Salvēte, sodalēs.
Today we will learn how to describe the relationship between family members in Latin. First, some new vocabulary. The text has a helpful family tree in the margin that includes the words for father, mother, son and daughter.
Now, how might we say ‘Julius is the father of Marcus and Quintus.’ or ‘Aemelia is the mother of Marcus, Quintus and Julia.’? As always, Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta will show us how it is done. Read Capitulum Secundum, lines 8-14. Afterwards, you can check your understanding below.
Oh, one more thing! Mēdusque means the same thing as et Mēdus.
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of Aemilia : Aemiliae
of Julius : Iūliī
of Julia : Iūliae
of Marcus : Mārcī
of Quintus : Quīntī
Note : You may have noticed that these possessive endings are the same as the plural endings we met in Capitulum Prīmum. If that seems confusing, just remember that it wasn’t to a Roman. After all, in conversation, we can all tell the difference between cats, cat’s and cats’ even though we can’t see the apostrophe.
Satis est. See you again shortly.