| Vulpes casu cecidit per unam situlam in puteum. |
casu: ablative ("by chance") situlam: here it is a "bucket" rather than a "basket" |
| how did the fox end up in the well? | |
| Venit Lupus et querebat quid faceret ibi. |
querebat = quaerebat quid faceret: indirect question |
| who found the fox in the well? | |
| Que ait: Bone compater, hic habeo multos pisces et magnos; utinam mecum partem haberes! |
que = quae (vulpes) hic: adverb of place partem: accusative singular |
| what did the fox say to the wolf? | |
| Et ait: Quomodo possem illuc descendere? |
illuc: adverb of place |
| what did the wolf want to do? | |
| Ait Vulpecula: Supra est una situla; pone te intus, et venies deorsum. |
vulpecula: diminutive of vulpes pone: imperative intus... deorsum: adverbs |
| what orders did the fox give to the wolf? | |
| Et erant ibi due situle; quando una ascendit, alia descendit. |
due situle = duae situlae |
| how did the buckets at the well work? | |
| Lupus se ponit in situlam, que erat supra et descendit insum; vulpecula in alia sicula ascendit sursum. |
que = quae (situla) insum...sursum: adverbs sicula = situla |
| what did the wolf do? what happened to the fox as a result? | |
| Et quando obviaverunt sibi, ait Lupus: Bone compater, quo vadis? |
quo: adverb of place |
| what did the wolf say when he passed the fox? | |
| Et ait Vulpe: Satis comedi et ascendo. Tu descende et invenies mirabilia. |
descende: imperative mirabilia: neuter plural |
| how did the fox reply? | |
| Descendit miser Lupus nec invenit aliquid nisi aquam. |
nec invenit = et non invenit |
| what did the wolf find in the well? | |
| Venerunt mane rustici et extraxerunt Lupum, et usque ad mortem verberaverunt. |
mane: adverb extraxerunt: s.v. extraho |
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what happened to the wolf in the end? |
