Salvēte, sodālēs.
Congratulations on reaching Capitulum Quīntum. Let’s begin with the picture that starts the chapter. Use it to deduce the meanings of villa and hortus.
from Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta, page 32.
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villa : villa
hortus : garden
The textbook cleverly places two verbs side by side that you might otherwise confuse, habet and habitat. One means has and one means lives. I’m sure you’ll be able to determine which is which. Aemilia magnam vīllam habet. Aemilia in magnā vīllā habitat.
The first paragraph also shows us what happens to these verbs when the subject is plural. Pay attention to the underlining.
Iūlius in magnā vīllā habitat. Iūlius et Aemilia in magnā vīllā habitant.
Iūlius magnam vīllam habet. Iūlius et Aemilia magnam vīllam habent.
There are a few different types of verbs in Latin. Verbs like habitat end in -at and -ant. Other verbs you’ve met that end in -at and -ant are cantat, pulsat, plōrat, vocat, interrogat, verberat, numerat, salūtat and accūsat.
from Handy Latin Tables Pars Prīma, page 23.
Verbs like habet end in -et and -ent. Other verbs you’ve met that end in -et and -ent are rīdet, videt, respondet and tacet.
from Handy Latin Tables Pars Prīma, page 24.
Now READ lines 1-4.
Satis est. See you again soon.