34.1 Ecce Romani Analysis

At Titus, ad locum suum lentē ambulāns, "Salvēte, amīcī omnēs!" inquit. Translate ambulāns

• to walk

• walking

• walked

• to be walking

Answer explanation

ambulans is a present participles, nominative singular

Nōn omnibus dē porcō datum est: clientibus quidem data sunt pullōrum frusta. Identify the case of clientibus

• nominative

• genitive

• dative

• accusative

• ablative

Answer explanation

were given to his guests. cliens, clientis: 3rd declension noun. Verbs of "giving" usually have the dative indirect object.

Nōn omnibus dē porcō datum est: clientibus quidem data sunt pullōrum frusta. Identify the case and number of frusta

• nominative singular

• nominative plural

• accusative singular

• accusative plural

• vocative plural

Answer explanation

frustrum, -.i: neuter noun. The -a ending could be nom, acc, or voc. data sunt.... frustra: Scraps were given.

Ubi ego adhūc servus eram, in urbe Brundisiō habitābāmus. Translate habitābāmus

• have lived

• will live

• were living

• will have lived

• are living

Answer explanation

imperfect tense: was, were

Forte dominus meus ad urbem proximam abierat; ego igitur Melissam vīsitāre cōnstituī. Translate abierat

• have gone away

• will have gone

• had gone away

• was going away

• had been gone away

Answer explanation

pluperfect tense, active voice

Erat autem mihi amīcus quīdam, quī mēcum īre poterat. Translate poterat

• was able

• had been able

• will be able

• has been able

Answer explanation

the imperfect tense of possum is poteram. The perfect tense of possum is potui, so the pluperfect would be potuerat: He had been able

Vēnimus ad sepulcra prope viam sita. Identify the case of sepulcra

• nominative

• genitive

• dative

• accusative

• ablative

Answer explanation

sepulcrum, -.i: neuter noun. ad sepulcra: to the tombs The preposition "ad" comes before the noun, so it would most likely be the object of that preposition, which takes the acc case.

Deinde rem mīram vīdī: omnia vestīmenta ab amicō meō exūta in terrā prope viam deposita sunt. Translate deposita sunt

• are placed down

• was placed down

• had been placed down

• will placing down

Answer explanation

from depono, deponere, deposui, depositus. 3rd person, plural, perfect, passive. Could also be translated has been placed

Deinde rem mīram vīdī: omnia vestīmenta ab amicō meō

exūta in terrā prope viam deposita sunt. Identify the case and number of vestīmenta

• nominative singular

• nominative plural

• accusative singular

• accusative plural

• ablative singular

Answer explanation

vestīmentum , -.i: neuter noun. The clothes have been placed down

Sī tū respiciēs, ea retrahētur neque umquam iterum ad vīvōs remittētur. Translate respiciēs, (note: respicio,respicere)

• look back

• will look back

• will have looked back

• was looking back

• has looked back

Answer explanation

3rd and 4th conjugation verbs do NOT use -bo, -bis... in the future. Also, Si if tends to use the future tense, but it would actually be translated in the present: