A Latin Chant to Entertain You

Hispánia, Gállia, Roma, Itália,
Rhenus est fluvius--Nilus, Danúvius.
Córsica ínsula--Creta, Sicília,
Impérium Románum.

Territória: Africa, quoque est Asia
Europa est magna. Vive Británnia!
Aegyptus, Arábia, Syria, Graécia:
Impérium Románum.


est means is. fluvius means river. ínsula means island. Impérium Románum means Roman Empire. Territória means territory, of course. Quoque means also. Magna means large. Vive means live or long live. Everything else is the name of a town, river, island, or territory in the (ancient) Roman Empire.

Class dismissed.

(Yes, I am supposed to have that chant memorized, like, now.)

1 comment:

Kate said...

hmmm, looks fun. :P