Brando Brown Canem VultBrando Brown Canem Vult

Cover and Chapter Art byRobert Matsudaira

by

Carol Gaab

Latin Translation & Adaptation by

Justin Slocum Bailey

Brando Brown Canem VultBrando Brown Canem Vult

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Capitula

Characters & Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Capitulum 1: Brandō canem vult . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Capitulum 2: Canēs? Minimē! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Capitulum 3: Brandō et Canis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Capitulum 4: Canis Brandōnis . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Capitulum 5: Brandō Dux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Capitulum 6: Sēcrētum Difficile . . . . . . . . . . 36

Capitulum 7: Ad Medicum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Capitulum 8: Remedium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Capitulum 9: Cōnsilium Sēcrētum . . . . . . . . . . 57

Capitulum 10: Diēs Nātālis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Characters & Names in the StoryLike other Latin nouns, names sometimes change

form depending on how they are used in a sentence.Amālia - Amalia (Brando’s friend)

Amāliam - AmaliaBrandō - Brando (the main character)

Brandōne - BrandoBrandōnem - BrandoBrandōnī - to/for BrandoBrandōnis - Brando’s

Catarīna - Catherine (Brando’s sister)Catarīnā - CatherineCatarīnae - Catherine’s

Iacōbus - Jacob (Brando’s best friend)Iacōbe - JacobIacōbī - Jacob’sIacōbum - Jacob

Manuēl(e) - Manuel (Brando’s friend)Samuēl(e) - Samuel (Brando’s friend) Tigris - Tiger (Jacob’s dog)

Tigre - TigerTigrem - TigerTigrī - to/for Tiger

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Capitulum 1Brandō canem vult

Brandō canem vult. Magnum canemvult. Maximum canem vult! Maximumcanem vult similem canī ‘Clifford’, sed nōnvult canem rūfum1. Brandō nōn vult canemrūfum; vult canem colōris nātūrālis.Canem album vult, vel canem ātrum. Ma-

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1rūfum - red-haired

Brandō Brown

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ximum canem colōris nātūrālis vult!

Soror eius, Ca-

tarīna, mūrem2

habet, sed Brandōnōn vult mūrem.

Mūrēs sunt molestī3!Mūrēs albī sunt molestī.Mūrēs ātrī sunt molestī.Omnēs mūrēs sunt mo-

lestī. Brandō nōn vult

mūrem molestum. Brandō vult canem!

Amālia, amīca eius, piscem habet, sed

Brandō nōn vult piscem. Piscēs quoque

sunt molestī. Piscēs albī sunt molestī. Pis-

cēs ātrī sunt molestī. Omnēs piscēs sunt

molestī. Brandō nōn vult piscem moles-

tum. Brandō vult canem!

2mūrem - a rat (or mouse)

3molestī - annoying

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Amīcus eius Iacōbus canem habet.Canis Iacōbī est maximus. Brandō canemvult similem canī Iacōbī. Magnum canemvult et ingeniōsum. Canis Iacōbī est valdē4

ingeniōsus. Piscēs nōn sunt ingeniōsī.Mūrēs nōn sunt ingeniōsī. Sed canēs suntingeniōsī et Brandō canem ingeniōsumvult!

In hortīs5 sunt multī canēs. Brandō canēsin hortīs videt et “Canem,” inquit, “volō!”

4valdē - very, strongly5in hortīs - at the park

Canem album videt et “Canem album,”inquit, “volō!” Canem ātrum videt et“Canem ātrum,” inquit, “volō!” Magnumcanem videt et “Magnum canem,” inquit,“volō!” Parvum canem videt et “Canem,”inquit, “volō, sed nōn parvum canem.Magnum canem volō!”

Brandō multōs canēs tēlevīsiōne videt.Videt Ego et Marley. Brandō “Marley,” in-quit, “est optimus canis!” Videt Beethoven.Brandō “Canem,” inquit, “similem Beetho-ven volō!” In Animālium Planētā Brandō

Brandō Brown

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multōs canēs videt. Magnōs canēs et par-vōs canēs videt. Brandō “Ai, ai, ai!” inquit,“Canem volōōōōō!”

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Capitulum 2Canēs? Minimē!

“Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “canemvolō. Magnum canem volō!”“Brandō, canis magnam dīligentiamrequīrit,” respondet māter.“Ita est1 , mamma. Ego sum dīli-gēns.”

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1ita est - yes; that‘s right

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“Brandō, tū octo (8) annōs nātus es.

Canem habēre est magnus labor

puerō octo annōs nātō.”

“Ita est, mamma,” respondet

Brandō. “Canem habēre est mag-

nus labor puerō octo annōs nātō.

Sed canem habēre nōn est magnus

labor puerō novem (9) annōs nātō!”

“Hahae! Brandō,” inquit māter, “tūes puer ingeniōsus.”

“Ita est, mamma. Sum puer inge-

niōsus et dīligēns!”

Brandō octo

annōs nātus est,

sed mox novem

annōs nātus

erit2. Diēs nātā-lis eius est diēstertius Iūliī.

2erit - (he) will be

Brandō canem vult dōnum nātāle. Canisest optimum dōnum nātāle!

“Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “canemvolō dōnum nātāle.”“Canem vīs dōnum nātāle?”“Ita est, mamma!” inquit Brandō.“Magnum canem volō dōnum nā-tāle.”“Brandō,” respondet māter, “canēssunt difficilēs ad cūrandum3.”“Difficilēs ad cūrandum?”“Ita est, Brandō. Canēs afferuntmagnās difficultātēs. Sunt valdēdifficilēs ad cūrandum.”

Brandō est valdē ingeniōsus. Brandōmātrī respondet:

“Mamma, canem nōn vīs quia canēssunt difficilēs ad cūrandum?”“Ita est. Canem nōlō quia canēssunt difficilēs ad cūrandum. Mag-

Brandō Brown

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3difficilēs ad cūrandum - difficult to care for

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nās difficultātēs afferunt!”“Sed mūrēs quoque difficultātēs af-ferunt. Mūs Catarīnae est difficilisad cūrandum, sed Catarīna mūremhabet…”“Brandō, mūrēs afferunt parvās dif-ficultātēs,” inquit māter. “Canēs af-ferunt magnās difficultātēs!”“Canis Iacōbī,” inquit Brandō, “nū-llās difficultātēs affert. Canis Iacōbīfamiliam custōdit. Canis eius estoptimus!”

Māter Brandōnis est īrāta. Canem nōnvult, neque dē cane loquī vult. Sed Brandōdē cane loquī vult! Exclāmat:

“Mamma, canem volō similem canīIacōbī. Magnum canem volō.”“Magnī canēs afferunt magnās dif-ficultātēs!” respondet māter īrāta.“Canis magnam dīligentiam requī-rit.”“Mamma,” inquit Brandō, “ego sumdīligēns. Mox novem annōs nātuserō. Multī puerī novem annōs nātīcanēs habent. Multī puerī novemannōs nātī canēs cūrant.”

Māter nōn respondet. Ergō Brandō“Nōlō,” inquit, “Xbox® neque tēlephōnum.Canem volō! Amābō tē4, mamma, canemvolō dōnum nātāle!”

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4Amābō tē - please (idiomatic phrase, which liter-ally means “I will love you.”)

Subitō Brandō et māter tēlephōnumaudiunt. Brringg, brringg! Brandō dē caneloquī vult, sed māter nōn vult. Māter abitad tēlephōnum petendum5. Māter nōn iamBrandōnem audit. Brandō nōn est laetus.Valdē canem vult!

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5ad tēlephōnum petendum - to head for thephone

ā - fromabīre - to go awayabit - s/he goes

awayaccidit - (it) hap-

penedad - toad cēnandum - in

order to havedinner

ad cūrandum - tocare for

ad dormiendum - inorder to sleep

ad investīgandum -in order to inves-tigate

ad loquendum - inorder to speak

ad mingendum - inorder to pee

ad petendum - inorder to go get;in order to headfor

ad videndum - inorder to see

adoptābit - s/he willadopt

aeger - sickafferre - to bring

difficultātēs af-ferre - to causeproblems

affert - s/he bringsafferunt - they bringagere - to do; to

spend (time)agit - s/he does;

s/he spends(time)

agō - I do; I spend(time)

grātiās tibi agō -thank you

agunt - they do; theyspend (time)

ah - ahai - uh-oh; oh noalbī - whitealbum - white

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Glossary

aliae - otheraliud - other; an-

otheralium - other; an-

otheralius - other; an-

otheramābō tē - please

(literally, “I willlove you”)

amīca - friend (f.)amīcam - friend (f.)amīcī - friendsamīcīs - friendsamīcus - friend (m.)animālium - of ani-

malsAnimālium Planēta

- Animal Planetannōs - yearsānxia - anxious;

nervousānxiā - anxious;

nervousānxiam - anxious;

nervous

ānxietātis - of anxi-ety; of nervous-ness

ānxium - anxious;nervous

ānxius - anxious;nervous

aperīre - to openaperit - s/he opensarmāriō - closetarmārium - closetātrī - blackātrum - blackaudīre - to hearaudit - s/he hearsaudiunt - they hearavia - grandmotheraviae - grandmotheraviam - grand-

motherbau bau - bow wow;

woof woofBeethoven -

Beethoven (dog ina movie)

bene - well; good

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birotā - (on a) bicy-cle

birotīs - (on their)bycycles

brācae - pants;trousers

brācās - pants;trousers

brringg - ring ring(ringtone)

cacāvisse - to havepooped

cacāvistī - youpooped

cacāvit - s/hepooped

Caesar - Julius Cae-sar; any emperor

Caesare - JuliusCaesar; any em-peror

cane - dogcanem - dogcanēs - dogscani - to the dog; to

a dog

canīnā - canine;dog-like

canīnōrum - canine;dog-like

canīnōs - canine;dog-like

canis - dogcapit - s/he takescōnsilium capit -

s/he comes upwith a plan

capitulum - chaptercastellī - of the fortcastellō - fortcastellum - fortcatule - puppycatulī - the puppy‘scatulō - puppycatulum - puppycatulus - puppycelebrābimus - we

will celebratecelebrābimusne -

will we celebrate?celebrant - they cel-

ebrate

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celebrāre - to cele-brate

cēnābis - you willhave dinner

cēnandum - havedinner

cēnāre - to havedinner

cēnat - s/he hasdinner

Cerbere - three-headed dog inmythical under-world

Cerberō - three-headed dog inmythical under-world

Cerberus - three-headed dog inmythical under-world

cibum - foodclaude - close (com-

mand)claudit - s/he closescollāre - collar

collārī - collarcollāris - the collar‘scolōris - of a colorcōnsilium - planconvīvium - partycubiculī - of the

bedroomcubiculō - bedroomcubiculum - bed-

roomcum - withcūr - whycūrandum - care for;

take care ofcūrant - they care

for; they takecare of

cūrat - s/he caresfor; s/he takescare of

cūrāvistī - you caredfor; you took careof

custōdem - guardcustōdit - s/he

guards

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dē - about [a topic]decorant - they dec-

oratedecorat - s/he deco-

ratesdeinde - thendīcere - to saydīcit - s/he saysdiē - on a daydiē tertiō Iūliī - on

the third of Julydiem - daydiēs - day(s)difficile - difficultdifficilēs - difficultdifficilēs ad cūran-

dum - difficult tocare for

difficilis - difficultdifficultātēs - diffi-

culties; problemsdīligēns - diligent;

responsibledīligentiam - dili-

gence; responsi-bility

din, don - ding dong(doorbell sound)

dīxit - s/he saiddomō - from homedomum - homedōna - giftsdōnum - giftdormī - sleepdormiam - I will

sleepdormiendum - sleepdormiendum’st -

time to sleepdormiēs - you will

sleepdormīre - to sleepdormit - s/he sleepsdormiunt - they

sleepducem - leader;

generalducēs - leaders;

generalsdux - leader; generaleam - hereāmus - let‘s go

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ecce - look!ego - Iēheu - oh no!eius - his/her/itsergō - therefore; soeris - you will beerit - s/he/it will beerō - I will bees - you areesne - will you be...?esse - to beest - s/he/it isestne - is s/he/it...?estō - okay; so be itet - andeum - himēvigilā - wake up

(command)ēvigilat - s/he wakes

upex - out ofexclāmant - they

exclaim; they yellexclāmat - s/he ex-

claims; s/he yells

exīre - to exit; to goout

exit - s/he exits;s/he goes out

explānāre - to ex-plain

explānat - s/he ex-plains

explōrant - they ex-plore

facere - to do; tomake

faciēns - doing;making

facis - you do; youmake

facit - s/he does;s/he makes

familia - familyfamiliā - familyfamiliam - familyfēlīcem - lucky;

happyfēlīcem diem

nātālem! - HappyBirthday!

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fenestram - windowfer - bring (com-

mand)ferēns - bringingferēs - you will bringferet - s/he will

bringferre - to bringfert - s/he bringsfingis - you invent;

you imaginefingit - s/he invents;

s/he imaginesfingunt - they in-

vent; they imag-ine

finis - endfirmā - firm; strongfortūnāte - lucky;

fortunatefortūnātus - lucky;

fortunategrātiās - thanks grātiās tibi agō -

thank youhabent - they have

habeō - I havehabēre - to havehabēs - you havehabēsne - do you

have...?habet - s/he hashaesitat - s/he hesi-

tateshahae/hahahae -

haha (laughingsound)

hodiē - todayhōra - ___ o’clockhōra octāva -

8 o’clockhōrā - at ___ o’clockhōrā octāvā - at 8

o’clockhōrā quārtā - at 4

o’clockhōrā quīntā - at 5

o'clockhōrā septimā - at 7

o’clockhōrā sextā - at 6 o’-

clock

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hortīs - park; gar-dens

hortōs - park; gar-dens

hui - wow; whoaiam - now; alreadyiānuam - doorībis - you will goībō - I will goignōsce - excuse;

forgive (com-mand)

imitāns - imitatingimitātur - s/he imi-

tatesin - in; intoīnfantilēs - infantile;

babyishingeniōsī - intelli-

gentingeniōsum - intelli-

gentingeniōsus - intelli-

gentinquit - s/he says

īnspicit - s/he looksat; s/he inspects

īnspiciunt - theylook at; they in-spect

interrogat - s/heasks; s/he inter-rogates

intrant - they enterintrāre - to enterintrat - s/he entersinvestīgandum - in-

vestigateīrāta - angryīrātus - angryīre - to goit - s/he goesita - just like; like

this; like thatiterum - againiūcundās - fun;

funnyIūliī - of Julylabor - worklaeta - happylaetā - happy

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laetī - happylaetus - happylectō - bedlectum - bedlectus - bedlicet - it‘s allowedlicetne - is it al-

lowed?longus - longloquendum - speakloquī - to speakloquitur - s/he

speakslūdīcrōs - toy (ad-

jective, as in toysoldiers)

magna - bigmagnam - bigmagnās - bigmagnī - bigmagnōs - bigmagnum - bigmagnus - bigmamma - mommymāter - mother

mātre - mothermātrem - mothermātrī - to/for the

mothermātris - the moth-

er‘smaximōs - really

big; the biggestmaximum - really

big; the biggestmaximus - really

big; the biggestmē - memea - mymedicāmentum -

medicinemedice - doctormedicō - doctormedicum - doctormedicus - doctormeō - mymeum - mymeus - mymī - mymīcroscopium - mi-

croscope

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mihi - me; to/for memīlitēs - soldiersmingendum - peemingere - to peemingunt - they peeminimē - no; not at

allmīnxī - I peedmīnxisse - to have

peedmīnxistī - you peedmīnxit - s/he peedmolestī - annoyingmolestum - annoy-

ingmolestus - annoyingmox - soonmulta - manymultae - manymultās - manymultī - manymultōs - manymultum - muchmūrem - rat; mouse

mūrēs - rats; micemūs - rat; mousenārrāre - to tellnārrat - s/he tellsnātāle - birth; birth-

daynātālem - birth;

birthdaynātālis - birth; birth-

daynātī - born

9 (novem) annōsnātī - nine yearsold

nātō - bornnātūrālis - naturalnātus - bornneque - and not; but

not; neither; nornesciunt - they

don‘t knownōlī - don‘t (com-

mand)nōlō - I don‘t wantnōmen - namenōn - not

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nōnne - isn‘t it thecase that...?

novem - ninenūllās - no; nonenullōs - no; nonenūllum - no; nonenumerum - numbernumerus - numberō - O; ohobdormit - s/he falls

asleep(hōra) octāva - 8 o’-

clockoctāvā - eighth(hōrā) octāvā - at 8

o'clockocto - eightomnēs - all; every-

oneomnia - everythingoptimās - the best;

greatoptimē - greatoptimum - the best;

great

optimus - the best;great

papae - wow!partem - partparva - smallparvās - smallparvōs - smallparvum - smallpater - fatherpatrem - fatherper - through;

throughoutpersuādēre - to per-

suadepersuādet - s/he

persuadespetendum - go get;

head forpetit - s/he goes to

get; s/he headsfor

petunt - they go toget; they head for

piscem - fishpiscēs - fish (pl)planētā - planet

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(Animālium) Planēta- Animal Planet

pōnit - s/he putsprandent - they have

lunchprandēre - to have

lunchprandet - s/he has

lunchpuella - girlpuellae - girlspuellam - girlpuellīs - girlspuer - boypuerī - boyspuerō - to/for a boypuerum - boypūrum - cleanquārtā - fourth(hōrā) quārtā - at 4

o'clockquia - becausequid - whatquīntā - fifth(hōrā) quīntā - at 5

o'clock

quoque - alsorē - thing; issuerē vērā - really; in

factrelinquere - to

leave; they aban-don

relinquunt - theyleave; they aban-don

rem - thing; issueremedium - remedy;

curerequīrit - s/he/it re-

quiresrēs - thing; issuerespondet - s/he

answersrevenī - come back

(command)reveniam - I‘ll be

backrevenit - s/he comes

backrevēnit - s/he came

back

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reveniunt - theycome back

rubet - s/he turnsred; s/he blushes

rūfum - red-hairedsalvē - hisatis - enoughscrībit - s/he writesscrīpta - the writing;

what someonewrote

sē - himself/her-self/itself

sēcrētō - secretlysēcrētum - secretsed - butsemper - alwaysseptem - sevenseptimā - seventh (hōrā) septimā - at

seven o'clocksextā - sixth(hōrā) sextā - at 6

o’clocksilentiō - silence

similem - similar;like

sōlum - only; alonesōlus - only; alonesonōrum - of

soundssonōs - soundssonum - soundsoror - sistersorōre - sistersorōrem - sisterssst - shh!statim - immediatelysuam -

his/her/its/theirsubitō - suddenlysuī -

his/her/its/theirsuīs -

his/her/its/theirsum - I amsūmendum - pick upsūmit - s/he picks

upsūmunt - they pick

up

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sunt - they aresuō -

his/her/its/theirsuum -

his/her/its/theirtandem - finallytapēte - carpettapētī - carpettē - youtēlephōnicum -

telephone (adj.;as in a telephonenumber)

tēlephōnicus - tele-phone (adj.; as ina telephone num-ber)

tēlephōnō - tele-phone

tēlephōnum - tele-phone

tēlevīsiōne - on tel-evision

(hōrā) tertiā - atthree o'clock

(diē) tertiō - on thethird day

tertius - thirdtibi - to/for youtimēre - to fear; to

be afraidtimet - s/he fears;

s/he is afraidtōta - whole; entiretōtum - whole; en-

tiretū - youturbāta - in disorderturbātum - in disor-

derturbātus - in disor-

dertuus - yourūmidae - wetūmidum - wetūmidus - wetut - howut valēs - how are

you doing?valdē - very; greatlyvalē - goodbyevaleō - I‘m doing

well

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valēs - you aredoing well

valet - s/he is doingwell

(ut) valet? - how iss/he doing?

vel - orvēlōciter - quicklyvērā - true; real(rē) vērā - really; in

factvērōs - true; realvērum - true; realvidēbit - s/he will

seevidendum - seevident - they seevideō - I seevidēre - to seevidēsne - do you

see?videt - s/he seesvīs - you wantvīsne - do you want?vōce - with a ____

voice

vōce firmā - with afirm voice

vōcem - voicevolō - I wantvolumus - we wantvolunt - they wantvult - s/he wantsvultisne - do you all

want?

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