Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Latin I: Homework for Friday is exercise 12d. Note that in sentence #2, the verb STANT = THEY STAND.

Next week we have a different schedule at Grant. I won't see you until Wed., which is following a FRIDAY schedule. We will have a chapter test that Wed. (April 24). Click here to see the review materials we are working on in class.

Latin II: Homework for Friday is exercise 28d. You do need to follow all the steps: 1) translate the sentence; 2) find the relative pronoun; 3) give the GENDER, NUMBER (singular/plural) and CASE for each relative pronoun.

In these sentences, the relative pronoun is not separated by commas because it does not "interrupt" the main clause. That means you are able to read each clause in its entirety, before going on to the next one.

Here is #1 done for you:

Sextus is an active boy (main clause) who often runs in the fields and in the garden (relative clause). Qui is the relative pronoun. It is masculine singular (because it replaces Sextus) and it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of currit.

Note that I was able to translate the entire main clause before even seeing the relative clause.

By the way, each of these sentences has appeared in a story in Ecce Romani.