20.12.24: Level 1; D’Ooge; Colloquia Latina [2]; listening

Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with the words listed below.

Dominus et servus

D: Heus, serve! Ubi equus meus est?

S: [1] __________, domine, equus est.

D: Estne in agrō cōpia frūmentī?

S: [2] __________, et cōpia aquae est.

D: Estne aqua [3] __________ in agrō est, bona?

S: Aqua agrī bona est et frīgida.

D: [4] __________ aqua est ?

S:  Aqua [5] __________  [6] __________ est [7] __________ per agrum fluit.

D: [8] __________ equus fluvium [9] __________ per agrum fluit?

S: Equus [10] __________ fluvium [11] __________ [12] __________ silvās [13] __________ in rīpīs sunt.

amat; amatne; et; et; ex; fluviō; in agrō; quae; quae; quī; quī; sāne; unde

Pronunciation

Again, listen out for the elisions of two vowels; he makes these very clear:

Ub[i e]quus meus est?

Estn[e i]n agrō?

cōpi[a a]qua

Estn[e a]qua …

aqu[a a]grī bon[a e]st

Und[e a]qu[a e]st?

Aqu[a e]x fluvi[ō e]st.

et fluviu[m a]mat

And a reminder: when speaking CL it isn’t essential to use this type of elision. When I started Latin I pronounced every word – with every ending – clearly. Textbooks which provide a standard Classical Latin pronunciation rarely mention it – especially at the beginners’ stage.