Apply that same technique in the previous post with most of the verbs in this text
[i] Imperfect: look for -ba-
/ -bā-
[ii] Future: look -bō /-bi-
/ -bu-
[iii] Also in this text are
the imperfect and future of sum, esse which came up in earlier
posts and a few present tense verbs that are easy to spot.
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Grāta erant Deae
dōna populī, et Cerēs templum diū habitābat.
Intereā in ārīs aliōrum
deōrum neque pōma neque ūvae neque rosae iacēbant. Nōn iam herba in
prātīs, nōn iam pōma in agrīs flōrēbant, quod adhūc Cerēs propter
fīliam flēbat, itaque Iuppiter Deae, "Plūtō," inquit,
"fīliam tuam habet. Persephonē rēgīna Īnferōrum est.
Sed Mercurius ad rēgnum Īnferōrum properābit, et puellam ad templum
tuum celeriter apportābit."
Deinde Mercurius ad
Īnferōs properābat. Persephonē cum virō suō in lectō sedēbat.
Misera erat puella, quod adhūc Deam cāram dēsīderābat.
Sed Mercurium vidēbat et laeta erat. "Iterum,"
inquit, "Deam cāram vidēbō, iterum Cerēs fīliam suam habēbit."
Tum Plūtō verbīs benignīs
"Ō Persephonē,’ inquit ‘memoriae tuae grātus semper erit Plūtō;
iterum rēgīna Īnferōrum eris. Nunc caeruleum est caelum,
iūcunda sunt prāta, sed mox gelidum erit caelum,
gelidī erunt et ventī et agrī. Tum iterum virum tuum et rēgnum
Īnferōrum dēsīderābis. Valē, Ō cāra rēgīna.
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[A] Vocabulary
dōnum, -ī [2/n]: gift
iaceō, iacēre [2]: lie
Īnferī, -ōrum [2/m/pl]: the
gods of the underworld
itaque: and so
prātum, -ī [2/n]: meadow
propter + accusative: on
account of
rēgnum, -ī [2/n]: kingdom
[B] Find the Latin
[i] Imperfect tense
1. Ceres lived for
a long time …
2. Ceres was still weeping …
3. Then Mercury
started to hurry [was hurrying] …
4. Persephone was
sitting …
5. She could see (Mercury)
[she was seeing…]
6. She still desired …
7. Fruits were no
longer flourishing…
8. Meanwhile …
neither grapes nor roses were lying …
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[ii] Imperfect tense
of sum, esse:
9. The girl was miserable
10. The gifts were pleasing
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[iii] Future tense:
1. I shall see
2. Then …you will
desire your husband
3. Ceres will have …
4. Mercury will
hurry … and will quickly bring…
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[iv] Future tense of sum,
esse:
5. You will be queen again
6. Pluto will always be
7. Soon the
weather will beice-cold
8. Both the
winds and the fields will be frosty
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[v] Present tense:
1. Pluto has your
daughter
2. Persephone is the
queen
3. Now the
sky is blue
4. The meadows are pleasant
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