Year 2 · Grade 4: Asking a Question

Recognize Quid est, Ubi est, Cur, Quando, and Quomodo as spoken chunks.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• Quid est?
• Ubi est?
• Cur, Quando, and Quomodo

Explanation

Learn these questions as whole chunks. Quid est? means What is it? Ubi est? means Where is it? Cur asks why. Quando asks when. Quomodo asks how.

Ubi can also mean when, as in Ubi pater venit, when father comes. Do not memorize a chart. A later year sorts the question words one by one.

Examples

• Quid est? — What is it? Quid asks what.
• Ubi est? — Where is it? Ubi asks where.
• Cur? — Why? A one-word question.
• Ubi pater venit. — When father comes. Here ubi means when.

Latin in this lesson

• Quid est? — What is it?
• Ubi est? — Where is it?
• Cur? — Why?
• Quando? — When?
• Quomodo? — How?
• Ubi pater venit. — When father comes.