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20 LESSON XXIII

Be sure that the class knows the first three tenses of the first and second conjugations before taking up the third and fourth.

§ 147. Pronounce these paradigms before assigning them. Note that the e in regō is short.

§ 148. Require the class to learn the meanings of these verbs. Call for both oral and board work on these inflections.

After completing § 150 the whole story should be read from the beginning.

Ask the class to explain the different positions of meī and mea.

LESSON XXIV

§151.4. Have some verbs of the first and second conjugations inflected along with those of the third and fourth.

§ 153. Make prominent the fact that the verbs in the list are intransitive in Latin, and that their meaning is such as to demand an indirect object.

§ 155. English-Latin sentences calling for the use of the dative with intransitive verbs will be found in § 158. II. 6-12.

LESSON XXV

§ 156. Pupils always find difficulty in mastering this tense because of the new tense sign and this Lesson will require an unusual amount of drill.

Have verbs of the first and second conjugations inflected in the future along with those of the third and fourth.

§158.11.6. The pronoun I (ego) needs expression here because it is emphatic. 7. The possessive our (nostrīs) should precede its noun because of the emphasis. 9. They is emphatic; express by iī.

LESSON XXVI

% 160. Write on the board in parallel columns the first three tenses of audiō and capiō. Impress upon the class the resemblances and differences.