Intro to Stage 4 of the CLC

Intro to Stage 4 of the CLC

verb 'person'

In the first few stages of the course, we have only dealt with the '3rd person' i.e. he, she or it

• canis cibum videt

• The '-t' verb ending tells us that a he, she or it is performing the verb

• The dog sees the food

Multiple Choice

Now your turn. What is the best translation of...

puer gladiatorem spectat

• The girl sees the gladiator

• The gladiator sees the girl

• The boy watches the gladiator

• The gladiator is watching the boy

puer gladiatorem spectat

• The boy is the SUBJECT (=Nominative case)

• The gladiator is the OBJECT (=Accusative case)

• The verb 'spectat' ends with a '-t', confirming that we are dealing with a 'he' (can't be a 'she' or 'it' here, of course!)

Multiple Choice

Have another go...

amicum Quintus salutat

• The friend greets Quintus

• The friend is greeting Quintus

• Quintus greets his friend

• Quintus greeted his friend

In the sentence 'amicum Quintus salutat', did the word order trip you up?

• Just because 'amicum' comes 1st here doesn't mean it's the SUBJECT

• The '-um' ending tells you that he's the OBJECT, regardless where he is in the sentence.

In Stage 4, you will begin to meet 'I' and 'you' verb endings

• video = I see

• portas = you carry/ are carrying

• These are the FIRST and SECOND person endings, respectively

Multiple Choice

What is the correct translation of:

ego cibum habeo

?

• He/ she/ it has food

• I have food

• We have money

• You have food

Multiple Choice

Finally, what's the correct translation of:

cur tu canem portas?

• You were carrying a dog

• Why is he/ she/ it carrying a dog?

• Why am I carrying a dog?

• Why are you carrying a dog?

As you will see, we have also just met some new pronouns

• ego means 'I'

• tu means 'you'

• We don't actually need them, though, because the VERB ENDINGS themselves tell us who is performing the verb.