Your homework for Monday, Feb. 3, is to translate the first 9 lines of "From the Inn to Rome" in chapter 22. IF YOU GET STUCK - figure out the case of EACH NOUN, then think about how it is being used in the sentence (subject, direct object, indirect object, possession, part of a prepositional phrase, etc.).

Your homework tonight is the Verb Conjugation Quiz on quia.com OR the handout on verb conjugations. For the handout, click here. For the quiz, click here.

There will be a vocabulary and verb quiz on Thursday, 1/30. Click here for a handout explaining exactly what will be on the quiz.

We went over several important concepts in class today that we will be revisiting. 

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS:

This, this one (singular)

                      masc.              fem.           neuter

nom.               hic                  haec          hoc
acc.                hunc                hanc          hoc


That, that one (singular)

                     masc.              fem.            neuter

nom.            ille                   illa              illud
acc.              illum               illam           illud


DOMUM:

This comes from a 4th declension noun: domus, domūs, f., townhouse. Just like Rōmam, which does not use a preposition when we say, "To Rome", domum does not use a preposition when we say, "going home".

COMPOUND VERBS:

The verbs at the bottom of page 183 are all compound verbs, that is, they are formed by adding a preposition to a common verb.

obsideō is from ob (because of, against) + sedeō, to sit.
cōnstituō is from con (with) + stō, stāre, to stand
trānseō is from trans (across) + eō, īre, to go
iniciō is from in (into) + iaciō, iacere, to throw
remittō is from re (back or again) + mittō, to send

Compound verbs will be addressed again soon!

We worked on a translation of "Mucius Gives a Lesson in Roman Virtue" (pp. 182-183) - we got up to line 17. We will continue translating on Thursday. We also practiced conjugating verbs in the present, imperfect and perfect tenses.

Preparation for the final exam:

The exam focuses on chapters 18-21.
You should know the VOCABULARY well - quia.com has the vocabulary by chapter.
You should know the principal parts of verbs from:
a) Unit Three
b) Chapter 21 (ALL the verbs from all the stories)

You should be able to decline nouns and adjectives from the first 3 declensions.
You should be able to conjugate verbs, including irregular verbs, in the present, imperfect and perfect tenses. I will give you the principal parts when I ask you to conjugate.

I am out sick today but will be in school tomorrow!

Today in class you were asked to:
  finish translating "Sextus Can't Sleep" (if you hadn't finished yet)
  complete a worksheet on the perfect tense (2 sides)
  conjugate, in the present, imperfect and perfect tenses: 

adiuvō, adiuvāre, adiūvī, adiūtus, to help
timeō, timēre, timuī, to fear
volō, velle, voluī, to want

For students who are taking the National Latin Exam:

I've given you some more practice with the 4th principal parts of verbs, below. Click here for an explanation of how these are often used in Latin. Click here for the translations of the sentences.

Translate these exercises:

More exercises with the 4th principal part (the perfect passive participle):

Cornēlia, ā mātre vocāta, in cubiculum intrāvit.

Cornēlia Sextum, arborem ascendere parātum, cōnspēxit.

Lupus, ā Mārcō verberātus, fūrtim ad rīvum ambulat.

Aurēlia, ā servīs adiūta, nōn iam clāmābat.

5. Epistula, ā Cornēliō missa, omnia explicāvit.

IMPORTANT DATE: All semester I work must be turned in by January 21, 2014.

The homework for Monday is to do as much of the translation of "Sextus can't Sleep" (chapter 21) as possible. If you would like to work from a typed text, click here.

Happy New Year!

Your homework for Tuesday, 1/7, is to translate the story "Murder!" to the bottom of page 173. We'll be working on the second part on Tuesday in class.

Please begin memorizing the principal parts of verbs on pages 173 & 174. There will be a verb quiz on Thursday!