Chapter 8
What is a verb?
a word that expresses an
action, state or condition
What does a verb
tell?
what a subject is or
does
How many persons do
verbs have?
three
How does English
indicate the person of
a verb?
use of a
personal
pronoun
person
1st:
the person speaking
singular plural
I
2nd: the person spoken to
you
3rd: the person/thing
he,she,
it
spoken about
we
you all
they
Latin singular
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
English singular
Latin plural
English plural
-o (-m)
I
-mus
we
-s
you
-tis
you all
-nt
they
-t
he, she, it
Mickey Mouse Song
You find the stem of the verb by
dropping off the _________
from the
-re
2nd
principal part
________
__________________
also
known as the ___________________.
infinitive
Activity 1 - conjugate
amo, amāre - stem __________________
Latin -singular
English - singular
Latin - plural
English - plural
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
habito, habitāre - stem ________________________
laboro, laborāre - stem ________________________
irregular verb to be
Latin -singular
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
English - singular
Latin - plural
English - plural
-o, -m = I
ego
-s = you
tu
-mus = we
nos
-tis = you all
vos
Activity 2 - Supply one of the pronouns to serve as the
subject of each of the following verbs.
ego
tu
nos
vos
1. _______ excitamus
6. _______ curatis
2. _______ paras
7. _______ vides
3. _______ sedeo
8. _______ intramus
4. _______ timetis
9. _______ advenio
5. _______ sum
10. _______es
Activity 3 - Translate the following sentences.
1.
Cur e villā in silvam saepe ambulatis,
puellae?
2.
Pueri quoque in eadem silvā ambulant.
3.
Irata sum quod servos sedentes (sitting)
conspicio.
4.
Arbores ascendimus quod lupi *nos (us)
terrent.
5.
(*nos - if in the middle of sentence is us)
"Sexte! Marce!" clamat Cornelia. "Cur non
surgitis?"
6.
"Eheu!" inquit Davus. "Semper ego laboro;
semper pueri me vexant; ad Britanniam
redīre volo."
7.
Omnia paramus quod Romam hodie redimus.
8.
Servi in villā sedent; neque Aureliam
audiunt neque respondent, nam defessi
sunt.
9.
Nondum lucet et Marcus surgere non vult.
10.
Necesse non est iterum clamāre.
What is meant by
direct address?
directly speaking to a
person or persons
What is the name for
the case used for direct
address?
vocative
vocative
The ___________
case is just like the ____________
nominative
2nd declension nouns such as
case except for ______
Marcus
Sextus
servus
____________,____________,
or ____________.
-us
-e
They change their ________
ending to an ________.
Cornelius
-us
Nouns like ______________
will drop the ________
-i
vocative
and end in _______
in the ______________
case.
"Sexte!
Marce!" clamat Cornelia.
"Corneli!" clamat Aurelia.
Activity 4 - Give the Latin in the vocative case for the underlined
words.
1.
"Marcus, Cornelia, come here!"
_____________
2.
"Come here, boys!"
_____________
3.
"Come here, my son!"
_____________
_____________