Answer the following questions and parse the selected verbs accordingly: 'Phaethon erat filius Apollinis. olim Phaethon tristis erat quod amici eum deridebant.'

1.'Phaethon erat filius Apollinis.'(a) Parse 'erat'.Answer: 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of sum, esse.
(b) Write the above verb in the perfect tense.Answer: fuit.
(c) Parse 'Apollinis'.Answer: Masculine genitive singular of 'Apollo'. 2. 'olim Phaethon tristis erat quod amici eum deridebant.'
(a) Parse 'deridebant'.Answer: 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative of 'derideo', 'deridere'.
(b) Write the above verb as a 2nd person plural perfect passive indicative.Answer: risi estis
(b)Explain the function of 'quod' and the voice of 'deridebant' in the above sentence.Answer: 'quod' functions by introducing a causal clause in the sentence, meaning 'because', in the indicative voice because the statement it introduces is an actual cause (as opposed to a suggested reason).
(c) How would the meaning of the clause change if the verb was in the subjunctive?Answer: Instead of 'because', clause would be translated as, 'on the grounds that', because in the subjunctive it becomes suggested reason.
3.'Phaethon erat filius Apollinis. olim Phaethon tristis erat quod amici eum deridebant.'
(a) Translate both sentences.Answer: 'Phaethon was the son of Apollo. Once Phaethon was sad because his friends were laughing at him.'