Prīma · Unit 1 · Lesson 2
Est: saying who someone is
“Julia is a girl”, “Marcus is a sailor”, and why Latin needs no “a” or “the”.
You will be able to
- Use est, “is”, and sunt, “are”
- Translate without Latin’s missing “a” and “the”
- Know the gender of nouns ending in -a
New words
- puella, puellae, f. girl
- fēmina, fēminae, f. womanEnglish: feminine
- nauta, nautae, m. sailorEnglish: nautical
- agricola, agricolae, m. farmerEnglish: agriculture
- poēta, poētae, m. poetEnglish: poet, poetry
- est, sunt is, are