Thursday, October 9, 2025

Level 3; indefinites [20]: practice

The answers are at the end of the post.

[1] Complete the English with the appropriate indefinites below.

[i] Aliquis mihi litterās scrīpsit. Quīcumque eās scrīpsit, ille auctor bonus est. │ Somebody wrote me a letter. Whoever wrote it, he’s a good author.

[ii] Dēbēs aliquid nōbīs facere. │ You must do __________ for us.

[iii] Rogābimus quendam, quī hīc erat. │ We’ll ask __________ who was here.

[iv] Quidcumque, quod noxae est, interficere possumus. │ __________ that is harmful, we can kill.

[v] Quidque terret meum amīcum. │ __________ terrifies my friend.

[vi] Ab aliquō territus est meus amīcus. │ My friend was frightened __________.

[vii] Cuique est aliquis, quī eum amat.  __________ has __________, who loves him.

[viii] Quidquam nōn poterāmus cernere. │ We couldn’t decide __________.

a certain person / man; anything; by something; each one (literally: to each one); each thing; somebody / someone (x2); something; whatever (thing); whoever

[2] Complete the Latin with the appropriate indefinite below.

[i] (1) Someone sees (2) someone │ (1) __________ (2) __________ videt

[ii] (1) Something was seen (2) by someone │ (1) __________ (2) ab __________ vidēbātur

[iii] I hardly saw anything │ Vix __________ vīdī

[iv] (1) Each one / person believed (2) [+ dative] someone │ (1) __________ (2) __________ crēdidit

[v] She loves each thing! │ __________ amat!

[vi] Whoever comes today, will be happy │ __________ hodiē advenit, fēlīx erit.

[vii] A certain (woman) is unhappy │ __________ misera est.

[viii] Whatever it is, tell me quickly │ __________ est, ēloquere mihi cito.

alicui; aliquem; aliquid; aliquis; aliquō; quaedam; quīcumque; quidquam; quidque; quidquid; quisque

[1]

[i] Somebody wrote me a letter. Whoever wrote it, he’s a good author.

[ii] You must do something for us.

[iii] We’ll ask a certain person / man who was here.

[iv] Whatever (thing) that is harmful, we can kill.

[v] Each thing terrifies my friend.

[vi] My friend was frightened by something.

[vii] Each one has someone, who loves him.

[viii] We couldn’t decide anything.

[2]

[i] (1) Aliquis (2) aliquem videt.

[ii] (1) Aliquid (2) ab aliquō vidēbātur.

[iii] Vix quidquam vīdī.

[iv] (1) Quisque (2) alicui crēdidit.

[v] Quidque amat!

[vi] Quīcumque hodiē advenit, fēlīx erit.

[vii] Quaedam misera est.

[viii] Quidquid est, ēloquere mihi cito.