10.07.26: Level 1 (review); shopping [1] dialogue (1) listening; comprehension

Listen to the dialogue without looking at the transcript and answer the questions.

A useless shopkeeper? Tabernārius (nōn tam inūtilis quam vidētur)

[1] In which order are the following items first mentioned?

beans _____

books _____

cows _____

grapes _____

oysters _____

[2] Where can the customer get…

[i] grapes?

[ii] oysters?

[iii] beans?

[iv] cows?

[3] What does the shopkeeper describe as:

[i] delicious?

[ii] beautiful?

[4] Why does the shopkeeper not have anything the customer wants?

[5] What does the customer want to know about what he does sell?

____________________

[1]

beans [3]

books [5]

cows [4]

grapes [1]

oysters [2]

[2]

[i] vineyard

[ii] fish market

[iii] vegetable market

[iv] cattle market

[3]

[i] beans

[ii] cows

[4] It’s a bookshop

[5] Are they delicious?

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A: Salvē, tabernārie!

B: Salva sīs, domina!

A: Quid agis?

B: Optimē, grātiās tibi agō. Et tū?

A: Haud male.

B: Quid hodiē quaeris?

A: Ūvās nigrās quaerō. Habēsne ūvās?

B: Ūvās nōn vendō. Ūvae in vīnētō coluntur. Quid aliud quaeris?

A: Ostreās emere volō. Vendisne ostreās?

B: Minimē. Ostreās nōn habeō. Quot ostreās emere vīs? Piscātōrēs multās ostreās in forō piscātōriō vendunt.

A: Fabās igitur volō. Habēsne fabās?

B: Fabās numquam vendō. Fabās dēliciōsās in forō olitoriō emere potes.

A: Duās vaccās emere volō. Vendisne vaccās?

B: Meherculē, esne insāna? Vaccās hīc nōn vendimus! Nūllum animal hīc venditur! Agricolae vaccās pulchrās in forō boāriō vendunt.

A: Cūr nihil vendis? Cūr neque ūvās neque ostreās neque fabās neque vaccās habēs?

B: Edepol, in tabernā librāriā es! Librōs tantum vendō!

A: Librōsne vendis? Suntne dēliciōsī?