Prīmā lūce Carolus excitātus est. Clāmōrēs nautārum quī
multās rēs parābant Carolum excitābant. Puer nōn iam dormīre poterat. Ē
fenestrā spectābat. Ibi portum magnum Americae vidēbat. Laetitiam novam
sentiēbat quod iterum gentem suam vidēbat. Aedificia urbis nōn iam cēlābantur
et Carolō splendida nunc vidēbantur. Etiam figūrae hominum in terrā vidēbantur.
Puer nautās spectāre cōnstituit. Itaque sine morā mātrem patremque relīquit et
ad locum in quō nautae labōrābant properāvit. Ubīque multa portābantur. Ūnus ex
nautīs, quī aliīs imperābat et īnsignī splendidō ducis ōrnābātur, Carolum nōvit
quod pater puerī erat nōtus eī. Ubi nauta puerum vīdit, “Hūc venī!” inquit.
“Esne laetus quod Americae appropinquāmus?” rogāvit.
“Ita,” respondit puer. “Diū ab Americā āfuī et omnium
terrārum America est mihi grātissima et cārissima. Gēns bona et magna est, et
per omnēs terrās fāma eius est magna. Cīvis Americānus sum et gentem meam amō.”
“Cīvis Americānus nōn sum,” inquit nauta. “Britannus sum sed
patriam tuam amō. Ōlim Britannī erant hostēs Americae et inter hās duās gentēs
erat bellum longum. Sed hoc memoriā tenēre nōn bonum est.”
“Hoc sciō,” respondit Carolus. “Multī et fortēs mīlitēs
multīs in proeliīs pugnābant et Britannī et Americānī. Pater mihi fābulās dē
duce Americānō maximō nārrāvit. Hieme ubi mīlitēs perterritī erant et dēfessī
quoque et hostēs multās rēs rapiēbant, hic dux mīlitēs parvīs nāvigiīs trāns
flūmen portāvit. Illīs temporibus ducēs nōn erant ignāvī. Sīc semper magnās rēs
faciēbant et sīc nōtī omnibus erant.”
Nunc nāvis magna in portū stābat. Prīmum eī quī in summā
nāvī stābant amīcōs quī in terrā exspectābant salūtāvērunt. Signum dabātur.
Deinde dē nāvī ad terram iērunt. Ubi per portās ambulāverant, tandem cum amīcīs
omnēs laetē stābant.
[i] Give the
nominative singular of the following nouns from the text:
duce
hieme
hominum
hostēs
lūce
nāvī
portū
proeliīs
temporibus
[ii] What case is
used in all these words and phrases, and why is it being used?
hieme; illīs
temporibus; prīmā lūce
[iii] What case is
being used in both words in bold, and why is it being used?
aliīs imperābat; Americae appropinquāmus
[iv] Identify the
cases of the words in bold and explain why those cases are being used:
(a) cum amīcīs omnēs
laetē stābant
(b) omnium terrārum
America est mihi grātissima
(c) nōtī omnibus
erant
(d) per omnēs
terrās
[v] What type of
word is laetē?
[vi] Find from the
text an example of:
(a) a perfect
passive verb
(b) a pluperfect active
verb
(c) an imperative
verb
[vii] Label the
clauses with their descriptions; 2 clauses are the same type
(a) ubi
nauta puerum vīdit, …
(b) eī quī
in summā nāvī stābant …
(c) … quod
pater puerī erat nōtus eī
(d) … in quō
nautae labōrābant
relative clause
subordinate clause
of reason
subordinate clause
of time
____________________
[i]
dux
hiems
homō
hostis
lūx
nāvis
portus
proelium
tempus
[ii] ablative;
time when
[iii] both verbs
are regularly followed by the dative case
https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/verbs%20with%20the%20dative%20case
[iv]
(a) nominative
(plural): subject of the sentence
(b) genitive (plural):
relative superlative i.e. omnium terrārum … grātissima │ the most
pleasing of all lands
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/10/051224-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-17.html
(c) dative
(plural) with the adjective nōtus, -a, -um i.e. nōtī omnibus
│ well-known to everybody
(d) accusative
(plural) with the preposition per
[v] adverb
[vi]
(a) excitātus est
(b) ambulāverant
(c) venī
[vii]
(a) subordinate
clause of time
(b) relative
clause
https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/relative%20clauses%3B%20qui%20quae%20quod
(c) subordinate
clause of reason
(d) relative
clause
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