Six Sentences with Gerunds
- If our leader makes an end to (of) the fighting at that very time, the whole army will not be prepared to escape at first light.
- If anyone writes a book about loving, the whole city will wish to read it to learn the art of kissing.
- Although Nero was very desirous of sleeping, nevertheless he wanted to go to Subura for the sake of drinking with his friends.
- When the storm had been seen in the sky, the mother asked her son why he had not prepared himself to go home.
- The girl, who was very skilled at running, had conquered so many men on the race course that all the citizens thought that this same girl was not mortal.
- He said that this woman was much more skilled at fighting than at giving kisses.
peritus, a, um - skill at + gen.
Sentence One
imperator, imperatoris (m)
facio, facere, feci, factus
finis, is (m or f)
pugno (1)
nox, noctis (f)
miles, militis (m)
totus, a, um
exercitus, -us (m)
paro (1)
effugio, effugere
Sentence Two
quidam, quaedam, quoddam
poeta, -ae (m)
scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus
liber, libri (m)
urbs, urbis (f)
volo, velle, volui
lego, legere, legi, lectus
disco, discere, didici
ars, artis (f)
amans, amantis
invenio, invenire, inveni, inventus
basio, basiare
Sentence Three
cupidus, a, um - desirous
dormio (4)
volo, velle, volui
eo, ire
Subura, ae (f)
causa or gratia
bibo, bibere, bibi
Sentence Four
tempestas, tempestatis (f)
caelum, -i (n)
video, videre, vidi, visus
rogo (1)
filius, filii (m)
paro (1)
eo, ire, ii, iturus
Sentence Five
idem, eadem, idem
peritus, a, um - skilled at + genitive
supero (1)
tot
cursus, -us (m)
civis, -is (m)
puto (1)
mortalis, -e