
In this lesson, we will talk about numbers and letters in Latin, and we will learn the pronunciation of each letter, as well as the pronunciation of digraphs and diphthongs.
The first reading talks about letters and numbers in Latin.
In the second reading, we learn about nouns.
In the third reading we learn about different countries and peoples. We also meet Quintus and Sabina, two of the characters in our story.
In our fourth reading, we meet the Roman family of Quintus and Sabina, to whom we were introduced in the third reading.
We meet the three servants of Quintus and Sabina and how they help the family in our fifth reading.
In the sixth reading we learn that Quintus is a farmer, and he works with Aulus and Sergus in the field. The boys play while their dad works.
In the seventh reading, we read about the women working in the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family. What's for breakfast? Leftovers...
In our eighth and final reading we meet Balbus, the new neighbor and his handmaid, who captures the heart of a certain, young servant...
As the title suggests, The Latin Language Through Story aims to teach the language through a story which scaffolds in difficulty with each progressing lesson. Every lesson begins with an introduction to a new grammatical concept(s), and then it puts this new concept into practice in the form a short, recorded reading entirely in Latin. The story follows a Roman family and their servants as they go about their daily life in the Roman countryside.
This is the first in a series of courses that will teach the Latin language through one continuous story. Read along and enjoy learning Latin with Quintus, Sabina, and their children. The grammar topics in this course include the following spread across eight lessons:
The five major noun cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative)
The present tense of verbs in all four conjugations
The infinitive and the complementary infinitive
Helping verbs
Special verbs with a dative (intransitive verbs)
The imperative voice
The verb to be
The relative pronoun
...and more!
This course includes hundreds of commonly used Latin vocabulary words, a Latin-English translation of the course's story - Fabula Latina - as well as exercise sheets and translation exercises.
With nearly three hours of video, plenty of reading, and additional grammar and translation exercises this course is bound to keep you busy and to help you enjoy learning the two thousand year old parent tongue of so many languages spoken today.