Thursday, July 7, 2016

glōria patriae

Author: K. Gamache
"This was originally used with Lesson 15 of Latin for Americans (9th edition) with notes for unfamiliar forms and vocabulary."

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Rēgīna patriam terrā et glōriā augēre voluit sed mīlitēs cibum nōn habuērunt. Sed rēgīna cōnsilium habuit et agricolīs nūntiāvit: “Sī cōpiās cibī nōn habēbimus, mīlitēs patriam nōn augēbunt. Sed sī cōpiās frūmentī augēbitis, vōbīs magnās grātiās agō et multa praemia dōnābō.”
Agricola, nōmine Dāvus, in prōvinciā patriae habitāvit. Dāvus multās fīliās habuit sed multam pecūniam nōn tenuit. post nūntium rēgīnae, Dāvus ad casam festīnāvit. Dāvus in agrum ambulāvit et hūc Cererem vocāvit: “Cerēs, docē mē frūmentum augēre. Pecūniam nōn habeō. Meae fīliae pecūniam nōn habent. Semper miserī sumus.”

Dāvus Cererem vīdit et Cerēs Dāvum frūmentum augēre docuit. post ūnum annum, Dāvus multum cibum habuit. Dāvus rēgīnae cibum dōnāvit et rēgīna dīxit, “Grātiās tibi agō, Dāve. Tuus animus est bonus. Multam pecūniam meruistī. Nunc patriam augēbimus et mīlitēs nostrī terrās novās occupābunt. Magnās victōriās et multōs captīvōs habēbimus.”

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Intended purpose: reading

Target Structures: vocab from Lesson 15 of LFA (9ed)

NLE Level: 1

Word count: 137

Unique Word List: ad, agō, Agricola, agricolīs, agrum, ambulāvit, animus, annum, augēbimus, augēbitis, augēbunt, augēre, bonus, captīvōs, casam, Cererem, Cerērem, Cerēs, cibī, cibum, cōnsilium, cōpiās, Dāve, Dāvum, Dāvus, dīxit, docē, docuit, dōnābō, dōnāvit, est, et, festīnāvit, fīliae, fīliās, frūmentī, frūmentum, glōriā, grātiās, habēbimus, habent, habeō, habitāvit, habuērunt, habuit, hūc, in, magnās, mē, Meae, meruistī, mīlitēs, miserī, multa, multam, multās, multōs, multum, nōmine, nōn, nostrī, novās, Nunc, nūntiāvit, nūntium, occupābunt, patriae, patriam, pecūniam, post, Postquam, praemia, prōvinciā, rēgīna, rēgīnae, sed, Semper, sī, sumus, tenuit, terrā, terrās, tibi, Tuus, ūnum, victōriās, vīdit, vōbīs, vocāvit, voluit

Unique Lemmata excluding proper nouns: ad, agō, agricola, ager, ambulō, animus, annus, augeō, bonus, captīvus, casa, cibus, cōnsilium, cōpia, dīcō, doceō, dōnō, ego, et, festīnō, fīlia, frūmentum, glōria, grātia, habeō, habitō, hūc, in, magna, mea, mereō, mīles, miser, multus, nōmen, nōn, noster, nova, nunc, nūntium, occupō, patria, pecūnia, post, praemium, prōvincia, rēgīna, sed, semper, sī, sum, teneō, terra, tū, tuus, ūnus, victōria, vīdeō, vocō, volō, vōs

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