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How to Play Rēctē Prāvē
At times, someone may wish to go around the group asking each person a question individually. To keep the entire group focused on the answer, have them play Rēctē Prāvē. Each player listens to the question and answer, and decides whether the question was answer correctly (rēctē) or incorrectly (prāvē). They show this by putting a marker in the appropriate box. When the game-leader announces the result, anyone who correctly identi ed gets a point. The sheet has room for twenty rounds.
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1 fi fi fi fēmina fēmina vir vir
familia Rōmāna
vir fēmina puer puer puella
Quid est nōmen tibi?
Mihi nōmen est Syra. 2 litterae Latinae et Verba Latina
3 numeri Romani
4 Subject and predicate A clause is usually about something or someone. The someone or something that the clause is about is called the SUBJECT.
Whatever is said (or asked) about the
SUBJECT is called the PREDICATE.
Quintus is a happy boy.
Julia is in the house and is watching Quintus. Quintus is walking in the garden. The beautiful garden is filled with roses. Quintus calls Julia and Julia arrives. Quintus and Julia examine the roses. The children are delighted by the roses. The roses are picked and carried from the garden. Julia’s mother sees the roses and smiles. Her smile is a sign of happiness. Do roses make you smile? 7 quia
8 Feminine nouns like īnsula end in -a.
ūna īnsula parva
duae īnsulae parvae
trēs īnsulae parvae
9 Masculine nouns like uvius end in -us.
ūnus uvius parvus
duo uviī parvī
trēs uviī parvī
10 fl fl fl fl Masculine nouns like liber end in -r.
ūnus liber parvus
duo librī parvī
trēs librī parvī
11 Neuter nouns like oppidum end in -um.
ūnum oppidum parvum
duo oppida parva
tria oppida parva
12 Nominativus The SUBJECT of a clause is written in the nōminātīvus. Words linked to the SUBJECT with the verbs ‘est’ and ‘sunt’ are also in the nōminātīvus.
Iūlia cantat. Iūlia est puella laeta.
Puellae cantant. Puellae sunt laetae.
The endings of the Nominativus
singularis pluralis īnsula īnsulae parva parvae
fluvius fluviī parvus parvī
liber librī parvus parvī
oppidum oppida parvum parva
13 accusativus Some verbs are capable of taking an OBJECT. The OBJECT in a clause is written in the accūsātīvus.
Amīca Iūliam laetam audit.
Amīca puellās laetās audit.
The endings of the accusativus
singularis pluralis īnsulam īnsulās parvam parvās
fluvium fluviōs parvum parvōs
librum librōs parvum parvōs
oppidum oppida parvum parva
14 genetivus The genetīvus is used very often when English would use the word ‘of’, and especially to show possession.
15 ablativus The ablātīvus is used with certain prepositions.
Amīca cum Iūliā sedet.
Puer sine puellīs sedet.
The endings of the ablativus
singularis pluralis īnsulā īnsulīs parvā parvīs
fluviō fluviīs parvō parvīs
librō librīs parvō parvīs
oppidō oppidīs parvō parvīs
16 prepositions
ablātīvus
cum with
sine without
in on or in
ē or ex * out of
ā or ab * (away) from
* ē and ā before a consonant, ex and ab before a vowel.
17 18 vocativus The vocātīvus is used to address something or, more commonly, someone.
Salvē, Iūlia! Salvēte, puellae!
The endings of the vocativus
The vocātīvus endings are THE SAME as the nōminātīvus endings except for :
1) names and other single words that end in -us.
Marcus adest. ‘Salvē, Marce!’
2) names and other single words that end in -ius.
Iūlius adest. ‘Salvē, Iūlī!’ 19 A noun table (with pronouns)
Feminine (-a) Masculine (-us/r) Neuter (-um)
īnsula magna uvius magnus oppidum magnum nom ea quae is quī id quod īnsula magna uvī magne oppidum magnum singularis
voc
īnsulam magnam uvium magnum oppidum magnum
acc eam quam eum quem id quod īnsulae magnae uviī magnī oppidī magnī gen eius cuius eius cuius eius cuius īnsulā magnā uviō magnō oppidō magnō abl eā quā eō quō eō quō
Feminine Masculine Neuter
īnsulae magnae uviī magnī oppida magna nom eae quae iī quī ea quae īnsulae magnae uviī magnī oppida magna voc pluralis
īnsulās magnās uviōs magnōs oppida magna
acc eās quās eōs quōs ea quae īnsulārum magnārum uviōrum magnōrum oppidōrum gen eārum quārum eōrum quōrum magnōrum eōrum quōrum īnsulīs magnīs uviīs magnīs oppidīs magnīs abl iīs quibus iīs quibus iīs quibus
20 fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl est & sunt : is & Are
indicātīvus est sunt
Minerva est laeta. Minerva et Mercurius sunt laetī.
adest adsunt (hic est) (hic sunt)
Minerva adest. Minerva et Mercurius adsunt.
21 abest absunt (hic nōn est) (hic nōn sunt)
Minerva abest. Minerva et Mercurius absunt.
imperātīvus
es proba! este probae!
Be good! Be good! 22 Verbs that end in -at & -ant
indicātīvus ambulat ambulant
Minerva ambulat. Minerva et Mercurius ambulant.
imperātīvus
Ambulā! Ambulāte!
Walk! Walk! 23 Verbs that end in -et & -ent
indicātīvus rīdet rīdent Hah a e! aha a h e! a h H
Minerva rīdet. Minerva et Mercurius rīdent.
imperātīvus
Rīdē! Rīdēte!
Laugh! Laugh! 24 Verbs that end in -it & -unt
indicātīvus discēdit discēdunt
Minerva discēdit. Minerva et Mercurius discēdunt.
imperātīvus
Discēde! Discēdite!
Leave! Leave! 25 Verbs that end in -it & -Iunt
indicātīvus dormit dormiunt
Minerva dormit. Minerva et Mercurius dormiunt.
imperātīvus
Dormī! Dormīte!
Sleep! Sleep! 26 two verb Tables
indicātīvus indicātīvus imperātīvus imperātīvus
singulāris plūrālis singulāris plūrālis
est est sunt es este
hic est adest adsunt ades adeste
hic non est abest absunt abes abeste
indicātīvus indicātīvus imperātīvus imperātīvus
singulāris plūrālis singulāris plūrālis
-at & -ant ambulat ambulant ambulā ambulāte
-et & -ent rīdet rīdent rīdē rīdēte
-it & -unt discēdit discēdunt discēde discēdite
-it & -iunt dormit dormiunt dormī dormīte
27 verba latina titulus emotional duo Nouns roles pāgina trēs verbum laetus quattuor servus the natural world īrātus quīnque ancilla theater sex dominus fluvius physical septem domina īnsula scaena octō ōceanus persōna vacuus novem the built world aqua decem furniture judgement centum oppidum plants mīlle vīlla mēnsa probus hortus rosa improbus numbers - ordinal ōstium līlium portables bonus fenestra pulcher prīmus ātrium people sacculus foedus secundus impluvium baculum tertius peristylum vir age cubiculum fēmina money demonstrative puer antīquus political regions puella pecūnia novus cēterī nummus imperium body parts nationality possessive prōvincia
nāsum adjectives Graecus meus
mathematics Rōmānus tuus family size Latīnus suus numerus
familia magnus gender
pater books and literature parvus verbs māter masculīnum littera fīlius amount fēminīnum being vocābulum fīlia neutrum capitulum līberī singulāris est : sunt syllaba mamma plūrālis numbers - cardinal adest : adsunt exemplum multī abest : absunt pēnsum paucī nūllus habitat : habitant grammatica sōlus ūnus liber
28 leading and driving salūtat : salūtant frequency conjunctions agit : agunt accūsat : accūsant rūrsus sub-ordinating imperat : imperant paret : parent quia having, getting other dēlectat : dēlectant and giving quoque pronouns reacting habet : habent tantum etiam ego sūmit : sūmunt plōrat : plōrant mē carpit : carpunt rīdet : rīdent tū manipulating question tē fighting is ea id etc words quī quae quod etc pōnit : pōnunt pulsat : pulsant verberat :verberant -ne sensing exclamations num resting ubi videt : vident ō quid audit : audiunt dormit : dormiunt salvē quis quī feeling coming and going grammatical terms quot cūr amat : amant venit : veniunt nōminātīvus discēdit : discēdunt thinking prepositions vocātīvus accūsātīvus numerat : numerant adverbs in genetīvus ablātīvus cum making sound degree locātīvus sine imperātīvus ab cantat : cantant nōn indicātīvus ex tacet : tacent āctīvum time passīvum interacting conjunctions praepositiō iam co-ordinating vocat : vocant interrogat : interrogant et respondet : respondent sed -que neque
