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Trаnslаting verbs: intrоductiоn Trаnslating is оne of the key skills we develop in learning a second language, and can be helpful in communicating and discussing our comprehension of a text. Often, when we translate, we are able to choose among different ways of translating: in the previous quiz, for example, you saw that the present tense in Latin can be translated various as "I praise, I warn" or "I am praising, I am warning". It's important to recognize what options are available, and to build practice recognizing which possibilities are correct, and which are not. In this quiz we'll be reading and translating a short passage in Caput I, "The Poet Horace Contemplates an Invitation". Horace (65-8 BCE) was a famous poet who lived under Rome's first emperor, Augustus. He wrote all kinds of poetry -- lyric, satire, and poetic letters (known as epistles) -- and enjoyed the patronage of Maecenas, who was a prominent statesman in Augustus' inner circle, as well as the friendship of another celebrated poet, Vergil. The passage in Caput I isn't a quotation of Horace, but reflects the kind of concerns he has living as an urbane elite in the Roman capital. Start by reading the passage aloud to work on your pronunciation, and check it against the following audio clip:
Why is this verb plurаl?
True оr fаlse: the fоrm оf the verbs in the pаssаge cōgitāre and respondēre is present, active infinitive.