e farmer? 4. (His) little daughter lives
with the farmer. 5. (His) daughter is getting (parat) a good dinner
for the farmer. 6. The farmer praises the good dinner. 7. The daughter's
good dinner is pleasing to the farmer.
[Footnote 1: Note that the relation expressed by the dative case
covers that _to which a feeling is directed._ (Cf. Sec. 43.)]
[Illustration]
What Latin words are suggested by this picture?
_63._ CONVERSATION
Answer the questions in Latin.
1. Quis cum agricola in casa habitat?
2. Quid bona filia agricolae parat?
3. Quem agricola laudat?
4. Vocatne filia agricolae gallinas ad cenam?
5. Cuius filia est grata dominae?
6. Cui domina pecuniam dat?
LESSON VIII
FIRST DECLENSION (_Continued_)
[Special Vocabulary]
NOUNS
/Italia, -ae\, f., _Italy_
Sicilia, -ae, f., _Sicily_
/tuba, -ae\, f., _trumpet_ (tube)
/via, -ae\, f., _way, road, street_ (viaduct)
ADJECTIVES
/alta\, _high, deep_ (altitude)
/cla:ra\, _clear, bright; famous_
/la:ta\, _wide_ (latitude)
/longa\, _long_ (longitude)
/nova\, _new_ (novelty)
_64._ We have for some time now been using adjectives and nouns together
and you have noticed an agreement between them in _case_ and in _number_
(Sec. 54). They agree also in _gender_. In the phrase /silva magna\, we
have a feminine adjective in -a agreeing with a feminine noun in -a.
_65._ RULE. Agreement of Adjectives. _Adjectives agree with their
nouns in gender, number, and case._
_66._ Feminine adjectives in -a are declined like feminine nouns in
-a, and you should learn to decline them together as follows:
NOUN ADJECTIVE
domina (BASE domin-), bona (BASE bon-),
f., _lady_ _good_
SINGULAR TERMINATIONS
Nom. do'mina bona -a
Gen. dominae bonae -ae
Dat. dominae bonae -ae
Acc. dominam bonam -am
Abl. domina: bona: -a:
PLURAL
Nom. dominae bonae -ae
Gen. domina:'rum bona:'rum -a:rum
Dat. domini:s boni:s -i:s
Acc. domina:s bona:s -a:s
Abl. domini:s boni:s -i:s
_a._ In the same way decline together /puella mala\, _the bad girl_;
/ancil'la parva\, _the little maid_; /fortu'na magna\, _great
fortune._
_67._ The words /dea\, _goddess_, and /filia\, _daughter_, take th
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