2. Feriae nunc sunt. Inter ferias in villa maritima habito. O beatas ferias! In arena orae maritimae sunt ancorae et catenae. Nam incolae orae maritimae sunt nautae. Magna est audacia nautarum : procellas non formldant. Nautas amo, ut nautae me amant. Cum nautis interdum in scaphis navigo.

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fēriae	holidays
sunt	are or there are
fēriae nunc sunt	it is now the holidays
inter fērias	during the holidays
in villā maritimā	in the country-house by the sea
ō beātās fēriās	oh, the happy holidays!
in arēnā	on the sand
ōrae maritimae	of the sea coast
ancorae	anchors
et	and
catēnae	chains
nam	for
incolae	the inhabitants
nautae	sailors
magna est	great is / is great
audācia	the courage
nautārum	of sailors
procellās formidānt	they fear storms
nautās amo	I like sailors
ut	as
mē amant	they love me
cum nautīs	with the sailors
in scaphīs	in boats (skiffs)
nāvigō	I sail (navigate)

Compare the forms of the Plural ‘nautae,’ sailors, in the above sentences : nautae me amant, sailors like me ; nautas amo, I like sailors; audacia nautarum, the courage of sailors ; cum nautis, with sailors. Note that the ending -ae, like the English -s, has two different meanings: nautae = (1) sailor’s, (2) sailors.

Compare the different forms of the same word (Plural Number) in the following sentences :

Villae bellae sunt. There are pretty country-houses, or The country-houses are pretty.

Villas bellas amo. I love pretty country-houses.

Ianuae villarum bellarum sunt apertae. The doors of the pretty country-houses are open.

In villis bellis habitant. They dwell in pretty country-houses.

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§ 2. [Nominative Plural.)

Scaphae non procul a villa sunt.
Feriae sunt beatae.
Beatae sunt feriae.
Magnae sunt procellae in ora maritima,
Nautae procul ab ora maritima sunt
Nautae in scapha sunt.
Scapha non magna est.

Where are the boats ?
The boats are on the sand.
Sailors live not far from the sand of the sea-shore.
I sometimes sail in a boat with a sailor.
Chains are in the boat.
Anchors and chains are on the sea-shore.

§2 continued. {Genitive Plural.)

Scaphae nautarum interdum magnae sunt.
Ancorae scapharum magnarum magnae sunt.
Ancorae scapharum non magnarum non magnae sunt.

The boats of the sailors are not far from the door of the country house.
The anchors of the boats are on the sand.
The anchors and the chains of the anchors are on the sand.
The inhabitants of country-houses are not sailors.
The courage of the inhabitants of the sea-shore is great.