Leigh syntax examples Ch 5-7

tu cum exercitu pugnabis; ego librum scribam

you will fight with the army; I shall write my book

cum amico

with a friend

mecum

with me

nobiscum

with us

sororem tuam vidi

I saw your sister

sororem vidi

i saw my sister

is ea id

that (subject transition)

haec navis ad Italiam navigabit

This ship will sail to Italy

illa dixit

he said those things

amicum vidi. ille ad forum festinabat

I saw my friend. He was rushing to the forum

eum vidi

I saw him

librum habeo. eum legi

I have a book. I have read it

legio appropinquat. eam video

The legion is approaching. I see it

templum novum aedificavimus. id amamus

We have built a new temple. We like it

se vidit

he saw himself

secum loquebatur

he was talking with himself

suo gladio se occidit

he killed himself with his own sword

patrem suum vidit

he saw his own father

patrem eius vidit

he saw his (someone else's) father

longus

long

longior

longer

longissimus

longest / very long

nauta fortior erat quam miles

The sailor was braver than the soldier

nauta milite fortior erat

The sailor was braver than the soldier

The Romans have more ships than the enemy

Romani plures naves habent quam hostes

plus pecuniae mittam

i shall send more money

plures libros non emam

i shall not buy more books

laete

happily

fortiter

bravely

celerius

more quickly

celerrime

very quickly

plurimum

very much

qua celerrime

as quickly as possible

multo melior

better by much

diutius

for a longer time/longer

diutissime

for a very long time

saepius

more often

saepissime

very often

senex, sub arbore sedens, librum legebat

While sitting under the tree, the old man was reading a book

haec navis ad insulam navigatura est

This ship is going to sail to the island

ab hostibus capti, Romani interfecti sunt

When they had been captured by the enemy, the Romans were killed. [Done as a single clause]

amicum visum salutavit

When he saw his friend, he greeted him. [Done as a single clause]

hostes per silvam secuti, mox castra eorum vidimus

We followed the enemy through the forest. We soon saw their camp. [Done as a single clause]

dux, ad urbem regressus, statim ad forum ivit

The general returned to the city and immediately went to the forum. [Done as a single clause]

puer pecuniam in via inventam patri tradidit

The boy found the money in the street and handed it over to his father. [Done as a single clause]

epistola lecta, domum redii

When I had read the letter, I returned. [Done as a single clause]

While the guards were sleeping, the prisoners escaped. [Done as a single clause]

custodibus dormientibus, captivi effugerunt

Caesare et Bibulo consulibus

In the consulship of Caesar and Bibulus