Archive for 'Latin Language'
Music in Latin I Posted by leire on Jul 25, 2012
In this post I will introduce you to some music in Latin. I mean music which lyrics are in Latin, not latin music 😉 Delenda Carthago (Franco Battiato, Caffé de la Paix, 1993) (Lyrics are in Italian and Latin) PER TERRE INCOGNITE VANNO LE NOSTRE LEGIONI A FONDARE COLONIE A IMMAGINE DI ROMA “DELENDA CARTHAGO”…
Non-personal verbal forms Posted by leire on Jun 15, 2012
The verb forms which do not have personal ending are known as non-personal verbs or noun-verbs. These verb forms simultaneously have nouns’ characteristics (they are nouns or adjectives) and verbs’ characteristics (tense, voice…). In Latin we have three verbal nouns (infinitive, gerund and supine) and two verbal adjectives (participle and gerundive). Morphology is as follows…
Verbal morphology II Posted by leire on Jun 10, 2012
Active voice Time characteristics of time and mood for active personal forms are: PRESENT TENSE Indicative Subjunctive Imperative Present 1st conjugation: -e- 2nd, 3rd, 4th conjugations: -a- Past imperfect -ba- -re- Future 1st & 2nd conjugations: -b- 3rd, 4th conjugations 1st singular person: -a- Rest of persons: -e- The imperative has no temporal…
Verbal morphology I Posted by leire on Jun 2, 2012
General characteristics of the Latin conjugation Latin conjugation is distributed in two voices: active and passive. How to set out and how to determine the conjugations: The statement of a verb consists, in that order, of the following forms: First person singular indicative present. Second person singular indicative present. Present infinitive. First person singular indicative…
Latin Palindromes Posted by leire on May 31, 2012
These are texts or phrases that can be read from left to right or from right to left. Here are some examples: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (We go about in the night and are consumed by fire.) Called ‘the verse of the devil’ they said that the devil himself taught a seminarian…
Latin can be fun! Posted by leire on May 21, 2012
Today we will list some online resources where you can find funny uses of Latin language. (Click on the titles to see the web sites). 1. Fun Latin In this site you will find funny Latin sentences (and their translation to English) to use in any daily situation. It is very useful if you did…
Relative, interrogative-indefinite & other pronouns Posted by leire on Apr 26, 2012
Relative pronouns Singular Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative qui quae quod qui quae quae Accusative quem quam quod quos quas quae Genitive cuius quorum quarum quorum Dative cui quibus Ablative quo qua quo quibus The relative pronoun’s only function is the phoric, as it always refers to the antecedent, with which…