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T. Nāvigium dīcis ? Aliī^[1] nārrā eam fābulam!

M. Vērō (Yes, truly), pulchrum et novum nāvigium!

Q. Cuius pecūniā^[2] Sextus et Cornēlius id nāvigium parant ? Quis iīs pecūniam dat?

M. Amīcī Cornēlī multum habent aurum et puer pecūniā nōn eget.

T. Quō puerī nāvigābunt ? Nāvigābuntne longē ā terrā?

M. Dubia sunt cōnsilia eōrum. Sed hodiē, crēdō, sī ventus erit idōneus, ad maximam īnsulam nāvigābunt. Iam anteā ibi fuērunt. Tum autem ventus erat perfidus et puerī magnō in perīculō erant.

Q. Aqua ventō commōta est inimīca nautīs semper, et saepe perfidus ventus nāvigia rapit, agit, dēletque. Iī puerī, sī nōn fuerint maximē attentī, irātā aquā et validō ventō superābuntur et ita interficientur.

1. Where had the boys been before? They had been in school.
2. Where had Sextus been? He had been in a field next to the river.
3. Who has been with Sextus to-day? Cornelius has been with him.
4. Who says so? Marcus.
5. If the wind has been suitable, the boys have been in the boat
6. Soon we shall sail with the boys.
7. There^[3] will be no danger, if we are (shall have been) careful^[4]

LESSON XXXII

THE PERFECT ACTIVE INDICATIVE OF THE FOUR REGULAR CONJUGATIONS

190. Meanings of the Perfect. The perfect tense has two distinct meanings. The first of these is equivalent to the English present perfect, or perfect with have, and denotes that the action of the verb is complete at the time of speaking; as, I have finished my work. As this denotes completed action at a definite time, it is called the perfect definite.

1. Dative case. (Cf. § 109.)
2. Ablative of means.
3. The expletive there is not expressed, but the verb will precede the subject, as in English.
4. This predicate adjective must be nominative plural to agree with we.