First learn the [special vocabulary], p. 283.
Point out the direct and indirect objects and the genitive of the possessor.
I. 1. Quis nautīs pecūniam dat? 2. Fīliae agricolae nautīs pecūniam dant. 3. Quis fortūnam pugnae nūntiat? 4. Galba agricolīs fortunam pugnae nūntiat. 5. Cui domina fābulam nārrat? 6. Fīliae agricolae domina fābulam nārrat. 7. Quis Diānae corōnam dat? 8. Puella Diānae corōnam dat quia Diānam amat. 9. Dea lūnae sagittās portat et ferās silvārum necat. 10. Cuius victōriam Galba nūntiat? 11. Nautae victōriam Galba nūntiat.
Imitate the word order of the preceding exercise.
II. 1. To whom do the girls give a wreath? 2. The girls give a wreath to Julia, because Julia loves wreaths. 3. The sailors tell the ladies2 a story, because the ladies love stories. 4. The farmer gives his ([§ 22. a]) daughter water. 5. Galba announces the cause of the battle to the sailor. 6. The goddess of the moon loves the waters of the forest. 7. Whose wreath is Latona carrying? Diana’s.
2. Observe that in English the indirect object often stands without a preposition to to mark it, especially when it precedes the direct object.
[ LESSON VI]
FIRST PRINCIPLES (Continued)
[48.] The Ablative Case. Another case, lacking in English but found in the fuller Latin declension, is the ab´la-tive.
[49.] When the nominative singular ends in -a, the ablative singular ends in -ā and the ablative plural in -īs.