Read the text for understanding and [i] focus on the four
adjectives in bold:
amīcus, -a, -um: friendly; kind
cārus, -a, -um: dear
grātus, -a, -um pleasing
proximus, -a, -um: next, very near, near by
[ii] Then look at the nouns in bold. The nouns to which
these adjectives refer are in the dative case. However, there is a
‘match’ with English:
amīcus: friendly towards somebody
cārus: dear to somebody
grātus: pleasing to somebody
proximus: next to something / somebody
[The Road to Latin (Chesnutt) 1932]
Domina Benigna I
Domina Benigna II
Hodiē Tullia et fīliae novam tabernam intrant. Taberna nova est proxima tabernae Galbae. Cornēlia et Secunda tunicās et soleās maximē dēsīderant. Tunicae rubrae sunt Cornēliae grātae sed tunicae albae Secundae sunt grātae. Puellae sunt Tulliae cārae. Itaque Tullia fīliābus multās et novās tunicās dat. Hodiē Tullia Cornēliae tunicam rubram et Secundae tunicam albam dat. Soleae rubrae et Cornēliae et Secundae sunt grātae. Itaque Tullia puellīs novās et rubrās soleās dat. Interdum domina benigna Rosae et Annae novās tunicās dat, quod servae fīliābus sunt cārae. Itaque Tullia puellīs novās et rubrās soleās dat. Interdum domina benigna Rosae et Annae novās tunicās dat, quod servae fīliābus sunt cārae. Tunicae novae servīs sunt grātae quod servae novās tunicās rārō habent. Interdum Tullia servīs soleās novās quoque dat. Soleae novae Rosae et Annae sunt grātae quod paucae servae Rōmānae soleās habent.
Vocabulary
Crēta: Crete
Graecia: Greece
maximē: especially, very greatly
paene: almost, nearly, hardly
patria: native land, country
paucī, -ae, -a: few
prōvincia province
serva: slave girl
solea: sandal
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