Vocabulary 1
What does "puella" mean?
girl
what is a noun?
a person, place, or thing
what does "villa" mean
country house
puella est laeta
the girl is happy
who spoke Latin?
Ancient Romans
what does "scribit" mean?
he/she writes
which of these is NOT a noun: puella, villa, legit
legit
etiam, quoque
the girl lives in the country house
what percentage of English words come from Latin?
60%
what does "aestate" mean
in the summer
What is an adjective?
a word that describes a noun
what does "sed" mean?
but
the girls are friends
puellae sunt amicae
In what year did the Normans invade England, mixing French with English?
1066
How do you say "slowly"?
lente
Make "puella est defessa" plural
puellae sunt defessae
what does "strenua" mean?
active, energetic
puella strenua in agris currit
the active girl runs in the fields
what part of speech does Latin not have that you must add when translating?
articles (the, a, an)
how do you say "at last"?
tandem
make "puella laeta habitat" plural
puellae laetae habitant
what does "non iam" mean?
no longer
the tired girl no longer writes but sits under the tree
the tired girls sit under the tree
Why are Romance languages called Romance languages?
Because they come from Latin, which was used by the Ancient Romans