Chapter 27
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There are ________
types of verbs
depending on whether or not the verb can
direct
object
take a ____________
____________.
A _____________
transitive
verb is a verb which
direct
object
takes a ____________
____________.
It is indicated in the dictionary by the
abbreviation _______.
v.t.
The old couple welcomed the strangers.
v.t.
dir. obj.
intransitive
An ________________
verb is a verb
direct
that does not take a ____________
____________.
It is indicated in the
object
dictionary by the abbreviation ______.
v.i.
The trees still stand on either side of the entrance.
v.i.
no direct object here - followed
by a prepositional phrase
Special verbs that take the dative case.
noceo,nocēre,nocui, nociturus = to do harm (to)
confido,confidere = to give trust (to), trust
faveo,favēre,favi,fauturus = to give favor (to)
Fratri Tito non confido.
I do not give trust to my brother Titus.
I don’t trust my brother Titus.
Si mihi nocetis, pater meus certe vos puniet.
If you do harm to me, my father will
certainly punish you.
Ego russatis favebo.
I will give favor to the reds.
Pronouns
Personal
Princeps me vidēre vult.
The emperor wants to see me.
Eis donum dedisti.
You gave a present to them.
Tecum ibit.
He will go with you.
1st
2nd
singular
3rd
m
f
n
id -
nom:
ego -
tu -
is -
ea -
gen:
mei -
tui -
eius -
eius -
eius -
dat:
mihi -
tibi -
ei -
ei -
ei -
acc:
me -
te -
eum -
eam -
id -
abl:
me -
te -
eo -
ea -
eo –
plural
m
f
n
nom:
nos -
vos -
ei -
eae -
ea –
gen:
nostri/
vestri/
eorum -
earum -
eorum –
nostrum -
vestrum –
dat:
nobis -
vobis -
eis -
eis -
eis –
acc:
nos -
vos -
eos -
eas -
ea –
abl:
nobis -
vobis -
eis -
eis -
eis –
Reflexive Pronouns
Me in piscinā vidi.
I saw myself in the fishpond.
Ubi cecidistis, vobis nocuistis.
When you fell, you hurt yourselves.
Marcus se in piscinā conspexit.
Marcus caught sight of himself in the
pond.
1. A pronoun is reflexive when it refers to the
subject of the sentence.
2. There is no nominative for reflexive pronouns.
1st
2nd
3rd
nom:
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gen:
mei -
tui -
sui –
dat:
mihi -
tibi -
sibi –
acc:
me -
te -
se –
abl:
me -
te -
se –
nom:
---
---
---
gen:
nostri -
vestri -
sui –
dat:
nobis -
vobis -
sibi –
acc:
nos -
vos -
se –
abl:
nobis -
vobis -
se –
Adjectives: Possessive
Librum suum legit.
He is reading his book.
(his own)
Librum meum lego.
I am reading my book.
(my own)
The possessive adjectives are 1st-2nd
declension adjectives:
singular
plural
meus, mea, meum –
noster, nostra, nostrum –
tuus, tua, tuum –
vester, vestra, vestrum –
suus, sua, suum –
suus, sua, suum -
1. eius - his, referring to someone else - suus, his own
2. possessive adjectives agree in gender with the noun they are
describing, not the noun they are possessing.
Activity 1 – Write the correct form and translate the sentence.
1.
Necesse erat ______________ prope curriculum
sedēre.
(eius, nobis)
2.
Eucleides ______________ demonstrabat
circum et aurigas.
(ego, me, mihi)
3.
Sexte, Cornelia prope ______________ sedēre
non vult.
( tu, tibi, te)
4.
Sextus saepe ______________ vexat.
(ei, eam, eius)
5.
Cornelius clamabat et servi vocem ___________
audiverunt.
(eius, eum, eorum)
6.
Aurelia ______________ in aqua conspexit.
(sibi, se, sui)
7.
“Ego ______________ in aqua conspexi,” inquit
Aurelia. (se, me, sibi)
8.
Nocuistine ______________, ubi cecidisti?
(te, tibi, sibi)
9.
Ego ______________ non nocui.
me)
(mihi, sibi,
10.
Ad ludos circenses cum amicis ______________
ibitis. (vestri, vestris, vestros)
11.
In somnio ______________ apparuerunt
praedones scelesti. (meis, mei, meo)
12.
In villā ______________ sunt multi servi.
(nostri, nostra, noster)
Activity 2 – Fill in the blanks with Latin words to match the English
cues.
1. “__________ liber _____________ est,”
inquit Cornelia. (This) (mine)
2. “Da ________ ___________,” inquit Flavia.
(it) (to me)
3. Nunc Marcus libros __________ legere vult.
(her)
4. Marcus libros _______ legere volebat.
(his own)
5. “Estne hic ________ liber, Cornelia?” (your)
6. “Liber ________ est.” (his)
7.
Aurigae in curriculo _______ nocuerunt.
(themselves)
8. “_______ nocuisti?” (Yourself)
9. “ ________ nocēre nolo.” (Myself)
10.
_________ nocere nolunt. (Themselves)
11. “Hoc _________, non amicis, fecistis.”
(for yourselves)
12. “Pater _______, pueri, in villam venire iussit.”
(you)
13. “Necesse est ______ pueros ad Circum
ducere.” (for us)
14. “Nolite nocere libris _______, pueri.” (your)
15. “Libros _______ curabimus, pater.” (our)
16. “_____ non confido, Geta.” (you)
17. Multi Romani servis ______ non confidunt.
(their own)
18. “Confidisne servis __________, Corneli?”
(your)
19. “__________ confido.” (them)
20. Cornelius est senator praeclarus, Sextus
clientes _________ domum intrantes vidit.
(his)