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Ego habito in insula.

Ubi habitas?

where do you live?

Habito in aedibus, et tu?

Quot conclavia domus habet ?

How many rooms does your home have?

3 cubicula

(bedrooms)

3 balnea (bathrooms)

cenaculum

(dining- room)

culina

(kitchen)

peristylum cum horto et piscina

(courtyard with garden and

swimming pool)

2 mediana

(living-rooms)

Recte dicis! habet tria tabulata: pedeplana, secundum et

subterraneum.

you’re right! It has three floors:

first floor, second floor and basement

magna (parva) domum habes!

You’ve got a big (small)

house!

Quomodo tua domus est?

What’s your house like

2 cubicula

(bedrooms)

2 balnea (bathrooms)

culina

(kitchen)

cenaculum

(dining- room)

medianum

(living-room)

tablinum (study)

Tua domus minor (maior) est quam

mea!

Your house is smaller (bigger) than mine

And now ...

do you want to play with Latin?

I’m sure you do

so, let’s play so, let’s play !!

Ubi sunt haec supellectiles ?Where are these pieces of furniture?

let’s end the name of the room in -o, -a (singular) and -is (plural)

culina : in culina / -is

cubiculum : in cubiculo / -is

balneum : in balneo / -is

tablinum : in tablino / -is

medianum : in mediano / -is

cenaculum : in cenaculo / -is

peristylum : in peristylo / -is

Let’s go !

lectus

in cubiculo

machina

refrigeratoria

in culina

cathedra

in mediano

mensa

in tablino

mensa et sellae

in cenatorio

piscina

in peristylo

stibadium

in mediano

balneum

pensile

in balneo

furnus

in culina

cervical

in cubiculo