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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
26 Dicit ei Jesus: Ego sum, qui loquor te. 27 Et continuo venerunt discipuli ejus, et mirabantur quia cum muliere loquebatur. Nemo tamen dixit: Quid quaeris? aut, Quid loqueris cum ea? 28 Reliquit ergo hydriam suam mulier, et abiit in civitatem, et dicit illis hominibus: 29 Venite, et videte hominem qui dixit mihi omnia quaecumque feci: numquid ipse est Christus? 30 Exierunt ergo de civitate et veniebant ad eum.
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.
26 Dicit ei Jesus: “Ego sum, qui loquor te.”
dicit: verb, “(he) says”
ei: pronoun, “to her”
Jesus: proper substantive noun, “Jesus”
ego: pronoun, “I”
sum: verb, “(I) am”
qui: pronoun, “who”
loquor: verb, “(I) am speaking”
te: pronoun, “you”
Translation: Says to her Jesus, “I am, who (am) speaking (to) you…
27 Et continuo venerunt discipuli ejus,
et: conjunction, “and”
continuo: adverb, “immediately”
venerunt: verb, “(they) came”
discipuli: substantive noun, “disciples”
ejus: pronoun, “his”
Translation: And immediately came disciples his,
et mirabantur quia cum muliere loquebatur.
et: conjunction, “and”
mirabantur: verb, “(they) did wonder”
quia: conjunction, “because”
cum: preposition (abl.), “with”
muliere: substantive noun, “(a) woman”
loquebatur: verb, “(he) did speak”
Translation: and (they) did wonder because with (a) woman (he) did speak.
Nemo tamen dixit: Quid quaeris? aut, Quid loqueris cum ea?
nemo: substantive noun, “no one”
tamen: conjunction, “nevertheless”
dixit: verb, “(he) said”
quid: interr. pronoun, “what?”
quaeris: verb (deponent), “(you) are seeking”
aut: conjunction, “or”
quid: interr. pronoun, “why?”
loqueris: verb (deponent), “(you) are speaking”
cum: preposition (abl.), “with”
ea: pronoun, “her”
Translation: No one nevertheless said, “What are (you) seeking?” or, “Why are (you) speaking with her?”
28 Reliquit ergo hydriam suam mulier, et abiit in civitatem,
reliquit: verb, “(she) left”
ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
hydriam: substantive noun, “water-pot”
suam: pronoun, “her”
mulier: substantive noun, “(the) woman”
et: conjunction, “and”
abiit: verb, “(she) went away”
in: preposition (acc.), “into”
civitatem: substantive noun, “(the) city”
Translation: Left therefore water-pot her (the) woman, and went away into (the) city,
et dicit illis hominibus: 29 Venite, et videte hominem
et: conjunction, “and”
dicit: verb, “(she) says”
illis: pronoun, “to those”
hominibus: substantive noun, “men”
venite: verb, “come”
videte: verb, “see”
hominem: substantive noun, “(a) man”
Translation: and (she) says to those men: “Come and see a man
qui dixit mihi omnia quaecumque feci:
qui: pronoun, “who”
dixit: verb, “(he) has said”
mihi: pronoun, “to me”
omnia: adjective noun “all things”
quaecumque: pronoun, “whatsover”
feci: verb, “(I) have done”
Translation: who has said to me all things whatsoever (I) have done:
numquid ipse est Christus?
numquid: adverb, “[it is] not that…[is it?]”
ipse: pronoun, “he”
est: verb, “[he] is”
Christus: proper substantive noun, “[the] Christ”
Translation: [It is] not that he is [the] Christ…[is it?]
30 Exierunt ergo de civitate et veniebant ad eum..
exierunt: verb, “[they] went out”
ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
de: preposition (abl.), “from”
civitate: substantive noun, “[the] city”
et: conjunction, “and”
veniebant: verb, “[they] did come”
ad: preposition (acc.), “to”
eum: pronoun, “him”
Translation: [They] went out therefore from [the] city and [they] did come to him…
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