Ūvās in macellō emō. | I buy grapes in the market.
Once you become familiar with the patterns discussed in the
previous posts, you can slowly add other concepts. At the outset, restrict such
expansion to single words or phrases, for example:
[i] adverbs: indeclinable i.e. they do not change their forms
semper: always
saepe: often
interdum: sometimes
rārō: rarely
numquam: never
māne: in the morning
vesperī, or vespere: in the evening
cotīdiē: every day
[ii] places
domī: at home
in amphitheātrō: at the amphitheatre
in culīnā: in the kitchen
in fluviō: in the river
in forō: at the market-place; in the public square
in macellō: at the market
in scholā: at school
in tabernā: in the shop
in thermopōliō: at a fast-food outlet
Examples:
[1] Ientāculum sūmō. | I take breakfast.
+ Māne ientāculum sūmō. | In the
morning I take breakfast.
++ Māne ientāculum in cūlīnā sūmō. | In the morning I
take breakfast in the kitchen.
[2] Ūvās emō. | I buy
grapes.
+ Multās ūvās emō. | I buy many / a lot of grapes.
++ Multās ūvās in macellō emō. | I buy a lot of grapes in
the market.
+++ Multās ūvās in macellō semper emō. | I always buy
a lot of grapes in the market.
Exercise
Translate:
[a] +
(1) Cāseum in tabernā emō.
(2) Cibum in thermopōliō emō.
(3) Lūdōs in amphitheātrō spectō.
(4) Vīnum numquam bibō.
[b] ++
(1) Vesperī cēnam in culīnā coquō.
(2) Fābulās in scholā rārō legō.
(3) Duo pōcula in tabernā emō.
(4) Multōs amīcōs in forō videō.
(5) Multa māla interdum edō.
[c] +++
(1) Domī multās epistulās semper scrībō.
(2) Duōs crocodīlōs in fluviō saepe videō!
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[a] +
(1) I buy cheese in the shop.
(2) I buy food at a fast-food outlet.
(3) I watch games at the amphitheatre.
(4) I never drink wine.
[b] ++
(1) In the evening I cook dinner in the kitchen.
(2) I rarely read stories at school.
(3) I buy two cups in the shop.
(4) I see many friends at the market-place.
(5) Sometimes I eat many apples.
[c] +++
(1) At home I always write many letters.
(2) I often see two crocodiles in the river!
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