
Begin the second part of the Latin I course, focusing on the adjectives and related grammar, and prepare for the future and the fourth conjugation and beyond.
Explore Latin vocabulary and roots such as magnus and magnanimous, altitude and elevation, bonafide, bonbons, benediction, malediction, maleficent, multitude, multiply, primus, relic, sanctify, mural, dominus, entomb.
Explore how Latin adjectives decline like nouns, matching gender and case with endings, using Magnus as a model for the first and second declensions, and their neuter forms.
Learn how adjectives agree with nouns in Latin by matching case, gender, and number, with examples of masculine, feminine, and neuter forms in singular and plural.
Differentiate the two kinds of adjectives, those that describe a noun by case, gender, and number, and predicate adjectives linked by the verb to be.
Explore the use of pro in Latin, signaling in front of or on behalf of, with examples like pro Milo.
Build Latin vocabulary through roots like fortis and omnis and explore terms such as gravity, omniscient, omnipotent, and pontifex, while noting connections to French and Spanish usage.
The lecture explains the declension of gravis, e, noting three genders in the nominative singular and that adjectives agree with nouns, with masculine and feminine forms often identical.
Latin I, second quarter lesson 9 vocabulary introduces first conjugation forms, irregular verbs, and essential roots such as to call voco, to donate, and words for speech and prayer.
Explore Latin verb structure by identifying the four principal parts, endings, and conjugations to determine subject, tense, and voice, including present indicative, infinitive, perfect, and past participle.
Master the present indicative of laudo, a first conjugation verb, using the o, s, t, mus, tis, nt endings. These endings reveal the subject and form the laud- stem.
Discover how Latin verb endings mark subject person and number to ensure subject-verb agreement, with singular o, s, t endings and plural endings shown in nauta and milites.
Learn the Latin imperfect indicative, the past tense for actions that lasted, with endings showing the subject, illustrated by I was eating and we were conquering.
Learn the Latin future indicative for the first conjugation by adding -bo, -bis, -bit, -bimus, -bitis, -bunt to verb stems, with dabo, porto, and pugno as examples.
Explore how the Latin interrogative particle -ne attaches to the first word to turn statements into questions, with examples like 'are you walking?' and 'will the soldiers fight?'
Explore core Latin vocabulary in lesson 10, including timeo (to fear), arma (arms), armory, monitor (to warn), and the link between moneta money and the temple of Juno Monita.
Identify the second conjugation by its principal parts and endings, noting exceptions, and apply its present, imperfect (m s t endings), and future formations.
Explore lesson 11 Latin vocabulary, including ego, egotistic, and egocentric usage, second conjugation forms, third-person pronouns, and terms like immobile, motion, emotion, suicide, regicide, fratricide, and patricide.
Explore the first-person Latin pronouns, including ego and nos, their cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative), and how pronoun forms shift with prepositions and verbs.
Explore the Latin second person pronouns, identifying singular and plural you, with nominative, genitive possessive, indirect and direct object forms, and emphasis using endings like te, tibi, vos, vobis.
Explore the third person pronouns in Latin across masculine, feminine, and neuter, including he, she, it, and they, and learn the irregular endings and how to memorize them.
Explore how reflexive pronouns mirror the subject across first, second, and third person in Latin, using forms like myself and himself, and distinguish reflexive from personal pronouns.
Explore latin vocabulary and word formation from duct to aqueducts, linking meanings like lead, carry, and water to conquest, victory, and mission contexts, with irregular principal parts and actor forms.
Identify third-conjugation Latin verbs by memorizing their principal parts, compare patterns in the first and second parts, and use the fourth part to reveal connections to English words.
Explore how the present, imperfect, and future indicatives of mitto are formed across Latin conjugations, focusing on endings, principal parts, and avoiding misidentification between tenses.
This is the second course that covers the very first step of learning the Latin language. It explains adjective declension (1st/ 2nd & 3rd) and explores the concept of noun-adjective agreement.The course also explains the basic concept of verb conjugation. It explores three of the six tenses of the indicative active, namely the present, the imperfect and the future It also covers basic sentence structure, syntax and grammar.
The course requires the students to have access to Henle Latin First Year (paperback or digital) as well as the reference grammar book (paperback or digital). The acquisition of "Looking at Latin" can be helpful but not necessary.
This second quarter should take about twelve (12) weeks to complete. The work includes the study of the lectures (videos), the memorization work (vocabulary, declension, conjugation and grammar rules) and the written work (exercises).
Once this course is completed, the logical step is to sign up for Latin I, Third Quarter. Be aware that Henle, Latin First Year is covered in Latin I and Latin II. Latin II is already available and Latin III as well.
This course if taken seriously will give you a very solid foundation in the language of Caesar and Cicero. And it might actually fulfill some homeschooling requirement for High School foreign language credits.
Bonam Fortunam! (Good Luck!)