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1st conjugation verbs (-are)
servo, servare, servavi, servatum
(4 principal parts)
servo: "I save" (present, 1st person sing.)
servare: "to save" (infinitive)
servavi: "I saved/ I have saved" (perfect, 1st person sing.)
servatum: "saved/ having been saved" (perfect passive participle)
servo
servas
servat
servamus
servatis
servant
I save y
you save
he/she/it saves
we save
you [all] save
they save
to save -- servo, servare, servavi, servatum
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1st conjugation: imperative (present)
serva me= [You,Bob], save me!
servate me= [you all, soldiers], save me!
Lord, save me! Domine, salva me!
salva< salvo, salvare, salvavi, salvatum
saepe-often
2nd conjugation imperative:
-eo, -ere, -ui/-ivi, -itum
ex. terreo, terrere, terrui, territum
terre!
terrete!
2nd p. sing imperative: -a / -e
2nd. p. pl. imp rative: -ate / -ete
beware= caveo, cavere
beware of dog= cave canem! [cavete canem]
[O God], call me= voca me!
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voca me cum benedictis (from the movement "Confutatis, maledictis...)
"call me with the blessed"
Ch 1 vocabulary list
me
Latin vowels:
a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)
a - "ah!"
e- "ay/ eh?"
i- "eee" (if long) ; "ih" (i.e. as in "bit")
long i: servavi ("servaveeee")
short i: nihil ("nih-kill')
soccer
o- "oh"
u- "oooh!"
majorem= mayorem
maiorem
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me- me
quid-- (interrogative pronoun) what?
nihil-- nothing
("nickel" or nih-kill)
non- not/ no
("Et dixit non"- and he said 'no')
saepe- often
("say-pay")
ae: a group of vowels= diphthong
ae= "ay"
oe= "ay"
ex. coelum (heaven/sky)
si- if
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amo, amare, amavi, amatum-- to love
noun form: amor= love
cogito, cogitare, cogitavi, cogitatum-- to think
cognates: cognition, cognitive... etc.
"Cogitationes cordis ejus... the thoughts of His heart..."
debeo, debere, debui, debitum-- to owe; must/ have to...
-eo, -ere
do, dare, dedi, datum-- to give
erro, errare, erravi, erratum-- to err, to go astray, to wander...
laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum- to praise
moneo, monere, monui, monitum- to warn; advise
salveo, salvere-- to be well, be in good health
("defective verbs")
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servo, servare, servavi, servatum-- to save, preserve
con-servo, conservare. etc...
"a stronger form of 'servo')
con= intensifying prefix
audi me! hear me
exaudi me! [really] hear me! or "hear me!!!"
con/ ex: intensify the verb in question
terreo, terrere, terrui, territum- to terrify, frighten
valeo, valere, valui, valitum- to be well, be strong
"Si vales, bene est." If you are well, it is well.
"with a silver spoon in his mouth"- this is an example of an "idiom" "idiomatic phrase"
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amabo te-- "please" (
conserva me, amabo te.
amabo= I will love
te-- you
"would you be a dear and pass me the butter?"
"would you be a lamb and pass me the...."
valeo- to be strong, well, healthy
as imperative: vale! "farewell"/"goodbye" "take care"
hello= salve (salveo, salvere)
/greetings "literally, "be well!"
video, videre, vidi, visum-- to see (cognate: a video)
voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum-- to call (cognate: vocation)
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labor me vocat
subject? labor ("it")
verb? vocat-- 3rd person singular, present (1st conj. verb)
me- me.
labor= work, labor, toil
"Me vocat." ? "He calls me" / she calls me/ it calls me
you call me= me vocas.
I call myself= me voco.
2. mone me, amabo te, si erro.
"advise me, please, if I err." "warn me...
3. Festina lente.
Make haste slowly. festina: tense? present; mood? imperative
4. laudas me; culpant me.
laudas-- 2nd person sing. present indicative
culpant-- 3rd person plural [they] present indicative
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chapter 2:
nouns.
First declension noun.
nouns, like verbs, are classified in different groups.
nouns: 5 general groups called "declension"
verbs: 4 general groups called "conjugations"
verbs have "conjugations", nouns have "declensions."
1st declension: the "-a" declension
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girl: puella, -ae f.
I see the girl: girl=puellam
The girl goes to school. girl=puella
different forms of the noun are called "cases"
Nom. = nominative: used for the subject
The girl sees the book. :
girl: subject, so in Latin, nominative case
-a, puella
The boy sees the girl.
girl: direct object, so in Latin, accusative case: -am
puellam
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For Wed.:
--read and think about pp. 9-13
--translate all the sentences in chapter 1 (1-20)
--practice conjugating the verbs on the ch. 1 vocab list
--translate "story" "The poet Horace contemplates..."
ex verb. valeo
valeo
vales
valet
etc.
Until Wednesday, Valete!