Lesson 3 -- Simple Sentences in Latin

Read page 9 #2 Rules for Gender
Read pages 9-10, #3, Use of Verbs

Rules of Gender



ORder of Verbs


Learn the two rules on page 10
You can go to these flashcards to see the first Henle rules

page 11 -- You already have learned about diagramming from the Latin Boot Camp (Class 2).

Diagramming Latin Sentences is a site that gives the basics in case you need review (just pay attention to the first form -- intransitives).

Study the vocabulary on page 11 -- also find here.

Now you can translate short sentences! Mentally translate exercise 5 on page 11. I will ask random numbers to spot check.

• Remember that if there is no subject, the verb contains a subject. Also,
• Remember that Latin does not have articles like "the, a, an" -- when you translate to English, add the articles to make it sound more sensible in English.

example

orat = he/she prays.

So

Orant.

is a complete sentence expressing the observation that:

They pray or They are praying.

(How you translate a given Latin sentence or passage depends on what (1) makes the most sense and (2) sounds the best in English)

Here is more on Simple Sentences.

The basic idea is that you can take the correct Latin form of any subject and verb and make a simple sentence. In future lessons Henle will show you how to make and translate more complicated sentences.