From the River to the Fields | Comprehensible Input in Latin | A Flumine Ad Agros Vom Fluss zu den Feldern | Verständliche Eingabe in Latein | Vom Fluss zu den Feldern From the River to the Fields | Comprehensible Input in Latin | From the River to the Fields Del Río a los Campos | Entrada comprensible en latín | Del río a los campos De la rivière aux champs | Entrée compréhensible en latin | De la rivière aux champs Dal fiume ai campi | Input comprensibile in latino | Dal fiume ai campi Van de rivier naar de velden | Begrijpelijke invoer in het Latijn | Van de rivier naar de velden От реки к полям | Разборчивый ввод на латинице | От реки к полям Från floden till fälten | Förståelig inmatning på latin | Från floden till fälten

Cum puer essem, quasi tōtam vītam dēgī in Pennsylvāniā. When I was a boy, I spent almost my whole life in Pennsylvania. Коли я був дитиною, я жив у Пенсільванії. 当我还是个孩子的时候，我住在宾夕法尼亚州。

Atque inde ex annō praeteritō rūrsus incolō hanc lepidam terram. And since last year I've been living again in this lovely land. 从去年开始，我回到了这片美丽的土地上居住。

Sed, etsī pedēs meī nunc tangunt ipsam terram Pennsylvāniānam, But, although my feet are now touching Pennsylvania soil, 但是，尽管我的脚现在已经踏上了宾夕法尼亚州的土地，

post mē vidēmus novam Caesarēam. po měsíci jsme viděli novou Caesareu. behind me we see New Jersey. 一个月后，我们看到了一个新的凯撒利亚。

Rēctissimē: haec est alia regiō; illīc est Nova Caesarēa Thats right: this is another state; that's New Jersey there 非常准确：这是另一个区域；有新凯撒利亚

etsī hīc est Pennsylvānia. even though here is Pennsylvania. 虽然这是宾夕法尼亚州。

Atque fīnis inter Novam Caesarēam et Pennsylvāniam est scīlicet Flumen Delawārium. And the border between NJ and PA is of course the Delaware River. 而新凯撒利亚和宾夕法尼亚的分界线当然是德拉瓦里河。

Flūmen Delawārium plērumque fluit ā septentriōnibus ad merīdiānum, The Delaware River mainly flows from north to south, Delawārium 河主要从北流向南。

sed hāc* in parte* but here 但在这部分

est angulus, est parvus angulus there is a bend, a little corner 它是一个角落，它是一个小角落

quō fluit, dīcāmus, 'horizontāliter', quia spectāmus where it flow, shall we say, horizontally, because we are looking 它流动的地方，我们说，“水平地”，因为我们正在看着它

spectāmus septentriōnēs, ubi est Nova Caesarea ex hāc parte north, where NJ is 我们向北看，从这一边看新凯撒利亚

et tunc post aliquot chīliometra rūrsus fluit ad merīdiānum. and then a few kilometers later towards the south again. 然后，几公里后，河流向南流去。

Vidēmus flūctūs trānsīre. We see the waves going by. 我们会看到海浪过去。

Hīc vidēmus in mediō Flūmine Delawāriō Here we see in the middle of the Delaware River 我们在特拉华河中看到了它

īnsulam parvam et in altissimīs arboribus hujus īnsulae a small island, and the highest trees of this island 一个小岛，在这个岛上最高的树上

nōnnumquam cōnspicī possunt aquilae, aquilae Americānae, calvae quae vocantur. eagles can sometimes be spotted, American bald eagles. 有时可以看到鹰、美洲鹰，即所谓的白头鹰。

Illīc autem est Nova Caesarēa. But that's NJ. 还有新凯撒利亚。

Itaque Flūmen Delawārium sīc fluit, sed quid est hoc? Estne flūmen? So the Delaware River flows like this, but what's this? Is this the river? 所以 Delawārium 河是这样流动的，但这是什么？是一条河吗？

Nōn est! Est rīvulus. Nope! It's a stream. 它不是！这是一条河。

Tunc vidēmus aquam fluere ex tubīs — quid est hoc? Unde fluit aqua? Then we see some water flowing out of pipes — what's this? Where is this water coming from? 然后我们看到水从管道中流出——这是什么？水是从哪里流出来的？

Videāmus. Oho! Alia aqua? Quid est haec aqua? Let's see. Ahah! Another body of water? What is this water? 让我们来看看。哦！别的水？这是什么水？

Em! Est canālis. Nōn canālis in YouTube. Here we go! It's a canal. Not a channel in YouTube. 嗯！这是一条运河。 YouTube 上没有频道。

Est canālis vērus, multō verior est canālis. It's a real canal, much more real canal. 频道是真实的，频道更真实。

Canālis est Delawāriī. It's the Delaware Canal. 频道是 Delawariī。

Et abhinc nescioquot annōs, saltem saeculum, hic canālis strūctus est ut And some years ago, at least a century, this canal was built 许多年前，至少一个世纪，这条运河是作为

possent hominēs asellīs moventibus et portantibus so people could transport by means of donkeys 他们可能是搬运马匹的人

ratēs cum mercibus barges with goods 货筏

quia nōn fluit — est sēmistabilis aqua. because it doesn't flow — it's a fairly stable body of water. 因为它不流动——它是半稳定的水。

Haec est causa cūr vidēmus etiam hīc aquam fluere This is the reason that we see water flow even here 这也是我们在这里也看到水流的原因

cum nimis est aqua: ēfluit ē canālī in rīvulum; when there's too much water: it drains out of the canal into the stream.

Ō ecce mē; est umbra — nōn vidētur, ubi est — ubi sum; āh! ecce: umbrula mea vidētur in aquā. O there I am; there's my shawod — you can't see it, where is it — where am I; ah! there I am: my little shadow in the water. Ō 看我；有一个影子——看不见，在它所在的地方——我所在的地方；啊！看哪，我的影子会出现在水中。

Et rīvulus fluit in flūmen Delawārium. Hīc autem est canālis. And the stream flows into the Delaware River. But this is the canal. 这条河流入德拉瓦里河。这就是频道。

Et canālis numquam fluit praeter aquula ista, numquam fluit in Flūmen Delawārium. And the canal never flows except for that little bit of water, never folws into the Delaware River.

Illīc autem est rīvulus vel aquula. There however is a small stream.

Est aquula. Et haec aquula vel rīvulus vel parvus rīvus It's a stream. And thi stream

fluit jūxtā domum meam quae est illīc in eā parte. flow by my house where is over there.

Fortasse paulo melius poterimus intellegere strūctūram hujus cōnflūxūs Maybe we can understand the structure of this junction a little better

Rūrsus Flūmen Delawārium Again the Delaware River

sīc fluit; rīvulus, aquula ēfluit in Flūmen Delawārium flows like this; the stream flows out into the Delaware River

et trāns rīvum, trāns rīvulum and across the stream

est pōns ubi modo stābam. is a bridge which I was just standing on.

Et hic pōns est pōns prō canālī! And this bridge is a bridge for the canal!

Aqua canālis fluit (sī fluit; nōn multum fluit, sed paullum fluit) The water of the canal flows (if it flows; it doesn't flow much, but it flows a little)

fluit trāns pontem — est pōns prō aquā. it flows across the bridge — it's a bridge for water.

Est quasi aquaeductus; nōn tam bene strūctus ut aquaeductus, sed ita est. Kind of like an aqueduct; not as well built at an aqueduct, but it's like that.

Atque hīc vidēmus aqulam vel rīvulum fluere sub pontem canālis in Flūmen Delawārium. And here we see the stream flow under the bridge of the canal into the Delaware River.

Nōnne mīrum? Inde ā pueritiā meā dēmīror hanc rem. It's that crazy? I've wondered at that since I was young.

Ecce rīvulus fluit hūc sub pontem canālis iterum īnfluit Flūmen Delawārium. Here: there stream flows here under the canal bridge, and flows again into the Delaware River.

Nōnne mīrum! Isn't that weird!

Et hīc animī causā And here for the sake of recreation

hominēs ambulant, currunt, birotā agunt, et fruuntur people walk, run, ride bikes, and enjoy it

quia ut vidētur hominēs nōn jam ūtuntur hōc canālī because as you can see people don't use this canal anymore

methodō trānsportūs, certē; haud necesse est. as a means of transport, for sure; it's hardly needed.

Praeservātur animī causā: ad reficiendōs animōs, certē. It's preserved for recreation, naturally.

Dum multa nix erat, nōn saepe mihi placēbat exīre domum quia When there was a lot of snow, I didn't like to go out of the house very much since

fiērī nōn poterat, etiam perambulāre nivēs tam altās it wasn't possible even to walk through such high snow

sed jam fruor vēre — jam vēr (estne vēr? crēdō vēr — estne vēr? Est mēnse Mārtiō, sīc, mēnse Mārtiō vēr incipit). Vēr est! but now I'm enjoying the spring (is it spring? I think it's spring — is it spring? It's in March, yes, spring begins in March). It's spring!

Jam fruor sōle, sōl lūcet in caelō. Now I'm enjoying the sun; the sun shines in the sky.

Et vidēmus nōndum frondēre arborēs: folia nōn exiērunt ex arboribus. We don't see the trees leafing out yet: the leaves haven't come out of the trees.

Sed post aliquot hebdomadēs hae arborēs omnēs viridēs erunt, omnēs virēscent*. But in a few weeks these trees will all be green.

Satis pulchrum mihi vidētur: scintillās sōlis hīc cōnspicī in canālī. This is lovely: the sparkles of the sun can be seen in the canal.

Nōn est aqua pūrissima, vel nōn mihi vidētur. It's not the cleanest water, or it doesn't seem so.

Est quasi lacus longissimus. It's like a really long lake.

Sōl lūcet in caelō. The sun is shining in the sky.

Arborēs autem nōndum frondent But the trees aren't leafing out yet

etsī vēr approprinquat. even though spring is on the way.

Ventus incrēbrēscit. The wind is picking up.

Dum ventus incrēbrēscit strepitus est inter arborēs; crepitus est. While the wind is picking up, the trees are creaking.

Cōnspiciō domum tabulīs sōlāribus tēctam I see a house with solar panels.

Hīc vidēmus arborem Here we see a tree

quae ceciderat fortasse annō praeteritō et jam jacet trāns canālem which fell maybe last year and now is lying across the canal

et hominēs quī cūrant hās rēs etiam secuērunt arborem and people who take care of these things have cut the tree

ut birotae et hominēs trānsīre possint. so that bikes and people can pass.

Fortasse scītis nōs posse nōn male numerāre annōs vītae hujus arboris Maybe you know that we can count the years of a tree's life

sī ānulōs numerāmus. if we count the rings.

Aestimō pinguī Minervā quasi dīmidium saeculum vīxisse hanc arborem I guess that this tree lived roughly half a century.

Cantus lepidārum aviculārum cor meum laetat. The song of the pleasant birds gladdens my heart.

Anatēs! Anatēs volant. Ducks! The ducks are flying.

Hīc vidēmus parvulum rīvulum, parvulam aquulam ēfluere Here we see a little book flow

sub viā raedāriā in canālem. out from under the road into the canal.

Semper est canālis Delawāriī. It's still the Delaware Canal.

Ānserēs! Ānserēs canunt! Geese! The geese are singing.

Aspicite! Per strepitum ventī vōx ānseris audītur. Look! Through the noise of the wind the voice of the goose is heard.

Ecce duo ānserēs Canadiēnsēs sunt. There are two Canadian geese here.

Atque illīc ānserēs et anatēs natant. Nant. Nantēs avēs. And there, there are geese and ducks swiming. They swim. Water fowel.

Ventus iterum incrēbscrēscit sed spērō fore ut possītis mē audīre The wind is picking up again but I hope that you can hear me

Canālis dūcit hūc ad agrōs. The canal leads here to the fields.

Hī agrī vel fundus vocātur Trauger's fundus These fields, this the farm is called Trauger's Farm

atque tot decennia — nōn sum certus quot decennia Trauger ipse agricola and so many decades — I'm not sure how many decades Trauger the farmer himself

hīc agrōs colit: agricola'st, nōnne? has been tending these fields: he's the farmer.

Vidēmus stagnum artificiāle ad ānserēs et anatēs esse. We see there is an artificial pond for geese and ducks.

Rānula! Froglet!

Jam ad agrōs agimus. Now we are heading to the fields.

Māter mea dīcit mihi sē portāsse mē ipsulum īnfantulum umerīs suīs hāc ipsā viā cum ego puerulus essem. My mother tells me she carried me on her shoulders when I was a little infant, on this very path when I was a little boy.

Volant anatēs! The ducks are flying!

Illīc sunt ānserēs albae. Pulchrae sunt. There are white geese. They're lovely.

An fortasse sunt magnī anatēs albī*. Or maybe they're big white ducks.

Nōn sum certus dē generibus. I'm not sure about the genera.

Et haec est via quam soleō ambulāre cotīdiē. And this is the path that I tend to walk daily.

Est simplex locus. It's a simple place.

Haec arva nōn sunt cactea These aren't cactus fields

ut in annīs praeteritīs quondam ambulābam. like I used to walk in years past.

Sed placent. But I like them.

Voluī etiam vōbīs commendāre (hoc est cōnsilium dandī certē) I wanted to recommend

sī hoc genus spectāculī vōbīs placet* if you like this kind of video

ut nōmen dētis (hoc est cōnscrībātis, subscrībātis) to subscribe

Oh! Anatēs! Oh! Ducks!

Ut subscrībātis canālī amīcissimī meī Alexiī Cosānī. To subscribe to the channel of my dear friend Alexius Cosanus.

Alexius quasi cotīdiē novās pelliculās facit ubi loquitur Latīnē dē variīs argūmentīs. Alexius makes videos pretty much every day where he talks in Latin about all kinds of topics.

Sunt contenta optima, meā opīniōne. They're great content, in my opinion.

Et oportet subscrībere etiam ejus canālī. And you should subscribe to his channel.

Vōs omnēs impertiō multā salūte. Valēte! I send you all my warm regards. Bye!