Fabella II: Estne?

(The images used in the header are from Pixabay)

Salvete amicis! 
 I wrote a short story. It's very short, but I am glad I wrote it because I felt like I learned a lot: 


"Est Tiresias somnum? Est Athena Somnum?" susurrabant mater, 

("Is Tiresias asleep? Is Athena asleep?" whispered mother,) 

"Sic" susurrabant pater,

("Yes" whispered father,) 

"Est iauna jauna?" susurrabant mater, 

("Is the door closed?" whispered mater,) 

"Sic" susurrabant Pater, 

("Yes" whispered father,) 

"Fecit relinquo oblation ut deorum?" susurrabant mater, 

("Did you leave an offering to the gods?" whispered Mater,) 

"Sic" susurrabant Pater,

("Yes" whispered father,) 

"Estne gratus?"  susurrabant mater, 

("Are they greatful?" whispered Mater,) 

"Verisimile"  susurrabant Pater. 

("Probably" whispered Pater.)


Valete, 
-Quinley 

Fabella I: Apud Quod Domo

                 (The painting used in this header is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_art#/media/File:Pompejanischer_Maler_um_10_20_001.jpg, and the stars used in it are from Pexels) 

Salvete amicis! So I didn't blog that much in 2019, due to the fact that I started the blog near the end of the year. I very much intend to blog a lot in 2020, because this is one of the ways that I am learning Latin.

Here is a short fabella (story) I thought I'd post to start the new year:

             Apud Quod Domo 

 

(There is purposely nothing in front of her, so that you can see Luciana working at the loom from this side). 

                         Luciana est laborating vastae.
                       (Luciana is working at the loom.) 
                           

                                Diana est in domo.
                           ( Diana is in the house.) 

                           Aquila est lego ut Diana. 
                        (Aquila is reading to Diana.) 

Valete,
-Quinley 

Welcome!

(The painting used in this header is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon#/media/File:Akropolis_by_Leo_von_Klenze.jpg, and the stars used in it are from Pexels) 

Salvete amicis! Welcome to my blog, which is to be primarily centered around different languages, and at the moment the language I am learning, Latin. So, to help me learn it, I will post stories in Latin centering around these characters: Tiresias, Athena, Pyrrha, Aquila and her family: Diana, Luciana, Augustu, and Isaac. There will also be some Latin stories involving the Roman gods (deorum) and goddesses (deae!) here and there. Since my creative arts blog, Adventure Awaits, is written entirely in English I felt it would be a little weird to post a story entirely in Latin out of the blue, when not everyone on that blog speaks it or knows it, so...that is why I created Tales in Different Tongues.

Another thing I intend to post (along with the stories) are songs I find in different languages that I am learning (or even write one in a different language and perform it), and cover a few of them so I can practice speaking in that language.

I found that this song that Erutan performed was very useful when creating flashcards for Latin words, because the song had the translation at the bottom and the Latin at the top:
                           Secret Library Daguerreo by Erutan 

You can also listen to it here

Weirdly when I first listened to it, I didn't realize it was Latin until I looked at the description, and later ended up using the Latin words in the song for flashcards.


                                                         Valete,
                                                         Quinley