ECCE ROMANI 1

chs 1-5

Look at map p4
Read pp 4,5
p 6, ch 1. Take your Ecce Romani 1.Turn to p6 Ch, "Two Roman Girls." Read the passage, using the vocabulary underneath to help you understand.
Ex 1a. Translate the questions into English. ch 1. Now translate the passage, "Two Roman Girls" Ex 1b. Follow instructions in book.
1.In Latin, capital letters are used only for the names of people and places. 2.There is no word for "a" or "an" or "the" in Latin. e.g. puella = a/the girl in pictura = in a/the picture When you are translating, choose a/an/the to suit the meaning. 3.You will notice that English and Latin often follow a different word order. Memorise the vocabulary on p6. Now that you have finished Ch1 you may choose to complete the work sheet labelled ER1 SUPP.EX.CH1. These work sheets are self-correcting (SC). ch 2 Take your ER1, turn to p 8, Ch 2, "A Happy Outing." Read the passage, using the vocabulary to help you understand. Ex2a. Translate the questions into English. Ch2. Now translate the passage "A Happy Outing". Ex2b. Follow the instructions in the book. Ex2c. Follow the instructions in the book. Complete the sentence in Latin and then translate the sentence. Ex2d. Translate into English.

1.Look at the first sentence of the story.
Cornelia est puella Romana.   Cornelia is a Roman Girl.

Note, This sentence illustrates 2 important points:

• Cornelia ending in "a" is the name of a female i.e. It is a feminine (fem) noun. It is also singular (sing). Many nouns ending in "a" are also feminine singular e.g. puella = a girl
• 
  puella Romana = a Roman girl. Note the different word order in Latin and English.

Now consider the following examples

c) puella Romana = a Roman girl

    puellae Romanae = Roman girls

Note that only the noun "girl" is made plural (pl) in English, while both the noun and the adjective (adj) are changed to become plural in Latin.

d) puella sedet = the girl is sitting

The subject (s) is singular, and the verb (v) is also singular.

puellae sedent = the girls are sitting

Here the subject is plural and the verb is also plural.

This rule which applies to both Latin and English is that the verb agrees with the subject in number.

Note:See also VERB file Ch 3.1

See also ER1 p8.

Memorise the vocabulary on p 8.

You may now choose to complete the worksheet labelled ER SUPP.EX.CH 2.

Take your ER1. Turn to p10 Ch3. "In the Garden"

Read the passage, using the vocabulary to help you understand

Ex 3a. Translate the questions.

Ch 3. Translate the passage "In the Garden"

1.In Ch2 the girls’ names end in "a" and are feminine e.g. Flavia.
You also saw that other words ending in "a" are also feminine e.g. puella.

2.In Ch 3 the boys’ names end in us and are masculine e.g. Marcus.
Other nouns ending in us are also masculine e.g. servus.
There are some words in Ch 3 that are also masculine
i.e. vir and puer because they refer to males.

3.In Ch 2 feminine nouns can be singular and plural.

• To make puella plural the letter "a" becomes "ae".
  Masculine nouns can also be singular or plural.
• To make puer plural add the letter "i" = pueri. To make servus plural "us" becomes "i" = servi

Look and learn the table below:

3.Also in Ch2 (POINTS TO NOTE) you saw that both the noun and its adjective are made plural in Latin. See the table below:

FEM SING	FEM PL	MASC SING	MASC PL
puella Romana	puellae Romanae	puer Romanus	pueri Romani

Note:This information is summarised in ER1 P12.

Ex 3b. Follow the instructions in the book.

Ex3c. Follow the instructions in the book.

Ex 3d. Translate passage into English

Memorise the singular and plural endings for masculine and feminine nouns.

You may now choose to complete the worksheet labelled ER SUPP.EX.CH3

Read the information on DRESS on p14. Look at the pictures on p15 and 11 to help you.
It is useful to be familiar with the names of common items of Roman clothing which may be mentioned in passages of Latin writing.

Take your ER1. Turn to p16 Ch 4. "Show Off"

Read the passage, using the vocabulary to help you understand.

Ex 4a. Translate the questions.

Ch4. Translate the passage "Show Off"

Ex4b. Follow the instructions in the book.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE.

You need to understand the names and use the following terms:

SENTENCE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

These are explained in the section called SUBJECT & OBJECT.
Study the information in the file carefully and complete the assignments. If you have any difficulty, you must consult your tutor.

Memorise vocabulary pp 16 and 17
See also rules in ER1, p18. Memorise OBJECT endings from the file.

You may now choose to do the worksheet labelled ER SUPP EXS CH 4

ch 5 Take your E.R.1. turn to p 19, ch 5 "At a Loose End". Read the passage, using the vocabulary to help you understand. Ch 5. Translate the passage "At a Loose End." Ex 5a. Follow the instructions in the book. Ex 5b. Follow the instructions in the book. It is time to revise: MASCULINE FEMININE ENDINGS SINGULAR, PLURAL ENDINGS SUBJECT, OBJECT ENDINGS VOCABULARY, by revisiting points to note, chs 1-4 Memorise vocabulary on pp 19 and 20. You may now choose to complete ER1 SuppEx Ch5.