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DRILL EXERCISES II7

^ 14. {2nd Decktision continued: 'vir'.)

'riiere is a nobleman^ nientioned in a play^. The nobleman's life is unhappy. The man has^ two sons. The son Edgar* is faithful. But the son Edniund* does not love the nobleman. The nobleman prepares to hurl himself down-from a cliff. The chff is near Dover. But the failhful son walks to the cliff with the nobleman, and saves the life of the unhappy man.

After § 14.

1. Write t7vo sentences about the things seen ifi Kent during the holidaxs. Jn the first sentence say 'During the holidays I see

. . . .' ; in the second sentence say ' How much it delights me to see . . . . ' {and here put in the things that you like best to see).

2. Repeat ihe table 0/ Pronouns giveti after § 5, and add the Dative Cases, Singular and Plural (mihi, tibi, nobis, vobis). JiJake up sentences conlaining ihese Datives.

% 15. {2nd Declension in er continued.)

Magister noster vir doctus est.

Tu, magister, mihi carus es,

Magistrum nostrum amo.

Libri magistri nostri pulchri sunt.

Libri magistro nostro magnam laetitiam dant.

Cum magistro nostro saep? ambulamus.

Magistri nostri viri docti sunl.

Vos, magistri, pueris pigris non cari estis.

Ma_j;istros multi pueri formidant.

  • Note thal the Adjective in this ca«e has not the same cnding a= the Noun;

so, t,io, often in the foilowing exeicises.

' Say itt a play iiuniiorted; see Order of Vord>, Ruic 2.

' Say to the mun there-are ; see Pre/>aiatii>iis, § 9, end (palruo meo est).

  • Tliese English names may be latinized as Edgarut, Edinundus.