COMMERCIUM EPISTULARUM (II)

(accompanied by the student’s drawing of the layout of her/his house)

PRESENTING ONE’S PLACE OF RESIDENCE

(Using place constructions and terms referring to location: prepositions, nouns, adjectives)

to live (inhabit) habito, as, are (+ direct obj. or in + ablative)

=> a country house or a city house or a block of flats (GB) /

farmhouse house in town an apartment building (NAm)

villa, ae, f. domus, us, f. insula, ae, f.

in (parva / magna) villa.............in (parva / magna) domo........……...in insula............... habito.

= (parvam / magnam) villam.......(parvam / magnam) domum...…...insulam................ habito.

in the country ruri (rus, ruris, n. – ruri = casus locativus)

in the city / in town in urbe (urbs, urbis, f.)

in a village in vico (vicus, i, m.)

in a hamlet in viculo (viculus, i, m.)

Ruri, in villis habitamus. In urbe, aut domos aut insulas habitant.

place called… locus, i appellatus (or:) vocatus…

situated, located situs, a, um

between inter (+ acc.)

in the centre / middle of… in medio (+ gen.) or in (+noun in abl. w/ the adj. medius, a, um):

Examples: in medio fori = "in the middle of the forum"

medio in foro = "in the middle of the forum"

at the edge (of)… extremum, i (+ gen.): same constructions as w/ "medius, a, um"

near… prope / apud (+ acc.)

far (from)… procul (a / ab)… (+ abl.)

lodging, residence, home, flat (GB) / apartment (NAm) habitatio, onis, f.

storey (GB) / story (NAm) tabulatum, i, n. (in tabulato primo, secundo, tertio, cet.)

ground floor pedeplana, orum, n.pl. (in pedeplanis)

Here’s the layout of my home ecce tabula habitationis meae / domus meae / villae meae

bedroom cubiculum, i, n.

kitchen coquina, ae, f. / culina, ae, f.

office tablinum, i, n.

dining room cenaculum, i, n. (sive, maiorum tempore, triclinium, ii, n.)

living room medianum, i, n. (sive, maiorum tempore, oecus, i, m.)

bathroom balneum, i, n.

toilet, WC (GB) latrina, ae, f.

foyer, entrance hall vestibulum, i, n.

hall, corridor fauces, ium, f.pl.

courtyard area, ae, f.

garden hortus, i, m.

garage stabulum raedae

road / street via, viae, f.