Warm-Up Translate the following sentence into Latin. The master wanted to visit a mine and see the slaves.

Tips for Latin Composition The master wanted to visit a mine and see the slaves. “master” is the subject of the sentence, therefore the noun needs to be in the nominative case “wanted” is the verb, done by the master (a he, third person singular) and needs to be in the past tense because of the –ed; choose either imperfect tense or perfect tense “to visit” and “ see” are the infinitive forms of the verbs, so use the 2 nd principal parts

Tips, continued The master wanted to visit a mine and see the slaves. “mine” is the direct object of “visit” and needs to be in the accusative case “slaves” is the direct object of “see” and will also be put into the accusative case (keep in mind that it is plural) Also, Latin verbs tend to occur at the end of the sentence, and word order is flexible.

The master wanted to visit a mine and see the slaves. Dominus metallum visitare voluit et servos spectare.

Noun and Adjective Agreement Adjectives are used to modify nouns. Adjectives, in Latin, modify nouns according to case, number, AND gender

Noun and Adjective Agreement The women are tired. The subject is “women” – note how it is plural “tired” is the adjective, and it modifies “women” “tired” will be nominative, feminine, and plural to correctly modify “women” Sometimes, the noun and adjective endings will match. Feminae fessae sunt.

Noun and Adjective Agreement The girl watches her brown dog. “girl” is the subject “brown dog” is the direct object of the verb “canis” is a 3 rd declension noun, but the Latin word for “brown” is “fuscus, -a, -um,” a 1 st /2 nd declension adjective Still, “brown” must modify “canis” in case, number, and gender “brown” needs to be accusative, singular, and … (either male or female) Puella fuscum canem spectat.