ecce romani I - chapter 2

all in (singular/plural) format

amica/amicae (n.)

friend/friends

defessa/defessae (n.)

tired

strenua/strenuae (n.)

active, energetic

hodie (adv.)

today

lente (adv.)

slowly

non (adv.)

not

non iam (adv.)

no longer

quoque (adv.)

also

saepe (adv.)

often

tandem (adv.)

at last, at length

sed (conj.)

but

ambulat/ambulant (v.)

(he/she) walks, (they) walk

currit/currunt (v.)

(he/she) runs, (they) run

est/sunt (v.)

(he/she/it) is, (they) are

ad villam rusticam

to/toward the country house and farm

brevi tempore

in a short time, soon

eius

her

ex agris

from/out of the fields

in agris

in the fields

quid faciunt…?

what are…doing?

if the subject of a latin sentence is singular, the verb must be \____.

singular

if the subject of a latin sentence is plural, the verb must be \____.

plural

linking verbs

do not express action. connects subject with more information about the subject. acts like an equal sign

complement

provides extra information about the subject introduced by the linking verb. completes the sentence.

what can a complement be?

another noun, adjective, and a noun + adjective

cornelia non est puella strenua

subject \= cornelia, complement \= puella strenua

unexpressed subject

hidden in verb ending