14.01.25: Level 1; Julia, a Latin Reader (Reed) [4](2)

angulus, -ī [2/m]: corner

liber, librī [2/m]: book

industrius, -a, -um: hard-working

longinquus, -a, -um: distant

piger, pigra, pigrum: lazy

-que; added to the end of a word = and

terra,-ae [1/f]: land

[3] Industriīs puerīs magister librōs pulchrōs dat; pigrōs malōsque puerōs nōn laudat sed culpat. Magna est īra magistrī quod puerī pigrī litterās nōn bene recitant. Itaque puerī pigrī in angulīs stant. Multae sunt lacrimae puerōrum malōrum. Itaque puerī industriī sunt et litterās bene recitant.

[a]

1. Quid magister puerīs industriīs dat?
2. Quālēs puerōs magister nōn laudat?
3. Cūr īra magistrī magna est?
4. Ubi stant puerī pigrī?

[b] Match the sentences below with sentences in the text which have the same meaning.

• Magister īrāscitur quod puerī litterās male recitant.
• Puerī pigrī multum lacrimant.
• Puerī malī ā magistrō nōn laudantur.
• Puerī quī dīligenter labōrant librōs pulchrōs ā magistrō accipiunt.

[4] Multās fābulās puerīs et puellīs magister benignus in lūdō nārrat; nunc dē Britanniā, nunc dē longinquīs terrīs fābulās nārrat. Grātae puerīs et puellīs sunt fābulae. Nunc igitur in librō nōn sōlum Iūliae sed etiam multīs puerīs et puellīs fābulās nārrō.

[a] Complete the translation using the word listed below:

The __________ teacher __________  __________  stories to the boys and the girls in school; __________ he tells stories __________  Britain, __________  about distant __________. The stories are __________  to the boys and girls. Now, __________, I __________ stories in the book __________ to Julia __________ to many boys and girls.

about; at another (time); at one time; but also; kind; lands; many; not only; pleasing; tells; therefore

[b] from [3] and [4]

Find the Latin:

• about; concerning
• am telling
• and so
• because
• not only … but also …
• at one time … at another (time); sometimes; literally: now … now …
• therefore
• well