Vocab - Tricky Pairs
animus vs. annus
What is spirit/mind/soul vs. year?
tamen
What is 'however'?
-issim- on an adjective makes this
What is the superlative degree?
They look after the slaves
servos curant
The key letters for recognizing imperfect tense
What is 'ba'?
domus vs. donum
What is house vs. gift?
igitur
The -iter suffix on an adjective makes this
Adverb (3rd declension adj only)
The master was shouting
dominus clamabat
The 3rd principle part of the verb is used to make these two tenses.
What are perfect and pluperfect?
liberi vs. libertus
What is children vs. freedman?
deinde
What is 'then'?
melior is the irregular comparative form of this adjective
What is 'bonus/good'?
The slave girl was preparing a good dinner
ancilla bonam cenam parabat
The key letter (usually) for recognizing when things are passive voice
What is 'r/ur'?
quam vs. quamquam
What is how/than/which vs. although/however
iam
What is 'now/already'?
signpost 't' word (eg. tam) + ut makes this kind of subjunctive.
What is a result clause?
The women praised the kind girl
feminae puellam benignam laudaverunt/laudabant
The tenses of the irregular verb 'posse': poteram vs. potueram
What are imperfect vs. pluperfect?
reddo vs. redeo
What is give back vs. go back/return?
ei (when not plural)
What is 'to/for him/her/it'?
In an indirect statement these two parts of the sentence change their form from normal.
What are the subject and the verb?
The terrified messengers are hurrying through the streets
nuntii perterriti per vias festinant
What is bo/bi/bu AND e_?