Just to confirm something. Orberg in LLPSI uses two different adverb variants of foris, -is (f) as follows: foris (adv.) to mean ‘outside the door’ and foras (adv.) to mean ‘out / from the door’ (ut ubi Tabellarius ianitori dixit: “Prius vinci canem et sine me intrare! Noli iterum me foras in imbrem pellere!” - I do not wish to be forced out the door into the rain.
Forīs and forās mean “outdoors” in general – note how both English and Latin use “doors” for the metaphor of being outside the house – but yes, you’ve got the difference between the two. I’m guessing it derives from the usage of the locative and accusative, like Athēnīs “at Athens”, Athēnās “to Athens” – but forīs and forās aren’t the locative and accusative of forēs. So maybe it’s a vestige of Old Latin or whatever Latin’s ancestor was.
Also note that “nōlī” is an imperative; “nōlī + infinitive” is generally translated as “do not…” – so “Don’t drive me out into the rain again!”
thanks furrykef.
Have you seen this dedicated forum to LLPSI?
http://discourse.textkit.com/t/lingua-latina-per-se-illustrata-by-h-orberg/10138/1