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Bra ndo Brown Ca nem Vult
Cover and Chapter Art by Robert Matsudaira
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by
Carol Gaab
Latin Translation & Adaptation by Justin Slocum Bailey
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Bra ndo Brown Ca nem Vult
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A NOTE TO THE READER This fictitious novel is based on fewer than 125 highfrequency words in Latin. It contains a manageable amount of vocabulary, making it an ideal first read for
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beginning language students. New vocabulary words are embedded among numerous etyma–the ancestor from.
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words that similar-looking English words actually come All words are listed in the glossary at the back of the book. Keep in mind that many verbs are listed in the glossary more than once, as most appear throughout the book in various forms and tenses. (Ex.: I go, he goes,
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let’s go, etc.) Vocabulary that would be considered beyond a ‘novice-low’ level is footnoted within the text, and their meanings given at the bottom of the page where each occurs.
The opinions and events in this story do not reflect or
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Capitula Characters & Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Capitulum 1: Brandō canem vult . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Capitulum 2: Canēs? Minimē! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Capitulum 3: Brandō et Canis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Capitulum 4: Canis Brandōnis . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Capitulum 5: Brandō Dux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Capitulum 6: Sēcrētum Difficile . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Capitulum 7: Ad Medicum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Capitulum 8: Remedium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Capitulum 9: Cōnsilium Sēcrētum . . . . . . . . . . 57
Capitulum 10: Diēs Nātālis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Characters & Names in the Story Like other Latin nouns, names sometimes change form depending on how they are used in a sentence. Amālia - Amalia (Brando’s friend) Amāliam - Amalia
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Brandō - Brando (the main character) Brandōne - Brando Brandōnem - Brando Brandōnī - to/for Brando Brandōnis - Brando’s
Catarīna - Catherine (Brando’s sister) Catarīnā - Catherine Catarīnae - Catherine’s
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Iacōbus - Jacob (Brando’s best friend) Iacōbe - Jacob Iacōbī - Jacob’s Iacōbum - Jacob Manuēl(e) - Manuel (Brando’s friend) Samuēl(e) - Samuel (Brando’s friend) Tigris - Tiger (Jacob’s dog) Tigre - Tiger Tigrem - Tiger Tigrī - to/for Tiger
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Capitulum 1 Brandō canem vult
Brandō canem vult. Magnum canem vult. Maximum canem vult! Maximum canem vult similem canī ‘Clifford’, sed nōn vult canem rūfum1. Brandō nōn vult canem rūfum; vult canem colōris nātūrālis. Canem album vult, vel canem ātrum. Ma1
rūfum - red-haired 1
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ximum canem colōris nātūrālis vult! Soror eius, Catarīna,
mūrem2
habet, sed Brandō
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nōn vult mūrem. Mūrēs
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molestī3!
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Mūrēs albī sunt molestī.
Mūrēs ātrī sunt molestī.
Omnēs mūrēs sunt molestī.
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mūrem molestum. Brandō vult canem! Amālia, amīca eius, piscem habet, sed
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Brandō nōn vult piscem. Piscēs quoque sunt molestī. Piscēs albī sunt molestī. Piscēs ātrī sunt molestī. Omnēs piscēs sunt
molestī. Brandō nōn vult piscem molestum. Brandō vult canem! 2 3
mūrem - a rat (or mouse) molestī - annoying 2
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Amīcus eius Iacōbus canem habet. Canis Iacōbī est maximus. Brandō canem vult similem canī Iacōbī. Magnum canem vult et ingeniōsum. Canis Iacōbī est valdē4
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ingeniōsus. Piscēs nōn sunt ingeniōsī. Mūrēs nōn sunt ingeniōsī. Sed canēs sunt ingeniōsī et Brandō canem ingeniōsum
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In hortīs5 sunt multī canēs. Brandō canēs
in hortīs videt et “Canem,” inquit, “volō!” 4 5
valdē - very, strongly in hortīs - at the park 3
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Brandō Brown
Canem album videt et “Canem album,” inquit, “volō!” Canem ātrum videt et “Canem ātrum,” inquit, “volō!” Magnum canem videt et “Magnum canem,” inquit, “volō!” Parvum canem videt et “Canem,”
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inquit, “volō, sed nōn parvum canem. Magnum canem volō!” Brandō multōs canēs tēlevīsiōne videt.
Videt Ego et Marley. Brandō “Marley,” inquit, “est optimus canis!” Videt Beethoven. Brandō “Canem,” inquit, “similem Beethoven volō!” In Animālium Planētā Brandō 4
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multōs canēs videt. Magnōs canēs et parvōs canēs videt. Brandō “Ai, ai, ai!” inquit, “Canem volōōōōō!”
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Capitulum 2 Canēs? Minimē!
“Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “canem volō. Magnum canem volō!” “Brandō, canis magnam dīligentiam requīrit,” respondet māter. “Ita est1 , mamma. Ego sum dīligēns.”
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“Brandō, tū octo (8) annōs nātus es. Canem habēre est magnus labor puerō octo annōs nātō.”
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“Ita est, mamma,” respondet Brandō. “Canem habēre est magnus labor puerō octo annōs nātō. Sed canem habēre nōn est magnus labor puerō novem (9) annōs nātō!” “Hahae! Brandō,” inquit māter, “tū es puer ingeniōsus.” “Ita est, mamma. Sum puer ingeniōsus et dīligēns!”
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Brandō octo annōs nātus est, sed mox novem annōs nātus erit2. Diēs nātālis eius est diēs tertius Iūliī. 2
erit - (he) will be 7
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Brandō canem vult dōnum nātāle. Canis est optimum dōnum nātāle! “Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “canem volō dōnum nātāle.” “Canem vīs dōnum nātāle?”
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“Ita est, mamma!” inquit Brandō. “Magnum canem volō dōnum nātāle.”
“Brandō,” respondet māter, “canēs sunt difficilēs ad cūrandum3.” “Difficilēs ad cūrandum?”
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“Ita est, Brandō. Canēs afferunt magnās difficultātēs. Sunt valdē difficilēs ad cūrandum.”
Brandō est valdē ingeniōsus. Brandō mātrī respondet: “Mamma, canem nōn vīs quia canēs sunt difficilēs ad cūrandum?” “Ita est. Canem nōlō quia canēs sunt difficilēs ad cūrandum. Mag3
difficilēs ad cūrandum - difficult to care for 8
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nās difficultātēs afferunt!” “Sed mūrēs quoque difficultātēs afferunt. Mūs Catarīnae est difficilis ad cūrandum, sed Catarīna mūrem habet…”
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“Brandō, mūrēs afferunt parvās difficultātēs,” inquit māter. “Canēs afferunt magnās difficultātēs!”
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“Canis Iacōbī,” inquit Brandō, “nūllās difficultātēs affert. Canis Iacōbī familiam custōdit. Canis eius est optimus!”
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Māter Brandōnis est īrāta. Canem nōn vult, neque dē cane loquī vult. Sed Brandō dē cane loquī vult! Exclāmat: “Mamma, canem volō similem canī Iacōbī. Magnum canem volō.”
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“Magnī canēs afferunt magnās difficultātēs!” respondet māter īrāta. “Canis magnam dīligentiam requīrit.”
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“Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “ego sum dīligēns. Mox novem annōs nātus erō. Multī puerī novem annōs nātī canēs habent. Multī puerī novem annōs nātī canēs cūrant.”
Māter nōn respondet. Ergō Brandō “Nōlō,” inquit, “Xbox® neque tēlephōnum. Canem volō! Amābō tē4, mamma, canem volō dōnum nātāle!”
Amābō tē - please (idiomatic phrase, which literally means “I will love you.”)
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Subitō Brandō et māter tēlephōnum audiunt. Brringg, brringg! Brandō dē cane loquī vult, sed māter nōn vult. Māter abit ad tēlephōnum petendum5. Māter nōn iam Brandōnem audit. Brandō nōn est laetus. Valdē canem vult!
ad tēlephōnum petendum - to head for the phone 5
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ad videndum - in order to see adoptābit - s/he will adopt aeger - sick afferre - to bring difficultātēs afferre - to cause problems affert - s/he brings afferunt - they bring agere - to do; to spend (time) agit - s/he does; s/he spends (time) agō - I do; I spend (time) grātiās tibi agō thank you agunt - they do; they spend (time) ah - ah ai - uh-oh; oh no albī - white album - white 75
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ā - from abīre - to go away abit - s/he goes away accidit - (it) happened ad - to ad cēnandum - in order to have dinner ad cūrandum - to care for ad dormiendum - in order to sleep ad investīgandum in order to investigate ad loquendum - in order to speak ad mingendum - in order to pee ad petendum - in order to go get; in order to head for
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ānxietātis - of anxiety; of nervousness ānxium - anxious; nervous ānxius - anxious; nervous aperīre - to open aperit - s/he opens armāriō - closet armārium - closet ātrī - black ātrum - black audīre - to hear audit - s/he hears audiunt - they hear avia - grandmother aviae - grandmother aviam - grandmother bau bau - bow wow; woof woof Beethoven Beethoven (dog in a movie) bene - well; good
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aliae - other aliud - other; another alium - other; another alius - other; another amābō tē - please (literally, “I will love you”) amīca - friend (f.) amīcam - friend (f.) amīcī - friends amīcīs - friends amīcus - friend (m.) animālium - of animals Animālium Planēta - Animal Planet annōs - years ānxia - anxious; nervous ānxiā - anxious; nervous ānxiam - anxious; nervous
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canīnā - canine; dog-like canīnōrum - canine; dog-like canīnōs - canine; dog-like canis - dog capit - s/he takes cōnsilium capit s/he comes up with a plan capitulum - chapter castellī - of the fort castellō - fort castellum - fort catule - puppy catulī - the puppy‘s catulō - puppy catulum - puppy catulus - puppy celebrābimus - we will celebrate celebrābimusne will we celebrate? celebrant - they celebrate
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birotā - (on a) bicycle birotīs - (on their) bycycles brācae - pants; trousers brācās - pants; trousers brringg - ring ring (ringtone) cacāvisse - to have pooped cacāvistī - you pooped cacāvit - s/he pooped Caesar - Julius Caesar; any emperor Caesare - Julius Caesar; any emperor cane - dog canem - dog canēs - dogs cani - to the dog; to a dog
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collārī - collar collāris - the collar‘s colōris - of a color cōnsilium - plan convīvium - party cubiculī - of the bedroom cubiculō - bedroom cubiculum - bedroom cum - with cūr - why cūrandum - care for; take care of cūrant - they care for; they take care of cūrat - s/he cares for; s/he takes care of cūrāvistī - you cared for; you took care of custōdem - guard custōdit - s/he guards
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celebrāre - to celebrate cēnābis - you will have dinner cēnandum - have dinner cēnāre - to have dinner cēnat - s/he has dinner Cerbere - threeheaded dog in mythical underworld Cerberō - threeheaded dog in mythical underworld Cerberus - threeheaded dog in mythical underworld cibum - food claude - close (command) claudit - s/he closes collāre - collar
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din, don - ding dong (doorbell sound) dīxit - s/he said domō - from home domum - home dōna - gifts dōnum - gift dormī - sleep dormiam - I will sleep dormiendum - sleep dormiendum’st time to sleep dormiēs - you will sleep dormīre - to sleep dormit - s/he sleeps dormiunt - they sleep ducem - leader; general ducēs - leaders; generals dux - leader; general eam - her eāmus - let‘s go
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dē - about [a topic] decorant - they decorate decorat - s/he decorates deinde - then dīcere - to say dīcit - s/he says diē - on a day diē tertiō Iūliī - on the third of July diem - day diēs - day(s) difficile - difficult difficilēs - difficult difficilēs ad cūrandum - difficult to care for difficilis - difficult difficultātēs - difficulties; problems dīligēns - diligent; responsible dīligentiam - diligence; responsibility
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ecce - look! exīre - to exit; to go out ego - I exit - s/he exits; ēheu - oh no! s/he goes out eius - his/her/its explānāre - to exergō - therefore; so plain eris - you will be explānat - s/he exerit - s/he/it will be plains erō - I will be explōrant - they exes - you are plore esne - will you be...? facere - to do; to esse - to be make est - s/he/it is faciēns - doing; making estne - is s/he/it...? facis - you do; you estō - okay; so be it make et - and facit - s/he does; eum - him s/he makes ēvigilā - wake up familia - family (command) ēvigilat - s/he wakes familiā - family familiam - family up fēlīcem - lucky; ex - out of happy exclāmant - they exclaim; they yell fēlīcem diem nātālem! - Happy exclāmat - s/he exBirthday! claims; s/he yells 80
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habeō - I have habēre - to have habēs - you have habēsne - do you have...? habet - s/he has haesitat - s/he hesitates hahae/hahahae haha (laughing sound) hodiē - today hōra - ___ o’clock hōra octāva 8 o’clock hōrā - at ___ o’clock hōrā octāvā - at 8 o’clock hōrā quārtā - at 4 o’clock hōrā quīntā - at 5 o'clock hōrā septimā - at 7 o’clock hōrā sextā - at 6 o’clock
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fenestram - window fer - bring (command) ferēns - bringing ferēs - you will bring feret - s/he will bring ferre - to bring fert - s/he brings fingis - you invent; you imagine fingit - s/he invents; s/he imagines fingunt - they invent; they imagine finis - end firmā - firm; strong fortūnāte - lucky; fortunate fortūnātus - lucky; fortunate grātiās - thanks grātiās tibi agō thank you habent - they have
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īnspicit - s/he looks at; s/he inspects īnspiciunt - they look at; they inspect interrogat - s/he asks; s/he interrogates intrant - they enter intrāre - to enter intrat - s/he enters investīgandum - investigate īrāta - angry īrātus - angry īre - to go it - s/he goes ita - just like; like this; like that iterum - again iūcundās - fun; funny Iūliī - of July labor - work laeta - happy laetā - happy
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hortīs - park; gardens hortōs - park; gardens hui - wow; whoa iam - now; already iānuam - door ībis - you will go ībō - I will go ignōsce - excuse; forgive (command) imitāns - imitating imitātur - s/he imitates in - in; into īnfantilēs - infantile; babyish ingeniōsī - intelligent ingeniōsum - intelligent ingeniōsus - intelligent inquit - s/he says
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mātre - mother mātrem - mother mātrī - to/for the mother mātris - the mother‘s maximōs - really big; the biggest maximum - really big; the biggest maximus - really big; the biggest mē - me mea - my medicāmentum medicine medice - doctor medicō - doctor medicum - doctor medicus - doctor meō - my meum - my meus - my mī - my mīcroscopium - microscope
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laetī - happy laetus - happy lectō - bed lectum - bed lectus - bed licet - it‘s allowed licetne - is it allowed? longus - long loquendum - speak loquī - to speak loquitur - s/he speaks lūdīcrōs - toy (adjective, as in toy soldiers) magna - big magnam - big magnās - big magnī - big magnōs - big magnum - big magnus - big mamma - mommy māter - mother
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mūrēs - rats; mice mūs - rat; mouse nārrāre - to tell nārrat - s/he tells nātāle - birth; birthday nātālem - birth; birthday nātālis - birth; birthday nātī - born 9 (novem) annōs nātī - nine years old nātō - born nātūrālis - natural nātus - born neque - and not; but not; neither; nor nesciunt - they don‘t know nōlī - don‘t (command) nōlō - I don‘t want nōmen - name nōn - not
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mihi - me; to/for me mīlitēs - soldiers mingendum - pee mingere - to pee mingunt - they pee minimē - no; not at all mīnxī - I peed mīnxisse - to have peed mīnxistī - you peed mīnxit - s/he peed molestī - annoying molestum - annoying molestus - annoying mox - soon multa - many multae - many multās - many multī - many multōs - many multum - much mūrem - rat; mouse
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optimus - the best; great papae - wow! partem - part parva - small parvās - small parvōs - small parvum - small pater - father patrem - father per - through; throughout persuādēre - to persuade persuādet - s/he persuades petendum - go get; head for petit - s/he goes to get; s/he heads for petunt - they go to get; they head for piscem - fish piscēs - fish (pl) planētā - planet
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nōnne - isn‘t it the case that...? novem - nine nūllās - no; none nullōs - no; none nūllum - no; none numerum - number numerus - number ō - O; oh obdormit - s/he falls asleep (hōra) octāva - 8 o’clock octāvā - eighth (hōrā) octāvā - at 8 o'clock octo - eight omnēs - all; everyone omnia - everything optimās - the best; great optimē - great optimum - the best; great
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quoque - also rē - thing; issue rē vērā - really; in fact relinquere - to leave; they abandon relinquunt - they leave; they abandon rem - thing; issue remedium - remedy; cure requīrit - s/he/it requires rēs - thing; issue respondet - s/he answers revenī - come back (command) reveniam - I‘ll be back revenit - s/he comes back revēnit - s/he came back
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(Animālium) Planēta - Animal Planet pōnit - s/he puts prandent - they have lunch prandēre - to have lunch prandet - s/he has lunch puella - girl puellae - girls puellam - girl puellīs - girls puer - boy puerī - boys puerō - to/for a boy puerum - boy pūrum - clean quārtā - fourth (hōrā) quārtā - at 4 o'clock quia - because quid - what quīntā - fifth (hōrā) quīntā - at 5 o'clock
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similem - similar; like sōlum - only; alone sōlus - only; alone sonōrum - of sounds sonōs - sounds sonum - sound soror - sister sorōre - sister sorōrem - sister ssst - shh! statim - immediately suam his/her/its/their subitō - suddenly suī his/her/its/their suīs his/her/its/their sum - I am sūmendum - pick up sūmit - s/he picks up sūmunt - they pick up 87
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reveniunt - they come back rubet - s/he turns red; s/he blushes rūfum - red-haired salvē - hi satis - enough scrībit - s/he writes scrīpta - the writing; what someone wrote sē - himself/herself/itself sēcrētō - secretly sēcrētum - secret sed - but semper - always septem - seven septimā - seventh (hōrā) septimā - at seven o'clock sextā - sixth (hōrā) sextā - at 6 o’clock silentiō - silence
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tertius - third sunt - they are tibi - to/for you suō his/her/its/their timēre - to fear; to be afraid suum timet - s/he fears; his/her/its/their s/he is afraid tandem - finally tōta - whole; entire tapēte - carpet tōtum - whole; entapētī - carpet tire tē - you tū - you tēlephōnicum turbāta - in disorder telephone (adj.; as in a telephone turbātum - in disorder number) tēlephōnicus - tele- turbātus - in disorder phone (adj.; as in a telephone num- tuus - your ber) ūmidae - wet tēlephōnō - teleūmidum - wet phone ūmidus - wet tēlephōnum - teleut - how phone ut valēs - how are tēlevīsiōne - on telyou doing? evision valdē - very; greatly (hōrā) tertiā - at valē - goodbye three o'clock valeō - I‘m doing (diē) tertiō - on the well third day 88
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vōce firmā - with a firm voice vōcem - voice volō - I want volumus - we want volunt - they want vult - s/he wants vultisne - do you all want?
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valēs - you are doing well valet - s/he is doing well (ut) valet? - how is s/he doing? vel - or vēlōciter - quickly vērā - true; real (rē) vērā - really; in fact vērōs - true; real vērum - true; real vidēbit - s/he will see videndum - see vident - they see videō - I see vidēre - to see vidēsne - do you see? videt - s/he sees vīs - you want vīsne - do you want? vōce - with a ____ voice
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