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" Example before the rule" is a great principle of language learning. Viva voce methods save time, rules are grasped more quickly. Systematic use of viva voce Latin leads to rapidly gaining the required intuitive familiarity with Latin sentence construction, and the learning of correct vowel quantity from the beginning. Vocabulary is learned in a more natural way. The intention is to use the resources offered here to get good enough to actually get to think in the language, to live in it. This is the Renaissance Method.

The recorded lessons from Adler's Textbook, " A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language" form the core of the podcast. Adler's book can be downloaded for free from Google Books, who especially re-scanned this important textbook for us.


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Evan Millner
London


Many thanks to the following individuals and organisations for appearing (listed in no particular order) on this Podcast:
The Cambridge University Press;
The University of Canterbury, New Zealand;
University of California, Los Angeles;
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles;
Swarthmore College, Department of Classics;
Stephen Daitz (Sorgll);
Robert Sonkowsky (Sorgll);
Wakefield Foster (Sorgll);
ISTA;
Jeroen de Ost;
Cantantor;
Lucio Amadeo Ranierio;
Lorna Robinson, Iris Project;
Ruben Sitto;
Hefyd;
Melissa Foundation;
Charles Umiker;
Iohannes Alatius;
Brad Walton;
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Ablatives of all declensions, in the context of a simple sentence, in singular and then plural.
This method of rehearsing your knowledge is more useful than learning a declension table, when it comes to actualising and activating your knowledge.
Just because it is possible to make tables of declensions, does not mean that memorising tables is the fastest way to learn the material.
One's knowledge should be instinctual. This revision exercise is designed to encourage you to develop an instinctual knowledge of the ablative case.

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This original lesson contains the singular and plural forms of examples drawn from all declensions of the accusative. The same examples are used as in the previous revision of the nominative, with the verb habeo.

This is a more natural way of learning the case endings for the different declensions,and is probably similar to oral methods used by the ancients.

Just because you can make a pretty grammar table, does not mean that memorising the table is the most practical way to internalise the information.

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This original lesson follows the following form:

Each question contains singular and plural in the form of question and answer, covering all declensions, nominative case only.

Estne tibi charta? Immo, sunt mihi chartae.

Suntne tibi musae? Vero, domine, sunt mihi musae.

Estne tibi dominus? Immo, sunt mihi domini.
Suntne tibi domini? Vero, sunt mihi domini.

Suntne tibi dii? Immo vero, est mihi deus.
Estne tibi deus? Ita est, domine, est mihi deus.
All declensions are covered.

This is a more natural way of learning the case endings for the different declensions,and is probably similar to oral methods used by the ancients.

Just because you can make a pretty grammar table, does not mean that memorising the table is the most practical way to internalise the information.

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Vocabulary Building:
Nouns substantive used in GCSE Latin, all tiers, introduced in the form of "This thing"
In case these pronouns are not yet familiar, here is the declension of the nominative and genitive of this and these.

Hic - masculine
Haec - feminine
Hoc - neuter
Hujus - genitive
HI - masc. plural
HAE - fem plural
HAEC - neut plural
horum - masc gen. plural
harum - fem gen plural
horum - neut plural

Note on pronunciation. Hic haec and hoc should have a double c before a vowel.

However, in the vocab list recited here, I have only given a single c, to make the form of the nouns substantive clearer for a beginner.
A Roman would have said Hoc Cest instead of hoc est, and haec Carbor, not haec arbor. When you are saying these yourself, you might want to try doing this.
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Vocabulary Building: Latin
200 verbs given in the infinitive form. These are suitable for foundation and higher levels.

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Vocabulary Building: Latin
200 verbs given in the first person present indicative. i.e. I love, I call, I wound, etc.

These are for both higher and foundation level students.

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Vocabulary Building:
GCSE - some basic vocabulary for GCSE Latin.

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The course materials of Latinum make the language as accessible as possible for the distance learner and no prior experience of language learning is assumed by the course that we offer here.
The Latinum course uses Adler's textbook, which holds your hand along the way. The course provides you with steady support throughout.
Grammatical concepts are introduced gradually, and vocabulary that you learn is constantly reinforced in the multitude of oral exercises. The course is an audio course, and it requires that you listen to the lessons rather intensively - however, you can put the lessons on an ipod and go about your daily business, while studying Latin.

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