"I know," Alexander said. "Phidias was Greek. We Greeks are better than the Romans. We teach the Romans."
The Pompeians were not frightened by the shouting and the uproar. Many Greeks were lying on the ground wounded. cambridge latin course book 1 stage 10 statuae translation
Est etiam statua Luci, viri boni, qui populo Romano in bello auxilio fuit. Romani Lucum amaverunt et statuam eius posuerunt. "I know," Alexander said
In the model sentences and stories of Stage 10, you will see adjectives used to compare two people or things. The comparative is often formed by adding -ior (for masculine and feminine nouns) or -ius (for neuter nouns) to the base of the adjective. For instance, longior means "longer," and melior means "better." We teach the Romans
Thrasymachus, after he heard this, immediately ran back to the palaestra.
Interim servus Candidi, Marcus, strepitum audivit et ad columnam cucurrit. "Quid accidit?" inquit. "Cur statua fracta est?" Marcus, vir industrus, manum suam ad caput statuae posuit et reperit sub terra fossam magnam.
Used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past (e.g., laudabat - was praising).