11.03.24: ways of learning

Everybody learns in different ways. Some people are happy to take a list of ten words and learn them, whereas others prefer images and words. Words in context, derivative clues, crosswords, gap-fills, word searches and matching exercises are all beneficial in learning. Here are simple exercises to practise the vocabulary of clothing introduced in the previous post using the verb gerere, a 3rd conjugation meaning ‘to wear’. Incidentally, the same verb is used with bellum meaning ‘to wage war’, but it will be a while before we reach the Trojans.

As a reminder of the 3rd conjugation verb endings:

• gerō: I wear
• geris: you (sg) wear
• gerit: he / she wears
• gerimus: we wear
• geritis: you (pl) wear
• gerunt: they wear

Take another look at the previous post on clothing and then answer:

Who wears what? Choose (a), (b), or (c)

[1] Quis stolam gerit?

(a) fēmina (b) puer (c) agricola

[2] Quis bullam gerit?

(a) vir (b) puella (c) puer

[3] Quis togam gerit?

(a) fēmina Rōmāna (b) cīvis Rōmānus (c) servus

[4] Quis pilleum gerit?

(a) servus (b) ancilla (c) lībertus

[5] Quis caligās gerit?

(a) sagittārius (b) agricola (c) medicus

What do these people wear? (a), (b), (c)

[1] Quid gerit fēmina Rōmāna?

(a) pallam (b) lacernam (c) sagum

[2] Quid gerit faber?

(a) togam (b) stolam (c) tunicam

[3] Quid gerit sagittārius?

(a) bullam (b) sagum (c) calceōs

[4] Quid gerit puer duodecim annōs nātus?

(a) caligās (b) togam praetextam (c) pilleum

[5] Quid gerit puella duodecim annōs nāta?

(a) lūnulam (b) bullam (c) togam praetextam

Use opportunities to practise case endings in simple contexts. Choose the correct noun ending and adjective ending. What people are wearing is being described and so you’ll need the accusative case.

[i] Agricola ¦

NOUN: (a) tunicae (b) tunicam (c) tunicās ¦

ADJECTIVE: (a) albam (b) albae (c) albō ¦

gerit.

Agricola tunic_____ alb_____ gerit.

= The farmer is wearing a white tunic.

[ii] Fēminae ¦

(a) pallam (b) pallae (c) pallās ¦

(a) caeruleō (b) caeruleum (c) caeruleās ¦

gerunt.

The women are wearing blue …

[iii] Sagittāriī ¦

(ā) caligās (b) caliga (c) caligam ¦

(a) scortea (b) scorteam (c) scorteās ¦

gerunt.

The archers are wearing …

[iv] Puerī ¦

(a) bullā (b) bullae (c) bullās ¦

(a) aureae (b) aureās (c) aureī ¦

gerunt.

The boys …

[v] Servus ¦

(a) calceōs (b) calceum (c) calceī ¦

(a) nigrum (b) nigrōs (c) nigrī ¦

gerit.

The slave …

[vi] Cīvis Rōmānus ¦

(a) togae (b) togam (c) togā ¦

(a) candidam (b) candidum (c) candidās ¦

gerit.

The Roman citizen …