You must complete the following assignments for this lesson:
- Study the Prelection.
- Complete the Lesson Exercises.
- Memorize the Memory Work.
- Complete the Lesson Examination.
Prelection
Directions: Watch the following prelection carefully. It is designed to help you understand your Latin reading assignment. You should know everything in this prelection before taking your lesson exam.
Fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen erat Iohannes.
There was a man sent from God for whom the name was John.
Hic venit in testimonium ut testimonium perhiberet
This man came for a testimony so that a testimony he might give
de lumine ut omnes crederent per illum. Non erat
about the light so that all might believe through him. Not was
ille lux sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
he the light but so that a testimony he might give about the light.
Erat lux vera quae inluminat omnem hominem
It was the light true which illuminates every man
venientem in mundum. In mundo erat et mundus
coming into the world. In the world he was and the world
per ipsum factus est et mundus eum non cognovit.
by him made is and the world him not did know.
Lesson Exercises
- Copy out your Latin verses onto a lined piece of paper, skipping a line after each copied line. After you copy the entire reading, write out the English translation, word-for-word, under each line. When you finish, re-write the English translation using everyday English. You may look at your lesson notes when you begin, but the goal is to complete this lesson from memory. That is when you will know that you have mastered the lesson.
- Copy the English translation from your lesson reading onto a lined piece of paper, skipping a line after each copied line. After you copy the English lines, write out the Latin translation, word-for-word, under each line. You may look at your lesson notes when you begin, but the goal is to complete this lesson from memory. That is when you will know that you have mastered the lesson.
Vocabulary
Nouns
homo – man
Deo – God
nomen – name
Iohannes – John
testimonium – testimony
lumine – light
omnes – all
lux – light
vera – true
omnem – every
hominem – man
mundum – the world
mundo – the world
mundus – the world Interjections
Verbs
erat – was, he was, there was
fuit – was, he was, there was
venit – came
perhiberet – might give
crederent – might believe
inluminat – illuminates
cognovit – knew
Pronouns
cui – for whom
illum – him
ille – he
quae – it, which
ipsum – him
eum – him
Participles
factus – made
missus – sent
venientem – coming
Prepositions
a, ab – from
in – in, into, for, on, among
de – about, from
per – by, through
Adverbs
non – not
Interjections
Conjunctions
et – and, also
ut – so that
sed – but
