Tuesday, March 11, 2025

12.06.25: Level 1; readings [17]: the situation becomes critical; future tense 1st / 2nd conjugation [1]

Mārcus autem: “Ego manēbō et amīcōs meōs adiuvābō!”

Tum Rōmānī: “Sī tū Graecōs adiuvābis, et tibi et amīcīs tuīs malum (1) dabimus!”

“Tum vōs nōn iam iuvābit hīc esse! Immō vērō timēbitis et horrēbitis.”

“Gaudēbimus, sī maestī vōs movēbitis! (2)”

“Nōs cūnctōs Graecōs fugābimus, Rōmam nostram līberābimus, nōbīs dīvitiās parābimus. Tum dēmum laetī et contentī erimus.”

“Cūnctī Rōmānī nōbīs grātī erunt et gaudēbunt!”

“Neque ego tum maestus et miser sedēbō, sed opulentus erō. Nunc Graecī multās vīllās, multōs agrōs possident: mox erunt Rōmānōrum. Nunc nōbīs nihil est nisi vīta misera, mox autem et tibi et mihi magnae dīvitiae erunt! (3) Tum nōs vīnō bonō et cibīs iūcundīs implēbimus!”

Subitō magnus Molossus in caupōnā stat, valdē lātrat, cūnctōs Rōmānōs fugat.

Et Mārcus: “Ecce! Nunc ūnus Graecus – nam Molossus sine dubiō Graecus est – multōs Rōmānōs terret!”

(1) (here): beating

(2) literally: you will move yourselves = you will disappear

(3) tibi et mihi ¦ magnae dīvitiae erunt │ literally: to you and to me there will be great riches = you and I will have great wealth

This text uses the future tense i.e. describing what somebody will do:

manē │ I shall remain

Graecōs adiuvābis │ you (singular) will help the Greeks

vōs nōn iam iuvābit │ it will no longer please you

tibi … malum dabimus │ we will give you a beating

timēbitis │ you (plural) will fear

Cūnctī Rōmānī … gaudēbunt │ All the Romans will rejoice

opulentus erō │ I shall be wealthy

contentī erimus │ we will be content

mox erunt Rōmānōrum │ they will soon be the Romans’

Links to all posts on the future tense:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/469186389025968


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