Greek equivalents for Classroom sayings
Posted: October 19th, 2011, 10:42 pm
In Latin I have a bunch of common classroom statements/questions that I force the students to use, but not so much for Greek. The first one I haven't come up with anything I consider idiomatic. The others I have something for, but would like to see how others might say it. For inspiration, I have included the Latin phrases as well.
"May I use the restroom?" (Velim latrina uti)
"May I get a drink of water?" (Velim aquam bibere)
"Look at the Greek!" (Specta Latinam)
"Read/say the Greek first, then the English" (I know, I should have them paraphrase it in Greek and so forth, but I'm not quite there yet). (Primum lege Latinam et Anglice redde)
"Look at the board!" (Specta tabulam)
"Write it on the board!" (Scribe eam [sententiam/exercitationem] in tabula)
"Get the rabbit out of the mushrooms!" (ok, skip that one, it only happened once) (Porta e boletis cuniculum)
"May I go get paper/pencil/pen..." (Velim chartam/stilum obtinere)
"May I sharpen my pencil?" (Mihi liceat ut stilum acutiorem faciam)
"Keep your hands to yourself!" (Noli tangere alteros discipulos. Lately I have had to add "stilo aut regula)
Any other common classroom sayings that anyone can suggest? There's a lot of support for this type of thing for Latin, but practically nothing for Greek. Having more than one way to phrase it is also good -- I have variations on the above using licet for "may" and "quaeso, amabo te, and si tibi placebit for "please."
χάριν ὑμῖν οἷδα...
"May I use the restroom?" (Velim latrina uti)
"May I get a drink of water?" (Velim aquam bibere)
"Look at the Greek!" (Specta Latinam)
"Read/say the Greek first, then the English" (I know, I should have them paraphrase it in Greek and so forth, but I'm not quite there yet). (Primum lege Latinam et Anglice redde)
"Look at the board!" (Specta tabulam)
"Write it on the board!" (Scribe eam [sententiam/exercitationem] in tabula)
"Get the rabbit out of the mushrooms!" (ok, skip that one, it only happened once) (Porta e boletis cuniculum)
"May I go get paper/pencil/pen..." (Velim chartam/stilum obtinere)
"May I sharpen my pencil?" (Mihi liceat ut stilum acutiorem faciam)
"Keep your hands to yourself!" (Noli tangere alteros discipulos. Lately I have had to add "stilo aut regula)
Any other common classroom sayings that anyone can suggest? There's a lot of support for this type of thing for Latin, but practically nothing for Greek. Having more than one way to phrase it is also good -- I have variations on the above using licet for "may" and "quaeso, amabo te, and si tibi placebit for "please."
χάριν ὑμῖν οἷδα...