
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.
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.
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?'
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!)