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 I02 DRILL EXERCISES

§1 C07itinued. {Ge?iitive Singnlar.)

Amita mea sub umbra castaneae interdum cantat.

Cum amita mea sub umbra castaneae interdum canto.

Ancilla amitae mcae in villa habitat.

Ancilla in villa amitae meae habitat

lanua iion procul ab ora maritima est.

My aunt's country house is pretty.

The door of the country-Iiouse is not far from the sea- shore. ^

Where is the nightingale?

The nightingale sometimcs sings under the shade of the chestnut-tree.

The nightingale does not Hve (say not lives) in the chestnul tree.

After §T. Conversation.

Q. Ubi est villa ?

A. Villa non procul ab ora maritima esL

Q. Ubi est castanea ?

A. Casianea in area est.

^Order of Words, Rui.e 2. — Put the Adverb BEFORE the Verb Of other word v^hich it qualifies. The English order is often difiTerent ; thus where English says ' sings well ' Latin says ' well sings.' English may say ' sings sometimes' or 'sometimes sings,' but Latin always says ' sometimes oings.' This rule applies to the Adverb non, which must always come immediately before the word which it negatives ; and it also applies to Adverbial phrases formed wlth Prepositions, such as ' far from the sea-shorc ', ' under the shade of the chestnut-tree ' ; thus for ' ihe nightingalc sings under ihe shade of the chestnut-tree' say ' the nightingale under iho shade of thc chestnut-tree sings ',