Prima Fabula De Minimo - First Story about Minimus

NOW WITH THE TRANSLATION!

(Minimus et amici in villa parva sunt.   mures caseum cupiunt.)

Minimus and (his) friends are in a small house.  The mice long for/desire cheese.

 Minimus:    amici, scio locum ubi est caseus!

                    Friends, I know of a place where there is cheese!

 mures:        amamus caseum!  cupimus caseum!  ubi est?

                    We love Cheese!  We long for cheese!  Where is it?

 Minimus:    caseus est in silva tecta.

                    The cheese is in the secret forest.

 mures:        estne longinqua, quod sumus fessi et caseum cupimus?

                    Is the cheese far away, because we are tired, and we long for cheese.

 Minimus:    minime.  est vicina…

                    No.  It is near by.

 mures:        optimum est!  amamus caseum et te, Minime!

                    Excellent!   We love cheese and YOU, Minimus!

 (mures amici clamant et currunt)   The mice friends shout and run.

 Minimus: (audible only to himself) …sed monstrum est in silva vicina!

                                                            ..but there is a monster in the nearby forest!

WORDS TO HELP

                                                                   

cupiunt    -    They long for   

cupimus  -  We long for                          

scio          -    I know      

locum      -   place, location

ubi            -  where       

silva         -  forest

tecta         -  secret                

longinqua -   far away, a long way off    

fessi           -   tired

vicina        -    near by, in the vicinity

te                -    you   (object form)

Minime      -     Minimus (The mice friends are addressing him)

clamant     -     (they) make a lot of noise, they yell

currunt      -     (they) run around

                                                                                   

 

WORDS TO KNOW

 

amici          -        friends

sunt           -        are

et                -        and

in                -        in

parva         -        small

est              -        is (it, he, she)

caseum     -        (object form)    cheese

caseus      -        (subject form)   cheese

amamus    -        We love

estne ?      -         Is it…?  (the “ne” makes est a question)

quod          -        because

sumus       -        we are

minime      -        no

monstrum-         monster

 

 

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