Unit 1 Translation Assessment Practice

nominative

• subject & predicate
• of
• direct object
• object of certain prepositions

genitive

• subject
• nom is nom
• "of"
• direct object

accusative

• subject
• nom is nom
• "of"
• direct object

Camilla est misera quod bēstiae Camillam nōn amant.

• Camilla is sad because the animals don't like Camilla.
• Camilla is sad because an animal doesn't like Camilla
• Camilla is sad because Camilla doesn't like the animals.
• Camilla is sad because Camilla doesn't like an animal.

verb ending in -t

• (I)
• (You)
• (He, She, It)
• (They)

verb ending in -nt

• (We)
• (You)
• (He, She, It)
• (They)

Quod aquam nōn dant, Latōna agricolās mutat.

• Because water isn't given, Latona changes the farmers.
• Because they don't give water, Latona changes the farmers.
• Because she doesn't give water, the farmers change Latona.
• Because they don't give water, the farmers are changed by Latona.

Lacūna rānārum aquam bonam nōn habet.

• The frogs don't have good water in their pond.
• The frogs don't live in a pond with good water.
• The pond does not have good water, but it has frogs.
• The pond of the frogs does not have good water.

Diana, fīlia deae, ad Graeciam properat et fīliās pulchrās necat.

• Diana, the daughter of the goddess, hurries to Greece and kills the beautiful daughters.
• Diana, a daughter and goddess, hurries to Greece and kills beautiful daughters.
• Diana, the daughter of the goddess, hurries to Greece and beautiful daughters are killed.
• Diana, a daughter and goddess, hurries to Greece and kills a beautiful daughter.

Nioba Lātōnam nōn laudat quod tam superba est.

• Latona does not praise Niobe because she is so proud.
• Niobe does not praise Latona because she is so proud.
• Niobe does not praise Latona because they are so proud.
• Latona does not praise Niobe because they are so proud.