Savlēte, sodālēs.
In Lesson 73 we met the reflexive pronoun sē. Latin uses sē in a few places where English just assumes it. A good example is Iūlia sē vertit. Julia turns herself. In English we would just say Julia turns. or Julia turns around. Latin, however, is more precise on this occasion.
Immō is an interesting word. It is commonly used at the beginning of a sentence that contradicts what has come before it. Pay close attention to how it used in today’s reading.
The opposite of num is nōnne. Num is put at the beginning of a yes/no question to show the asker expects a ‘no’ reply. Nonne is put at the beginning of a yes/no question to show the asker expects a ‘yes’ reply. Nōnne Rōma in Italiā est.
A new verb, terget/tergent is introduced. Syra says to Julia, ‘Tergē oculōs!’ What might she be telling Julia to do? Terget, by the way, is the root word of ‘detergent’.
Lastly, we are introduced to the imperative forms of est/sunt. Of course, you are unlikely to just tell somebody to be. What is more likely is that you would tell them to be something. In the example below, a girl is telling these cats to be good. In the reading, what is Syra telling Julia to be?
Now READ Capitulum Septimum, lines 20-29.
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terget/tergent : wipe clean/wipe dry/cleanse
Satis est. See you next time.