Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Latin II New Vocabulary & Irregular Verbs

Happy New Year!

Latin II students have been learning about noun declensions for the latter part of last semester. Now we are back to verbs, but this time irregular verbs. These are verbs which do not follow the standard verb endings we have been learning (-o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt) although we have noted that there are some hints of the verb endings. Most importantly they need to be memorized. Like regular verbs which carry the root of the verb throughout, irregular verbs do not.

TO BE
sum           I am
es              you are
est             he, she, it is

summus    we are
estis          you are (plural)
sunt          they are

TO GO
eo             I go
is              you go
it              he, she, it goes

imus        we go
itis           you go (plural)
eunt         they go

VOCABULARY
Following is the vocabulary list for the third quarter. Some of the words are familiar, others are new. We will have a vocabulary quiz closer to the end of the quarter as well as a review of noun declensions.

NOUNS
ager  field, farm
filia  daughter
filius  son
populus  nation, the people
puer   boy
vir    man, hero
hodie   today
superbia  pride
dona  gift
verbum  word

ADJECTIVES
avarus  greedy
perita  skilled
superba  proud
irata   angry, irate
periculosa  dangerous
stulta  foolish
beatus  happy, fortunate

OTHER WORDS
bene  well
certe  certainly
dum   while
quid   what
quod   because
quoque   also
saepe   often
me   me, myself
mea    my
mihi   to me
te   you
tibi    to you, you
iterum   again