Saturday, May 10, 2025

Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [8]; Castellum Rutupīnum [1]

Complete the Latin text with the words and phrases listed below. The full text is given at the end to check your answers.

Secton 1; Part 1

[1] On the following dayduring breakfast, my aunt said, "The sky is very clear today. Why aren't you walking to Richborough today?"

(1) __________ (2) __________  ientāculum amita mea "Caelum hodiē (3) __________  est" inquit: "(4) __________  nōn Rutupiās hodiē ambulātis?"

[2] And I said, "Why aren't you, auntie, and Lydia walking with us too?"

Et ego "Cūr nōn tū quoque, amita, et Lȳdia (5) __________  ambulātis?"

[3] "The road is too long," she said.

"(6) __________ longa est via" inquit.

[4] But my uncle said, "You can go there and back by carriage. What time is it now?"

Sed patruus meus "Vehiculō commeāre (7) __________. (8) __________  hōra (9) __________  est?"

[5] And she said “It’s not yet 7am.”

Et illa "(10) __________  tertia hōra est."

[6] Then he said “Set off [literally: give yourself onto the road] at 9 o’clock: you will arrive at Richborough before us. When we have seen [ = will have seen] the castle ruins, we will hurry home together in the carriage.”

Tum ille "Quīntā hōrā in viam (11) __________: (12) __________ Rutupiās adventābitis. (13) __________ ruīnās castellī (14) __________, (15) __________  in vehiculō (16) __________  domum properābimus."

ante nōs; cum; cūr; inter; nimis; nōbīscum; nōndum; nunc; omnēs; postridiē; potestis; quota; serēnissimum; spectāverimus; ūnā; vōs date

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  1. Postrīdiē inter ientāculum amita mea "Caelum hodiē serēnissimum est" inquit: "Cūr nōn Rutupiās hodiē ambulātis?"
  2. Et ego "Cūr nōn tū quoque, amita, et Lȳdia nōbīscum ambulātis?"
  3. "Nimis longa est via" inquit.
  4. Sed patruus meus "Vehiculō commeāre potestisQuota hōra nunc est?"
  5. Et illa "Nōndum tertia hōra est."
  6. Tum ille "Quīntā hōrā in viam vōs dateante nōs Rutupiās adventābitis. Cum ruīnās castellī spectāverimusomnēs in vehiculō ūnā domum properābimus."