Linguistic content and examples
Levels 1 and 2
This section iillustrates the kind of language and the expected degree of difficulty for the levels 1 and 2 band. The examples do not form a comprehensive list for these banded levels, but rather are an exemplification of the language focus for levels 1 and 2.
Verbs
| Singular (in formulaic expressions)
| exit
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| The verb to be and compounds – present tense singular
| ego sum ... ; mihi nomen est; tu es; est; abest; adsum; adest
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| Imperative – affirmative and negative singular and plural (for classroom instructions)
| salve(te); vale(te); sta(te); sede(te); audi(te); scribe; scribite; tace(te); labora(te); abi(te); responde(te); noli(te) stare
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| Negation
| non
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Pronouns
| Personal
| ego, tu, mihi, tibi
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Formulaic expressions and abbreviations
| Formulaic expressions
| ita vero; gratias; age! quid agis? bene! cave canem! deo gratias; et tu, Brute; homo sapiens; per annum; post mortem; in memoriam; veni vidi vici; caveat emptor
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| Abbreviations
| A.D.; etc; i.e.; e.g.; N.B.; P.S.; a.m.; p.m.; percent; RIP; S.P.Q.R; v/vs
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Nouns
| Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
| filius, filia, atrium
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| Plural
| filii, filiae
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| Names
| Marcus; Iulia; Sextus; Quintus; Rufus
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| Classroom words
| liber; sella; fenestra; porta; mensa; discipulus; magister; magistra; stilus; lingua latina
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| Gods and goddesses
| dea; deus; caelum; Jupiter; Juno; Venus; Minerva; Diana; Apollo; Mars; Bacchus; Ceres; Vulcan; Vesta; Mercury; Neptune; Pluto
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Prefixes
| Prefixes
| re; in; de; trans; per; e/ex; pro; a/ab; ad; contra; circum; inter; sub
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Question words
| Question words
| quis? quid?
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Other
| Letters of the Roman alphabet
| IVLIVS (Julius)
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| Numbers (1–20, 100, and 1,000)
| I (unus), C (centum, M (mille)
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