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The Horrors of the Latin Grammar Revisited Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Oct 8, 2015
For first time language learners (or even masters), the way and method a language handles their grammar ( and more specifically the oddities or exception rules in their grammar) I wrote a posts in the past that help tackle some of the language’s difficulties, but I have also written this one to provide some additional…
Getting the Genitive Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jul 29, 2015
The genitive is one of my favorite cases. I feel it is one of the easiest cases to explain and learn! ADJECTIVAL USES: (1) POSSESSIVE GENITIVE: “belonging to” “owned by” periculum belli, coniuratio Catilinae (Conspiracy of Catiline) (2) SUBJECTIVE GENITIVE: with a verbal noun (gerund) or a noun implying activity. The AUTHOR OF THE ACTIVITY…
New Year’s Resolutions: Learn Latin! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jan 7, 2015
2015 has begun! Hopefully you have decided on what your New Year’s Resolutions are going to be, but if not I may try to persuade you that learning Latin (or some basic Latin) may be an awesome one to add! I have listed below the top 10 posts that I believe will inspire you to…
You Want to Learn Latin: Keep Calm and Read On! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Feb 5, 2014
So you want to learn Latin? Or, are you already learning Latin? So, let’s look at a sentence: Sed debebatur, ut opinor, fatis tantae origo urbis maximique secundum deorum opes imperii principium. (Livy 1.4) So is your initial reaction is to panic, run for hills, and give up? Well, Don’t! Five Tips that will save you…
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 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…