Latin/Adverbs Lesson 2

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This week, we continue to add adverbs to our vocabulary. Some of the adverbs relating to time (soon, then, first, etc.) will be used more commonly with tenses other than the present, but we’ll have to make do with the present for now, and I have only limited sample sentences at this point. Also note that we won’t be teaching comparative adjectives or adverbs yet; where we would say in English, “very (adjective)”, the Latin would normally use a superlative adjective form instead. Latin does use intensifying adverbs like valdē and multum, but not as frequently as we do in English. Please also note that some of this lesson’s adverbs can cross over and be neuter nouns or adjectives; nimis, multum, satis, parum are commonly used as nouns; as nouns, they are usually accompanied by the genitive: too much, a lot, enough, too little OF something.

The difficulty of constructing conversational sentences is that there are many cases where it is hard to be sure if the Latin syntax we're presenting is authentic and true to the classical literature; we welcome any suggestions if you want to leave them as comments on the talk page.

New Vocabulary

Latin	English	Audio (Classical)	Notes
facile	subscr
foris	outside, outdoors
inde	from there, from then
intus (intro)	inside, indoors, in the house
ita	so, thus
iterum	again, for the second time
mox	soon
multum	much, very much, greatly, very, frequently, “a lot”		n.b. can also be used as a neuter noun, with the genitive
nimis (nimius, nimium)	too much, excessively		often with genitive
parum	too little, not enough		n.b. can also be used as an indeclinable neuter noun, with the genitive
prīmum	at first, first of all, in the first place
rūrsus	again, back
satis , sat	enough, sufficiently		n.b can also be used as a neuter noun, with the genitive
sīc	so, thus, in such a manner
tum (tunc)	then, at that time
ubīque	everywhere
unde	from where?, whence?
ut (adv.)	how, in what way, as		We’ll encounter ut again in the future, as a conjunction meaning “in order that”, but it is also used commonly as an adverb
valdē	greatly, very
vērō	in truth, truly, in fact

New Sentences

Latin	English	Notes
Magister mox advenit.	The teacher is arriving soon.
Tempus cēnae mox est.	Dinner time (the time of dinner) is soon.
Līberī intus manent.	The children stay indoors.
Paula intus it.	Paula goes indoors.
Mīles foris dormit.	The soldier sleeps outdoors.
Gāius et Mārcus foris labōrant.	Gaius and Marcus are working outside.
Unde venis?	Where do you come from?
Domus mea est in Americā. Inde veniō.	My home is in America. I come from there.
Formīcae ubīque sunt.	Ants are everywhere.
Cum “mū mū” hic et “mū mū” illic; hic “mū,” illic “mū,” ubique “mū mū.”	With a “moo moo” here and a “moo moo” there; here a “moo,” there a “moo,” everywhere a “moo moo.”
Epistulam iterum legō.	I read the letter again.
Lūcia domum rūrsus venit.	Lucia comes home again.
Puer rūrsus rogat.	The boy asks again.
Facile vincunt.	They win easily.
Prīmum ambulat, tum currit.	First he walks, then he runs.
Prīmum, cibum volō.	First of all, I want food.
Ita (est).	Yes/ It is so.
Ita vērō.	Yes indeed.
Homō semper sīc agit.	The man always does so.
Lūcia sīc scrībit.	Lucia writes in this way/like this.
Ut valēs? (Quid agis?)	How are you?
Ut māter tua valet?	How is your mother (doing)?
Mārcus est, ut dicunt, rāra avis.	Marcus is, as they say, a rare bird.
Ut pater dicit, ita fīliī faciunt.	As the father says, so the sons do.
Gāius valdē ēsurit.	Gaius is very hungry.
Virī valdē sitiunt.	The men are very thirsty.
Valdē pulchra est.	She is very beautiful.
Tū mihi valdē/multum placēs.	I like you very much.
Multum labōrat.	He is working a lot.
Multum vīnī bibit. (Multum vinum bibit).	He drinks a lot of wine/He drinks much wine. (The first sentence has multum as a neuter noun; the second has it as an adjective modifying vinum. Both are acceptable.)
Satis cibī habet.	He has enough food.
Nōn satis dormit.	He doesn’t sleep enough.
Satis bene intellegō.	I understand well enough.
Satin’ (satisne) bene?	Are you all right/well enough?
Nimis bibit.	He drinks too much.
Nimis vīnī bibit.	He drinks too much wine.
Multum bibit.	He drinks very much/ a lot.
Mārcus satis aquae bibit, sed tū parum bibis.	Marcus drinks enough water, but you drink too little.
Parum pecūniae habeō.	I do not have enough money/ I have too little money.
Prīmum, nōn nocēre.	First, do no harm. (Hippocrates gave this as an ethical guideline for doctors)
Nātūra valdē simplex est et sibi cōnsona.	Nature is exceedingly simple and harmonious with itself. (Sir Isaac Newton)
Multum, nōn multa.	Much, not many things. Used to promote a philosophy of learning where “less is more” and students study fewer subjects, but more deeply.
Verbum sapientī sat est.	A word to the wise is sufficient.

Practice

Practice and learn the words and phrases in this lesson
Step one	First learn the words using this lesson: Adverbs 2 vocabulary
Step two	Next try learning and writing the sentencing using this: Adverbs Sentences
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Multum adverbōrum in hāc lectione habēmus! (We have a lot of adverbs in this lesson). It’s at least two lessons’ worth. We will move on to something else with the next lesson. There are more adverbs but it might be better to wait and introduce them in context as they come up, or do another adverbs lesson later on. For the present, valēte et habēte bonam fortūnam!

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