Tag Archives: Latin grammar
Spotlight Text of the Month: Book of Kells Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Apr 8, 2015
Salvete Omnes! I have been giving it some series thought and I think it would be a great monthly post addition to have Spotlight Texts! By this I mean to summarizes a text of Latin in all its major facets and include an excerpt from the text with Latin and English. This week I thought…
Measurements of Time in Latin Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 12, 2015
Salvette Omnes, In honor of daylight savings- and springing the clocks an hour ahead, I thought a post about Roman timekeeping was in order! A Quarter Pass Twelve? The Romans time of day was divided into 12 hours (Latin: horae) of light and 12 hours of darkness. The Romans also divided the day into other periods, such as…
The Pope’s Latin Tweets Soar! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Feb 18, 2015
Some people say that Latin is a “dead” language, and you can hear my not-so sarcastic thoughts on that subject (here) in a post titled “If Latin is a dead language, Do zombies speak it?” However, the trends of social media would prove that it is anything BUT dead! Facebook even offers the option to…
Valentine’s Day Tip: Add a Latin Love Quote! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Feb 11, 2015
Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone! I hope everyone is ready for the upcoming holiday even if it is for an “Anti-Valentine’s Day.” I hope your Valentine’s Day or Lupercalia is filled with happiness and joy or at least lots of sweets and good movies or books.If you want to know the Ancient Roman history and festivals…
Latin Profanity: How to Swear in Latin Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jan 13, 2015
Salvete Omnes, With the beginning of the New Year, I know many people have started about learning a language for a resolutions. While last week’s post discussed the top ten posts to help inspire and teach the language to beginners. WARNING: This post is not for the faint hearted. Romans were swearing and cursing in…
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…
Learning Latin Basics: Lesson II Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Dec 10, 2014
Salvete Omnes, We have much to cover today! We are going to review the 1st and 2nd Conjugations and Declensions along with some sentence work. VERBS 1st Conjugation “Amo= I love” 1st s.= amo “ I love, I do love, I am loving” 2nd s.= amas “You love” 3rd s.= amat “He loves, She…