lesson i: translating
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Lesson I: Translating. Aug. 29, 2012. Part 1: Vocab review Part 2: Sight translation. aqua, . aquae. (feminine). : water. īnsula. , īnsulae. (feminine). : island. silva , . silvae. (feminine). : forest, woods. via,. viae. (feminine). road, way, street. est. : is. sunt. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Lesson I: Translating
Aug. 29, 2012
PART 1: VOCAB REVIEWPART 2: SIGHT TRANSLATION
aqua, : wateraquae (feminine)
īnsula : island, īnsulae (feminine)
silvae : forest, woods(feminine)silva,
via,road, way, street
viae (feminine)
est : is
sunt : are
nōn : not
et : and
sed : but
Let’s try quick-translating!(answers on next slide)
• Roma est in Italia. • Italia est in Europa. • Britannia est insula. • Italia non est insula. • Italia paene (almost) est insula.• Italia “paeninsula” est.
Answers
• Rome is in Italy.• Italy is in Europe.• Britain is an island.• Italy is not an island.• Italy is almost an island.• Italy is a “peninsula.”
How about these sentences?
• Sunt viae et silvae in Italia.• Italia et Graecia et Hispania paeninsulae
sunt. • Estne Graecia in Europa?• Est aqua in Antarctica, sed non sunt silvae in
Antarctica. • Silvae in Germania sunt.
Answers!
• There are roads and forests in Italy.• Italy and Greece and Spain are peninsulas.• Is Greece in Europe?• There is water in Antarctica, but there aren’t
forests in Antarctica.• Forests are in Germany.
Using your vocabulary words,make up 3 additional Latin
sentences.You may also use other –a words
like Florida, Bermuda,India, Arabia, Virginia,
Philadelphia, etc.
Let’s Play “Quiz-Quiz-Trade!”Write your 3 sentences on the
sticky note.Find a partner.
Quiz each other on yoursentences.
Trade sticky notes.Find a new partner and repeat!