Animal Noisesin Latin

Practice with the six different verb endings

• These slides were made by Year 5 pupils at Moreton Hall in Suffolk.

• The children drew and painted all the animals themselves using the program Painter 5.5 and wrote the verbs out using the help sheet on the Minimus web site

• The children have been learning Latin with Minimus.

elephant: elephantus barrio: I trumpet. barris: You (s) trumpet. barrit: He/she/it trumpets. barrimus: We croak. barritis: You (pl) trumpet. barriunt: They trumpet.

mouse:mus murrio: I squeak murris: You squeak (s) murrit: He/she/it squeaks. murrimus: We squeak. murritis: You squeak (pl). murriunt: They squeak.

owl: noctua tutubo: I hoot. tutubas: You hoot (s). tutubat: He/she/it hoots. tutubamus: We hoot. tutubatis: You hoot (pl) tutubant: They croak.

duck - anaticula

• tetrinnio-I quack• tetrinnis-You quack[s]• tetrinnit-She/He/It quacks• tetrinnimus-We quack• tetrinnitis-You quack[pl]• tetrinniunt-They quack

• Picture by Eleanor

equus-horse

hinnio-I neigh

hinnis-you(s) neigh

hinnit-she/he/it neigh

hinnimus-we neigh

hinnitis-you(pl)neigh

hinniunt-they neigh

rana-frog

• coaxo-I croak• coaxas-you(s)croak• coaxat-he/she/it

croaks• coaxamus-we croak• coaxatis-you(pl)croak• coaxant-they croak

vespa – wasp

• bombito: I buzz• bombitas: you buzz • bombitat: he/she/it

buzzes• bombitamus : we

buzz• bombitatis :you buzz• bombitant: they buzz

sciurus- squirrel

• murrio: I squeak• murris: you squeak• murrit: he/she/it squeaks• murrimus: we squeak• murritis: you squeak• murriunt: they squeak.

gallina – a hen

• singultio – i cluck• singultis( s) – you cluck• singultit – she/he/it clucks• singultimus – we cluck• singultitis (pl) – you cluck• singultiunt – they cluck

grillus-a grasshopper

• strideo-I chirp• strides-you chirp• stridet-he chirps• stridemus-we chirp• stridetis-you chirp• strident-they chirp

vacca - cow

• mugio I moo• mugis you (s) moo• mugithe/she/it moos• mugimus we moo• mugitis you (pl) moo• mugiunt they moo

lupus - wolf

• ululo - I howl• ululas - you[s] howl• ululat - he she it

howl• ululamus – we howl• ululatis - you[pl] howl• ululant – they howl

Remember the endings!

-o I

-s you singular

-t he/she/it

-mus we

-tis you plural

-nt they