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SHORT
COURSE TWO
UNIT
3
General
Instructions
eugepae!
gaudeamus! Super! Let’s celebrate!
You have
just passed the halfway point of SHORT COURSE TWO. This could be called "The
Point of No Return".
Legend tells
that Phaeton, son of Apollo, asked his father to allow him to drive
the sun-chariot across the sky. Phaeton, though unequal to the task, reached
the midway point and ................. If you want to know what happened, then
you will need to continue with your studies, or you can cheat and read the story
in translation. It comes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
To look
at the situation in another way; if you were HERCULES, you would have completed
6 of your 12 tasks.
So what
lies ahead in Unit 3?
You have
now mastered basic Latin grammar and have a working knowledge of vocabulary and
the use of relevant reference materials. The time has come to see how Latin uses
language structures to express more complex ideas and thoughts.
itaque
progrediamur, discipuli! And
so let’s go on, learners!
feliciter!
SHORT
LATIN STORIES

Take Short
Latin Stories.
Turn to
p 37, story 28.

Read the
story called A Woodland Nymph is Transformed.

Translate
A Woodland Nymph is Transformed.
A
vocabulary is supplied to help you.
Go to the
GRAMMAR file.
Find the
section called Cum And The Subjunctive.
Study the
notes carefully and complete the exercises.

Imperfect
& Pluperfect Subjunctive endings.
SHORT
LATIN STORIES

Take Short
Latin Stories.
Turn to
p 38, story 29.

Read the
story called An Officer Who Looked for Discipline to the Very End.

Translate
An Officer Who Looked for Discipline to the Very End.
A
vocabulary is supplied to help you.
 
Take your
GRAMMAR FILE.
Find the
section called Direct Questions.
Study the
notes and complete the exercises.
Find the
section called Indirect Questions.
Study the
notes and complete the exercises.

Qustion
words listed under Direct Questions.
Revise the
Imperfect & Pluperfect Subjunctive endings
SHORT
LATIN STORIES

Take Short
Latin Stories.
Turn to
p 40, story 30.
Read the
story called A Very Clever Thief.
Translate
A Very Clever Thief.
A
vocabulary list is supplied to help you.
SHORT
LATIN STORIES

Take Short
Latin Stories.
Turn to
p 41, story 31.
Read the
story called The Abduction of the Sabine Women.
Translate
The Abduction of the Sabine Women.
A
vocabulary list is supplied to help you.

Go to the
GRAMMAR FILE.
Find the
section called Ut Clauses purpose.
Study the
information and complete the exercises.

How to translate
ut followed by the Subjunctive, Purpose.
SHORT
LATIN STORIES

Take Short
Latin Stories.
Turn to
p43, story 33.
Read the
story called Borrowed Plumes.
Translate
Borrowed Plumes.
A
vocabulary list is supplied to help you.

Go to the
GRAMMAR FILE.
Study the
section called ut clauses, Indirect Command and complete the exercises.
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