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A difficult journey
The family have finished packing their belongings. They set off on their
journey in a covered wagon. Flavius rides in front and he has armed
soldiers with him to protect his family.
WO R DS TO H E LP
fossam
(f) ditch
maritus
(m) husband
plaustrum
(n) wagon
mihi
for me
tibi
for you (singular)
nobis
for us
vobis
for you (plural)
Ach"erp<;
iterum
again
lente
slowly
tandem
at last
accipiunt
they welcome
adiuvate!
help!
adveniunt
they arrive
advesperascit
it is becoming dark
cavete!
be careful!
decidit
it falls down
difficile est
it is difficult
intrate!
come in!
necesse est
it is necessary
pluit
it is raining
sedet
it sits
tonat
it thunders
Infinitives
cantare
to sing
descendere
to climb down
propellere
to push
exspectatissimusl alum
very welcome
limosus/a/um
muddy
lUbricus/a/um
slippery
perterritus/a/um
frightened
tacitus/a/um
silent
e
from
G RAS P T H E G RA M M A R
Remember that a
verb
is an
action word!
In this story you have met
some new
verb endings.
Look at
cantare.
It means "to sing" . We call this form of the verb the
infinitive.
Have another look at pictures
5
and
6.
Try to find two more infinitives. What does
each one mean?
Remember, the infinitive usually
ends in
-re
and the translation
begins "to . . .
" (to run, to eat, etc.).
We also met some verbs like
pluit
which means "it is raining" . When the subject of a
verb is "it" we call it an
impersonal verb.
Look at pictures
1,
5,
6,
8
and
9.
Try to
find six uses of impersonal verbs.
Now translate the following sentences.
When you have translated them, write
Be careful! Some have been
used more than once.
down in Latin all the
impersonal verbs
and all the
infinitives
that you can find. Again, some have been used more than once.
Here is a clue to help you: I can
find
'3
i mpersonal verbs . . .
1
in Britannia semper pluit.
. . . and I can find eight infin itives.
2
Vibrissa dicit, "iterum pluit. necesse est mihi currere."
3
Vibrissa dicit, "difficile est mihi currere quod obesa sum."
4
Lepidina dicit, "Rufe, advespera scit. necesse est tibi dormire."
5
Rufus dIcit, "sed difficile est mihi dormire quod fessus non sum."
6
LepidIna dicit, "advespera scit. necesse est nobis festl na re."
7
Fla vius dicit, "sed difficile est nobIs festl na re quod via
lubrica est."
8
Rufus dicit, "iterum tonat. perterritus sum."
9
Pandora dicit, "Rufe, noH timere! necesse est mihi canta re."
10
Rufus dicit, "nunc non tonat.
euge!"
How do they feel?
If you pronou nce
necesse
and
difficile
properly,
you will always spell the words "necessary"
and "difficu lt" correctly in English!
The family set off on their journey. They sit in silence. Try to imagine what each
of them feels as they move to their new home in Eboracum. D escribe the feelings
of each person (Flavius, Lepidina, Rufus, Vibrissa, Minimus, Corinthus, Candidus
and Pandora).
Flavia is not well
Flavia's slave has prepared a special welcome dinner for the family.