LLPSI 5.

1 (Part 1)
Welcome to Lingua Latina Conversations: Chapter 5, Lesson 1 (Parts 1 and 2). In this
conversation, you’ll learn the vocabulary and grammar of Chapter 5, Capitulum
Quīntum, Lesson 1, Lectiō Prīma, in Hans Oerberg’s Familia Romana text. Listen to the
following conversation between the servant Medus and his girlfriend, Lydia. Before
Medus stole his master’s money, he had brought his girlfriend on a visit from Rome to
see his master’s villa. As a slave, Medus was not supposed to have a girlfriend, so he
had to keep the visit secret. Listen to the converstion they had on the road as they
approached the villa.

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.
Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.

In that conversation you heard the question “Surely Julius doesn’t live alone in the
villa?” (‘Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat’) and the answer “Julius lives in the villa
with my mistress, Amelia, and a large family” (‘Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā
meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.’)

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.
Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.

Don’t worry if you understood very little of what you just heard. By the end of this
lesson, you’ll not only understand that conversation, but you’ll be able to participate
in it yourself.

a Here is the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”:

sōlus –a –um
Listen and repeat:
sōlus
puer est sōlus – the boy is alone
sōla
puella est sōla – the girl is alone
sōlum
animal est sōlum – the animal is alone
sōlus –a –um x2
What is the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”?
sōlus –a –um x2

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b Here is the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”:
habitāre
Repeat:
-āre
ha-bi-tāre
habitāre x2
What is the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”?
habitāre x2
a What is the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”?
sōlus –a –um x2
Try to say “Julius is alone” in Latin:
Iūlius est sōlus
sōlus
Iūlius est sōlus

b What is the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”?
habitāre x2
Compare “to call” with “he calls”:
vocāre/vocat
Now try to compare “to live in” with “he lives in”:
habitāre/habitat x2
c Here is the Latin preposition meaning “with”:
cum
Repeat:
cum x2
Say “on the island”:
in īnsulā
Listen to the phrase “with the island”:
cum īnsulā x2
Notice how both ‘in’ and ‘cum’ go with ‘īnsulā’ with the long ‘-ā’. ‘īnsulā’ with the long
‘-a’ is ablative case. Many prepositions, like ‘in’ and ‘cum’ go with the ablative case.
Give the preposition meaning “with”:
cum
Now compare “on the island” with “with the island”:
in īnsulā/cum īnsulā x2
a Give the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”?
sōlus –a –um
Try to say “Julius is alone” in Latin:
Iūlius est sōlus
sōlus
Iūlius est sōlus

c Give the Latin preposition meaning “with”:

cum
b Now say “with the island”:
cum īnsulā
Try to say “my mistress is Aemilia”:
domina mea est Aemilia x2

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 Knowing that ‘domina’ is in the same noun family as ‘īnsula’, try to say “with my
mistress”:
cum dominā meā
Now say “with my mistress, Aemilia”:
cum dominā meā, Aemiliā x2

Give the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”:
habitāre x2
Now compare “to live in” with “he lives in”:
habitāre/habitat x2
Near the Roman town of Tusculum Julius owns a large country estate or home called
a “villa.” Here is the Latin noun meaning “villa”:
vīlla, vīllae feminine
Repeat:
vīlla
vīllae
vīlla, vīllae feminine
What is the Latin noun meaning “villa”?
vīlla, vīllae feminine
Say “in the family”:
in familiā
Now, following the same pattern, say “in the villa”:
in vīllā
Can you say “Julius lives in the villa”?
Iūlius in vīllā habitat x2
d Try to say “in the family”:
in familiā
Now say “the sons are in the family”:
fīliī in familiā sunt x2
Now try to say “Two sons are in the family”:
duo fīliī in familiā sunt
duo fīliī
c Give the Latin preposition meaning “with”:
cum
d Say “with my mistress, Aemilia”:
cum dominā meā, Aemiliā
Now try to say “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Aemilia”:
Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā. x2
Try to add “with a large family”:
et cum magnā familiā
cum magnā familiā

Say “Two sons are in the family”:

duo fīliī in familiā sunt
Listen to the sentence “Julius has two sons”:
Iūlius duōs fīliōs habet.
‘duo fīliī’ is nominative plural, ‘duōs fīliōs’ is accusative plural.
Repeat:

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 -ōs
duōs fīliōs x2
duōs fīliōs habet
Try to say “Julius has two sons”:
Iūlius duōs fīliōs habet x2

a Give the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”:

sōlus –a –um
Say “Julius is alone”:
Iūlius est sōlus
Now ask “Is Julius alone?”
Estne Iūlius sōlus?
Say “in the villa”:
in vīllā x2
Ask “Is Julius alone in the villa?”
Estne Iūlius sōlus in vīllā?

b Give the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”:
habitāre x2
Compare “to live in” with “he lives in”:
habitāre/habitat
Say “Julius lives in the villa”?
Iūlius in vīllā habitat x2
Try to ask “Surely he doesn’t live in the villa?”
Num in vīllā habitat?
num
Num in vīllā habitat?

d Say “Julius has two sons”:

Iūlius duōs fīliōs habet
duōs fīliōs
Try to compare “the two sons are” with “he has two sons”:
duo fīliī sunt/duōs fīliōs habet

e Try to say “there is one daughter in the family”:

ūna fīlia in familiā est
ūna fīlia
Listen to the sentence “Julius has one daughter”:
Iūlius ūnam fīliam habet
‘ūna fīlia’ is nominative singular, ‘ūnam fīliam’ is accuative singular.
Repeat:
-am
ūnam fīliam x2
Try to say “Julius has one daughter.”
Iūlius ūnam fīliam habet
ūnam fīliam

c Give the Latin preposition meaning “with”:

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 cum
Say “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Aemilia, and his large family”:
Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā
et magnā familiā

e Say “Julius has one daughter.”

Iūlius ūnam fīliam habet
ūnam fīliam
Try to say “the one daughter is Julia”:
ūna fīlia est Iūlia.

d Compare “the two sons are” with “he has two sons”:
duo fīliī sunt/duōs fīliōs habet
Say “Julius has two sons”:
Iūlius duōs fīliōs habet
Listen to the difference between “he has” and “they have”:
habet/habent
Say “Julius has”:
Iūlius habet
Now say “Julius and Aemilia have”:
Iūlius et Aemilia habent
habet/habent
e Say “Julius has one daughter.”
Iūlius ūnam fīliam habet
ūnam fīliam
Now try to say “Julius and Aemilia have one daughter”:
Iūlius et Aemilia ūnam fīliam habent.
Say “the one daughter is Julia”:
ūna fīlia est Iūlia.

a Give the Latin adjective meaning “alone” or “lonely”:

sōlus –a –um
Say “Look Lydia!” The name “Lydia” is pronounced ‘Ly-di-a’.
Ecce Lydia!
Try to say “Look Lydia! It’s the villa!”
Ecce Lydia! Vīlla est!
Now say “Look Lydia! It’s the villa of Julius!”
Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
vīlla Iūliī
Ask “Is Julius alone in the villa?”
Estne Iūlius sōlus in vīllā?
Estne sōlus?
What is the Latin noun meaning “master”?
dominus, dominī masculine
Say “of your master”:
dominī tuī x2
Ask “Where is the villa of your master?”
Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī?

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 Answer “Here it is!”
Hīc est! x2
Say “Look Lydia! It’s the villa of Julius!”
Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Now say “It’s a big villa!”
magna est vīlla
Ask “Is Julius alone in the villa?”
Estne Iūlius sōlus in vīllā?

b Give the Latin infinitive meaning “to live in” or “to dwell”:
habitāre x2
Ask “Surely Julius doesn’t live alone in the villa?”
Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
e Now try to say “Julius and Aemilia have one daughter”:
Iūlius et Aemilia ūnam fīliam habent.
Can you guess how to say “they have two daughters”?
duās fīliās habent
duās fīliās
Say “They do not have two daughters”:
duās fīliās nōn habent

c Say “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Aemilia, and his large family”:
Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā
d Say “Julius has two sons”:
Iūlius duōs fīliōs habet
Now say “Julius and Aemilia have two sons”:
Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs habent
duōs fīliōs habent
Ask “How many sons do they have?”:
Quot fīliōs habent?
Ask “How many sons do Julius and Aemilia have?”
Quot fīliōs habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Answer “Julius and Aemilia have two sons”:
Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs habent.
e Ask “How many sons and how many daughters do Julius and Aemilia have?”
Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
fīliōs/fīliās
Answer “Julius and Aemilia have two sons and one daughter.”
Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.
a Ask “Where is the villa of your master, Medus?”
Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?
Answer “Here it is!”
Hīc est! x2
Say “Look Lydia! It’s the villa of Julius!”
Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Now say “It’s a big villa!”
magna est vīlla

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 Ask “Is Julius alone in the villa?”
Estne Iūlius sōlus in vīllā?

b Ask “Surely Julius doesn’t live alone in the villa?”

Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat? x2
c Answer “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Aemilia, and his large family”:
Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā
d Ask “How many sons do Julius and Aemilia have?”
Quot fīliōs habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Answer “Julius and Aemilia have two sons”:
Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs habent.
e Ask “How many sons and how many daughters do Julius and Aemilia have?”
Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Answer “Julius and Aemilia have two sons and one daughter.”
Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.

Now you’ll play the role of Medus. Lydia will ask you some questions about
your master’s family. I’ll help you answer them.

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Answer “It’s here! Look Lydia! It’s Julius’ villa!”
Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Say “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Amelia, and a large family.”
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.
Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Reply “Julius and Amelia have two sons and one daughter.”
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.

This is the end of Chapter 5, Lesson 1, Part 1. Please continue with Part 2
tomorrow.
f Welcome to Chapter 5, Lesson 1, Part 2. Listen to the following conversation
between Lydia and Medus:

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.
Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.
Lydia: Estne impluvium in vīllā?
Medus: Impluvium in atriō est.
Lydia: Ubi dormiunt servī?
Medus: Servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt.
Lydia: Ubi est Aemilia?
Medus: Aemilia in peristylō est.

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 Lydia: Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā?
Medus: Iūlius abest.
Lydia: Ubi est Iūlius?
Medus: Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est.
Lydia: Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Medus: Aemilia sōla nōn est: līberī cum eā in peristylō adsunt.

Don’t worry if you understood only part of what you just heard. By the end of
this lesson, you’ll not only understand that entire conversation, but you’ll be
able to participate in it yourself.

Here is the Latin noun for the small pool or water basin found in the atrium of many
Roman homes:
impluvium, impluviī neuter
Repeat:
-um
-plu-vi-um
im-plu-vi-um
impluvium
impluviī
impluvium, impluviī neuter x2
What is the Latin noun for the small pool or water basin found in the atrium of many
Roman homes?
impluvium, impluviī neuter

g Here is the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home:
atrium, atriī neuter
Repeat:
-um
a-tri-um
atrium
atriī
atrium, atriī neuter
What is the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home:
atrium, atriī neuter x2
f What is the Latin noun for the small pool or water basin found in the atrium of many
Roman homes?
impluvium, impluviī neuter
Try to ask “Where is the impluvium?”
Ubi est impluvium? x2
g What is the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home?
atrium, atriī neuter
‘atrium’ declines like ‘oppidum’.
Say “the atrium is large”:
magnum est atrium
Now try to say “it is in the atrium.”
in atriō est

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 in atriō
h Here is the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”:
cubiculum, cubiculī neuter
Repeat:
-um
bi-cu-lum
cu-bi-cu-lum
cubiculum
cubiculī
cubiculum, cubiculī neuter x2
What is the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”?
cubiculum, cubiculī neuter x2

f Give the Latin noun for the water basin found in the atrium of many Roman homes:
impluvium, impluviī neuter
Ask “Where is the impluvium?”
Ubi est impluvium?
h What is the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”?
cubiculum, cubiculī neuter x2
g This noun declines like ‘oppidum’. Try to say “in the town”:
in oppidō x2
Now try to say “in the bedroom”:
in cubiculō x2
Compare “in the town” with “in the bedroom”:
in oppidō/in cubiculō

Give the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home:
atrium, atriī neuter
Say “the atrium is large”:
magnum est atrium
Now say “the impluvium is in the atrium”:
impluvium in atriō est
in atriō est
i Here is the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’:
peristylum, peristylī neuter
Repeat:
-um
-sty-lum
pe-ri-sty-lum
peristylum
peristylī
peristylum, peristylī neuter x2
What is the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’?
peristylum, peristylī neuter

h Give the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”:

cubiculum, cubiculī neuter
i Now try to say “in the bedroom”:

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 in cubiculō
Listen to the difference between the phrases “in the bedroom” and “in the bedrooms”:
in cubiculō/in cubiculīs
‘cubiculō’ is ablative singular, ‘cubiculīs’ is ablative plural.
Repeat:
-īs
cu-bi-cu-līs
in cubiculīs x2
Say “in the bedrooms”:
in cubiculīs
Compare “in the bedroom” with “in the bedrooms”:
in cubiculō/in cubiculīs x2

What is the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’?
peristylum, peristylī neuter
This noun declines like ‘oppidum’. Try to say “the peristyle is large”:
magnum est peristylum.
Now say “Aemilia is in the peristyle.”
Aemilia in peristylō est.
in peristylō
f Give the Latin noun for the water basin in the atrium of Julius’ villa:
impluvium, impluviī neuter
Say “There is an impluvium in the villa.”
impluvium in vīllā est. x2
g Give the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home:
atrium, atriī neuter
Say “the impluvium is in the atrium”:
impluvium in atriō est

i Give the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’:
peristylum, peristylī neuter
say “Aemilia is in the peristyle.”
Aemilia in peristylō est.
Now say “Julius is present.”
Iūlius adest.
adest
Say “Julius is not present in the peristyle.”
Iūlius in peristylō nōn adest.
nōn adest
j Here is the noun for the small town nearest Julius’ villa:
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter
Repeat:
-um
Tū-scu-lum x2
Tūsculum
Tūsculī
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter
What is the noun for the small town nearest Julius’ villa?

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 Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter

h Give the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”:

cubiculum, cubiculī neuter
Compare “in the bedroom” with “in the bedrooms”:
in cubiculō/in cubiculīs x2
Now listen to the difference between “he sleeps” and “they sleep”:
dormit/dormiunt
Repeat:
-unt x2
-mi-unt
dor-mi-unt
‘dormiunt’ means “they sleep.”
Try to compare “the slave sleeps” with “the slaves sleep”:
servus dormit/servī dormiunt
Now say “the slave sleeps in the bedroom”:
servus in cubiculō dormit x2
Can you say “the slaves sleep in the bedrooms”?
servī in cubiculīs dormiunt

j What is the noun for the small town nearest Julius’ villa?
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter
Ask “Where is Julius?”
Ubi est Iūlius?
Try to answer “Julius is in town”:
Iūlius in oppidō est
in oppidō est
Listen to the phrase “in the town of Tusculum”:
in oppidō Tūsculō x2
Notice how ‘oppidō’ and ‘Tūsculō’ agree together. Try to say “in the town of
Tusculum.” Literally, you will say “in Tusculum town.”
in oppidō Tūsculō
i Give the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’:
peristylum, peristylī neuter
Ask “Where is Amelia?”
Ubi est Aemilia?
Answer “Aemilia is in the peristyle.”
Aemilia in peristylō est.
Ask “Is Julius present?” Start with ‘Adestne…?’
Adestne Iūlius? x2
Ask “Is Julius presentin the peristyle with Amelia?”
Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā? x2
Answer “Julius is gone.”
Iūlius abest
abest

j Give the name of the small town very near Julius’ villa:
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter

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 Ask “Where is Julius?”
Ubi est Iūlius?
Try to answer “Julius is in the town of Tusculum”:
Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est x2
Say “Amelia is alone.”
Aemilia sōla est.
Now say “Amelia is not alone.”
Aemilia sōla nōn est.
Say “The children are present.”
Līberī adsunt x2
f Give the Latin noun for the water basin in the atrium of Julius’ villa:
impluvium, impluviī neuter
Say “There is an impluvium in the villa.”
impluvium in vīllā est.
Ask “Is there an impluvium in the villa?”
Estne impluvium in vīllā?
g Give the Latin noun for the great room or atrium of a Roman home:
atrium, atriī neuter
Say “there is an impluvium in the atrium”:
impluvium in atriō est x2

j Give the name of the small town very near Julius’ villa:
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter
Ask “Where is Julius?”
Ubi est Iūlius?
Answer “Julius is in the town of Tusculum”:
Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est
Ask “Is Amelia alone in the peristyle?”
Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Answer “Amelia is not alone: the children are present in the peristyle.”
Aemilia sōla nōn est: Līberī in peristylō adsunt.
Listen to the phrase “with her”:
cum eā
Repeat:
cum eā
Try to say “the children are present with her”:
līberī cum eā adsunt x2
h Give the Latin noun meaning “bedroom”:
cubiculum, cubiculī neuter
Say “the slave sleeps in the bedroom”:
servus in cubiculō dormit
Now say “the slaves sleep in the bedrooms”:
servī in cubiculīs dormiunt
Say “in small bedrooms”:
in parvīs cubiculīs
Can you say “the slaves sleep in small bedrooms”?
servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt
Ask “Where do the slaves sleep?”

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 Ubi dormiunt servī? x2
Answer “the slaves sleep in small bedrooms.”
servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt

i Give the Latin noun for the colonade surrounding a Roman ‘hortus’:
peristylum, peristylī neuter
Ask “Where is Amelia?”
Ubi est Aemilia?
Answer “Aemilia is in the peristyle.”
Aemilia in peristylō est.
Ask “Is Julius present in the peristyle with Amelia?”
Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā? x2
Answer “Julius is gone.”
Iūlius abest

j Give the name of the small town very near Julius’ villa:
Tūsculum, Tūsculī neuter
Ask “Where is Julius?”
Ubi est Iūlius?
Answer “Julius is in the town of Tusculum”:
Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est
Ask “Is Amelia alone in the peristyle?”
Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Answer “Amelia is not alone: the children are present with her in the peristyle.”
Aemilia sōla nōn est: Līberī cum eā in peristylō adsunt.

f Ask “Is there an impluvium in the villa?”

Estne impluvium in vīllā?
g Say “There’s an impluvium in the atrium”:
impluvium in atriō est

h Ask “Where do the slaves sleep?”

Ubi dormiunt servī? x2
Answer “the slaves sleep in small bedrooms.”
servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt

i Ask “Where is Amelia?”

Ubi est Aemilia?
Answer “Aemilia is in the peristyle.”
Aemilia in peristylō est.
Ask “Is Julius present in the peristyle with Amelia?”
Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā? x2
Answer “Julius is gone.”
Iūlius abest

j Ask “Where is Julius?”

Ubi est Iūlius?
Answer “Julius is in the town of Tusculum”:

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 Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est
Ask “Is Amelia alone in the peristyle?”
Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Answer “Amelia is not alone: the children are present with her in the peristyle.”
Aemilia sōla nōn est: Līberī cum eā in peristylō adsunt.

Now for a conversation. You will play the role of Medus. Your girlfriend, Lydia,
will ask about your master’s family. I’ll help with your responses.

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Answer “It’s here! Look Lydia! It’s Julius’ villa!”
Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Say “Julius lives in the villa with my mistress, Amelia, and a large family.”
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.
Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Reply “Julius and Amelia have two sons and one daughter.”
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.
Lydia: Estne impluvium in vīllā?
Respond “There is an impluvium in the atrium.”
Medus: Impluvium in atriō est.
Lydia: Ubi dormiunt servī?
Answer “The slaves sleep in small bedrooms.”
Medus: Servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt.
Lydia: Ubi est Aemilia?
Say “Amelia is in the peristyle.”
Medus: Aemilia in peristylō est.
Lydia: Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā?
Respond “Julius is gone.”
Medus: Iūlius abest.
Lydia: Ubi est Iūlius?
Reply “Julius is in the town of Tusculum.”
Medus: Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est.
Lydia: Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Answer “Amelia is not alone: the children are present with her in the peristyle.”
Medus: Aemilia sōla nōn est: līberī cum eā in peristylō adsunt.

Let’s try that conversation one more time. This time you’ll respond without any
prompting from me.

Lydia: Ubi est vīlla dominī tuī, Mēde?

Medus: Hīc est! Ecce Lydia! Vīlla Iūliī est!
Lydia: Magna est vīlla! Num Iūlius sōlus in vīllā habitat?
Medus: Iūlius in vīllā habitat cum dominā meā, Aemiliā, et magnā familiā.

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Lydia: Quot fīliōs et quot fīliās habent Iūlius et Aemilia?
Medus: Iūlius et Aemilia duōs fīliōs et ūnam fīliam habent.
Lydia: Estne impluvium in vīllā?
Medus: Impluvium in atriō est.
Lydia: Ubi dormiunt servī?
Medus: Servī in parvīs cubiculīs dormiunt.
Lydia: Ubi est Aemilia?
Medus: Aemilia in peristylō est.
Lydia: Adestne Iūlius in peristylō cum Aemiliā?
Medus: Iūlius abest.
Lydia: Ubi est Iūlius?
Medus: Iūlius in oppidō Tūsculō est.
Lydia: Estne Aemilia sōla in peristylō?
Medus: Aemilia sōla nōn est: līberī cum eā in peristylō adsunt.

This is the end of Chapter 5, Lesson 1. This is the end of today’s conversation. Bene
valē!

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