Animal Noises in Latin

Practice with the six different verb endings

These slides were made by Year 5 pupils at Moreton Hall in Suffolk.

The children drew and painted all the animals themselves using the program Painter 5.5 and wrote the verbs out using the help sheet on the Minimus web site
The children have been learning Latin with Minimus.

elephant: elephantus
barrio: I trumpet. barris: You (s) trumpet. barrit: He/she/it trumpets. barrimus: We croak. barritis: You (pl) trumpet. barriunt: They trumpet.

mouse:mus
murrio: I squeak murris: You squeak (s) murrit: He/she/it squeaks. murrimus: We squeak. murritis: You squeak (pl). murriunt: They squeak.

owl: noctua
tutubo: I hoot. tutubas: You hoot (s). tutubat: He/she/it hoots. tutubamus: We hoot. tutubatis: You hoot (pl) tutubant: They croak.

duck - anaticula

tetrinnio-I quack tetrinnis-You quack[s] tetrinnit-She/He/It quacks tetrinnimus-We quack tetrinnitis-You quack[pl] tetrinniunt-They quack
Picture by Eleanor

equus-horse
hinnio-I neigh hinnis-you(s) neigh hinnit-she/he/it neigh hinnimus-we neigh hinnitis-you(pl)neigh hinniunt-they neigh

rana-frog
coaxo-I croak coaxas-you(s)croak coaxat-he/she/it croaks coaxamus-we croak coaxatis-you(pl)croak coaxant-they croak

vespa wasp
bombito: I buzz bombitas: you buzz bombitat: he/she/it buzzes bombitamus : we buzz bombitatis :you buzz bombitant: they buzz

sciurus- squirrel
murrio: I squeak murris: you squeak murrit: he/she/it squeaks murrimus: we squeak murritis: you squeak murriunt: they squeak.

gallina a hen
singultio i cluck singultis( s) you cluck singultit she/he/it clucks singultimus we cluck singultitis (pl) you cluck singultiunt they cluck

grillus-a grasshopper
strideo-I chirp strides-you chirp stridet-he chirps stridemus-we chirp stridetis-you chirp strident-they chirp

vacca - cow
mugio I moo mugis you (s) moo mugit he/she/it moos mugimus we moo mugitis you (pl) moo mugiunt they moo

lupus - wolf
ululo - I howl ululas - you[s] howl ululat - he she it howl ululamus we howl ululatis - you[pl] howl ululant they howl

Remember the endings! -o -s -t -mus -tis I you singular he/she/it we you plural

-nt

they