Tuesday, October 8, 2024

17.12.24: Level 2; the passive voice [1]; the present passive; 3rd person singular and plural; reading

[A]

Orbilius magister discipulōs laudat sī dīligenter student. Interdum ā magistrō fābulae nārrantur. Hodiē Orbilius rogat, “Dēsīderātīsne fābulam, puerī?” “Certē, certē, fābulam longam, fābulam longam dēsīderāmus,” puerī clāmant. Tum fābula dē Helenā, fēminā pulchrā Graecā, ab Orbiliō nārrātur.

Sentence building; find the Latin:

a story is told

a story is told ¦ … by Orbilius

stories are told

stories are told ¦ by the teacher

[B]

“In Graeciā Helena habitat. Fēmina pulchrā ā multīs virīs amātur. Troiānus clārus ad Graeciam nāvigat. Fēmina pulchra ā Troiānō vidētur et amātur. Tandem Troiānus fēminam Troiam dūcit. Graecī sunt īrātī; itaque bellum parātur. Arma et frūmentum et armātī onerāriīs ad ōrās Troiānās mittuntur. In ōrīs Troiānīs Graecī castra pōnunt. Troia mūrō altō et portīs frimīs mūnītur. Posteā castra Graecōrum fossā et vallō altō mūniuntur. Graecī Troiānōs nōn timent sed ā Troiānis timentur. Diū bellum geritur. Armātī gladiīs, hastīs sagittīs pugnant. Et Graecī et Troiānī ā virīs clārīs dūcuntur sed deī victōriam nōn dant.”

The woman is loved

The woman is loved ¦ by many men

The woman is seen

The woman is seen ¦ by the Trojan

a war is prepared

a war is waged for a long time

Troy is fortified

Troy is fortified ¦ by a high wall

Troy is fortified by a high wall ¦ and (by) strong gates

weapons … are sent

the camp [note: castra (plural) ] (of the Greeks) is fortified

the camp (of the Greeks) is fortified ¦ by a ditch

the camp (of the Greeks) is fortified by a ditch ¦ and (by) a high rampart

both the Greeks and the Trojans are led by famous men

[C]

Find and compare:

The Greeks [i] do not fear the Trojans but [ii] are feared by the Trojans

[i] is an active verb and [ii] is a passive verb; what is the difference in meaning and what is added to [ii] to make it passive?

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