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1. Study the lesson below, carefully and completely.
2. Read the instructions for translation exercises.
3. Complete translation exercises.
4. Memorize all lesson vocabulary.
5. Work to earn a perfect score on your lesson exam.
Lesson
16 Dicit ei Jesus: Vade, voca virum tuum, et veni huc. 17 Respondit mulier, et dixit: Non habeo virum. Dicit ei Jesus: Bene dixisti, quia non habeo virum; 18 quinque enim viros habuisti, et nunc, quem habes, non est tuus vir: hoc vere dixisti. 19 Dicit ei mulier: Domine, video quia propheta es tu. 20 Patres nostri in monte hoc adoraverunt, et vos dicitis, quia Jerosolymis est locus ubi adorare oportet.
Exposition
Study the Exposition below until you know the translation of every word in the Latin text and can complete the translation from memory. The part of speech is given for each word, which should be studied but not memorized.
16 Dicit ei Jesus: Vade, voca virum tuum, et veni huc.
dicit: verb, “(he) says”
ei: pronoun, “to her”
Jesus: proper substantive noun, “Jesus”
vade: verb, “go”
voca: verb, “call”
virum: substantive noun, “husband”
tuum: ponoun, “your”
et: conjunction, “and”
veni: verb, “come”
huc: adverb, “here”
Translation: Says to her Jesus, “Go, call husband your, and come here,
17 Respondit mulier, et dixit: Non habeo virum.
respondit: verb, “(she) responds”
mulier: substantive noun, “(the) woman”
et: conjunction, “and”
dixit: verb, “(she) said”
non: adverb, “not”
habeo: verb, “(I) have”
virum: substantive noun, “(a) husband”
Translation: Responds (the) woman, and said, “Not (I) have (a) husband.”
Dicit ei Jesus: Bene dixisti, quia non habeo virum;
dicit: verb, “(he) says”
ei: pronoun, “to her”
Jesus: proper substantive noun, “Jesus”
bene: adverb, “well”
dixisti: verb, “(you) have said”
quia: conjunction, “that”
non: adverb, “not”
habeo: verb, “(I) have”
virum: substantive noun, “(a) husband”
Translation: Says to her Jesus, “Well (you) have said that ‘Not (I) have (a) husband.’;
18 quinque enim viros habuisti, et nunc, quem habes, non est tuus vir: hoc vere dixisti.”
quinque: adjective noun, “five”
enim: conjunction, “for”
viros: substantive noun, “husbands”
habuisti: verb, “(you) have had”
et: conjunction, “and”
nunc: adverb, “now”
quem: pronoun, “(the one) whom”
habes: verb, “(you) have”
non: adverb, “not”
est: verb, “(he) is”
tuus: pronoun, “your”
vir: substantive noun, “(a) husband”
hoc: pronoun, “this”
vere: adverb, “truly”
dixisti: verb, “(you) have said”
Translation: five for husbands (you) have had, and now, (the one) whom (you) have, not is your husband: this truly (you) have said.”
19 Dicit ei mulier: “Domine, video quia propheta es tu.
dicit: verb, “(she) says”
ei: pronoun, “to him”
mulier: substantive noun, “(the) woman”
Domine: proper substantive noun, “Lord”
video: verb, “(I) see”
quia: conjunction, “that”
propheta: substantive noun, “(a) prophet”
es: verb, “(you) are”
tu: pronoun, “you”
Translation: Says to him (the) woman, “Lord, (I) see that (a) prophet are you.
20 Patres nostri in monte hoc adoraverunt,
patres: substantive noun, “fathers”
nostri: pronoun, “our”
in: preposition (abl.), “on”
monte: substantive noun, “mountain”
hoc: pronoun, “this”
adoraverunt: verb, “(they) have worshipped”
Translation: Fathers our on mountain this have worshipped,
et vos dicitis quia Jerosolymis est locus ubi adorare oportet.
et: conjunction, “and”
vos: pronoun, “you”
dicitis: verb, “(you) say”
quia: conjunction, “that”
Jerosolymis: proper substantive noun, “Jerusalem”
est: verb, “(it) is”
locus: substantive noun, “(the) place”
ubi: adverb, “where”
adorare: verb. “to worship”
oportet: verb, “(one) ought”
Translation: and you say that Jerusalem is (the) place where to worship (one) ought.
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