Surus 1-6 sentences Quiz

Notable Grammar: "Ascendere et descendere iter difficillimum erit."

• prepositional phrase (abl separation)

• comparative adjective

• ut + subjunctive

• superlative adjective

Translate: "Ascendere et descendere iter difficillimum erit."

• To ascend and to descend will be the most difficult journey.

• Ascending and descending is the hard path.

• To rise and to fall will be a harder path.

• To climb and to go down was the hardest journey.

Notable Grammar: "Surus elephantus imperātōris ipsius est."

• neither...nor

• dative

• genitive

• typo sentence with an incorrect verb ending

translate: "Surus elephantus imperātōris ipsius est."

• The emperor is really an elephant.

• Surus is the elephant of the emperor himself.

• The emperor's elephant is big.

• Surus is the name of the emperor's elephant.

Notable Grammar: "Elephanti arma gerunt, quibus sē dēfendunt."

• ablative of means/instrument

• Genitive

• want/not want + infinitive

• accusative duration of time

Translate: "Elephanti arma gerunt, quibus sē dēfendunt."

• Elephants carry weapons, with which they defend themselves.

• Elephants have trunks, with which they pick up things.

• Elephants will defend us with weapons.

• Elephants have tusks and will defend us with them.

Notable Grammar: "Surus est māior quam ali elephantī et fortior et ferōcior."

• able + infinitive

• ut + subjunctive

• comparative adjectives

• superlative adjectives

Translate: "Surus est māior quam alii elephantī et fortior et ferōcior."

• Surus is bigger than other elephants and stronger and more fierce.

• Surus is smaller than other elephants and weaker and less fierce.

• Surus is a big elephant who is also brave and fierce.

• Surus is the biggest elephant because he is strong and very fierce.

Translate: "Ubī Ptolemeus elephantōs currentēs vīdit, alium cōnsilium cēpit."

• Since Ptolemy was running to the other elephants, he came up with another plan.

• Ptolemy's plan included some elephants who would run.

• Ptolemy ran to the elephants that he saw and came up with a plan for the others.

• When Ptolemy saw the elephants running, he made another plan.

Notable grammar: "Ubī Ptolemeus elephantōs currentēs vīdit, alium cōnsilium cēpit."

• accusative pronoun

• superlative adjective

• participle ("-ing")

• two different uses of alius