Saturday, February 28, 2026

13.07.26: Level 1 (review); shopping [2] dialogue (1) text; Find the Latin

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

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?

The text contains many phrases related to buying and selling. Find the Latin.

(a)

[i] I’m looking for

[ii] What are you looking for?

[iii] What else are you looking for?

(b)

[i] Do you have …?

[ii] I don’t have

[iii] Why don’t you have either or … [ = Why do you have neither nor …?]

(c)

[i] I want

[ii] I want to buy

[iii] How many … do you want to buy?

[iv] You can buy

(d)

[i] Do you sell …?

[ii] I never sell

[iii] I only sell

[iv] I don’t sell

[v] We don’t sell

[vi] The fishermen sell

[vii] The farmers sell

[viii] Do you sell books?

[ix] Why don’t you sell anything? [ = Why do you sell nothing?]

(e)

[i] no animal is sold

[ii] Grapes are grown

____________________

(a)

[i] quaerō

[ii] quid quaeris?

[iii] quid aliud quaeris?

(b)

[i] habēsne

[ii] nōn habeō

[iii] cūr neque … neque … habēs?

(c)

[i] volō

[ii] emere volō

[iii] quot … emere vīs?

[iv] emere potes

(d)

[i] vendisne?

[ii] numquam vendō

[iii] tantum vendō

[iv] nōn vendō

[v] nōn vendimus

[vi] piscātōrēs … vendunt

[vii] agricolae … vendunt

[viii] librōsne vendis?

[ix] cūr nihil vendis?

(e)

[i] nūllum animal venditur

[ii] ūvae coluntur

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