (preposition)
tuae
of your (genitive)
nuptias
marriage-rites (accusative)
aedes
house (noun., nom.)
aperis
you (sing.) open / are opening
Tip: like aperture
aperit
He/she/it opens / is opening
Tip: like aperture
approprinquat
He/she/it approaches
at
but
aula
pot (noun, Nominative - i.e. subject)
aulam
pot (noun, accusative - i.e. object)
auri plena
full of gold (nom.)
plena = like plenty auri = genitive, of gold
autem
however
clamatis
You (pl.) are shouting / shout
Tip: like clamour
clausa
closed, shut (nom.)
cognoui
I know (1st person sing)
Tip: like cognitive
coqui
Cooks (noun., plural)
coquum
cook (noun, accusative - object)
coquorum
of the cooks (genitive)