Ō mē miserum! Pultem nōn amō. Sed necesse est edere. Ad lūdum hodiē nōn ībō, quia pēnsum meum nōn fēcī. Ego in lectō iaceō; Sextus et Quīntus in lūdō sunt. Illī scrībunt et recitant, iterum recitant, iterum scrībunt. Ego in lectō iaceō et dormiō.
Vocabulary
pēnsum, -ī [2/n] task;
duty; assignment i.e. (here) homework
puls, pultis [3/f]: porridge
Notes
One short paragraph shows
you all the Latin verb conjugations; they’re part of the foundations.
- amō, amāre [1]: love
- recitō, recitāre [1]:
recite
- iaceō, iacēre [2]: lie
- edō, edere [3]: eat
- scrībō, scrībere [3]:
write
- facīo, facere [3-iō]:
do
- dormiō, dormīre [4]:
sleep
And they throw in an
‘irregular’ one:
- eō, īre: go
A few questions on the text:
1. He hates porridge but why
does he eat it?
2. Rather than ‘face the
music’ Marcus says he will not go to school today. How does
Marcus say it?
3. He hasn’t done his
homework! How does Marcus say it?
4. Sextus and Quintus are at
school: what are they doing?
5. What does Marcus prefer
to do rather than go to school?
Google translation alert! If
you throw this paragraph into Google translate, here are the highlights you’ll
get.
- I don't like sausage.
- To-day I will not go to sin, because I have not done my duty.
- Sextus and Quintus are in the game.
To be honest, using Google
Translate is like playing Russian roulette.
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Oh, poor me! I don't like
porridge. But it is necessary to eat [I have to …]. Today I won’t go to school,
because I have not done my homework. I’m lying in bed; Sextus and Quintus are
at school. They are writing and reciting, reciting again, writing again. I’m
lying in bed and sleeping.
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