1. Why study Latin? Because it is latin, Learn English vocabulary Language foundation Get smarter Character study Higher SAT score

2. Rules of Latin 1. Add –us to your name if you are a boy Add –a if you are a girl 2.Capital letters are only for names and places, no at the beginning of a sentence. 3.Alphabet: no letter j 4.No silent letter in Latin 5.Letter C is always a hard sound like in Cat 6.Letter V is pronounced like W

3. Lesson II. The Governor is coming! Adjectives (words used to describe nouns) villa sordida est. house dirty is. hortus squalidus est. garden messy iS

4. Lesson II. The Governor is coming! Feminine noun: villa (house) vacca (cow) gallina (hen) vespa (wasp) balaena (whale) Masculine nouns: hortus (garden) porcus (pig) delphinus (dolphin) mus (mouse) taurus (bull)

5. Lesson II. The Governor is coming! Feminine adj: sordida callida magna parva optima bona maxima improba formosa strenua ignava benigna Masculine adj: sordidus callidus magnus parvus optimus bonus maximus improbus formosus strenuus ignavus benignus English meaning dirty wise big/powerful/tall small/little best good greatest naughty famous/beautiful energetic lazy kind

6. What does it mean? mater formosa est. mus parvus est. pater optimus est. porcus ignavus est.

7. Can you describe yourself and your parents in Latin? Jilla sum. mater sum. mater benigna est. Gracea sum. filia sum. Gracea callida est.

8. How do you say “hello” and “good- bye” in Latin? salve Hello to one person salvete Hello to more than on person walegood-bye”

9. Latin Roots What animal does pork come from? What would an equestrian statue look like? If you scored the maximum points in a test would you be happy? If you put minimal effort into your work, would your teacher be pleased with you?