Suburani Chapter 1: Grammar

Suburani Chapter 1: Verb Endings

-o/-m, -s, -t

Verb Endings

• In Latin, the ending of the verb tells us the subject

• -ō or -m = I

• -s = you

• -t = he/she/it

Multiple Choice

Verbs like intro, laboro, dormio, or sum, which end in -ō or -m

• Subject is I

• Subject is you

• Subject is he/she/it

Multiple Choice

Verbs like intras, laboras, dormis, or es, which end in -s

• Subject is I

• Subject is you

• Subject is he/she/it

Multiple Choice

Verbs like intrat, laborat, dormit, or est, which end in -t

• Subject is I

• Subject is you

• Subject is he/she/it

You MIGHT see a subject in a sentence, but you don't HAVE to see the subject (since it's already part of the verb)

• Laboro. = Ego laboro. = I work./I am working.

• Dormis. = Tu dormis. = You sleep./You are sleeping.

• Intrat. = He/she/it enters./He/she/it is entering.

• Pater intrat. = The father enters./The father is entering.

Multiple Choice

Choose which sentence means THE SAME AS "Lego." ("I read.")

• Tu lego.

• Legit.

• Ego lego.

Multiple Choice

Choose which sentence means THE SAME AS "Legis." ("You read.")

• Tu legis.

• Legit.

• Ego lego.

Linking/Being Verbs in Latin

• What is a linking/being verb?

• Simple in English: is/are/was/were/am/be/been

• Links a noun or pronoun to a word that "modifies" or explains it

• That word might be an adjective (like "clamosa" - "loud") or it might be another noun (like "mendax" - "liar")

• Subura est clamosa. = The Subura is loud.

• Sabina est mendax. Sabina is a liar.

Multiple Select

What are some linking/being verbs in English? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

• is

• are

• was

• were

• am

Some Linking/Being Verbs in Latin

• sum = I am, am.......................................Sum Sabina = I am Sabina.

• es = you are, are....................................Tu es mendax. = You are a liar.

• est = he/she/it, is/there is.................Est clamosa. = It is loud.

Multiple Choice

Sum in insula.

• You are in an apartment building.

• I am in the apartment building.

• She is in an island.

Multiple Choice

Popina est in Subura.

• The bar is in the Subura.

• Popina is in the Subura.

• Aunt is in the Subura.

Multiple Choice

In cella es?

• In the cell are?

• Is she in the room?

• Are you in the room?

Multiple Choice

Hora prima est.

• It is the first hour.

• The hour is first.

• You are first at the hour.