Friday, Apr 27, 2007

Fifth Declension with prepositions &c.

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Res, and dies.

You will find it much easier to learn the Latin declensions using the format I have given here, as each form of the declension is given in a context that makes sense.
For example, instead of just learning musa,musae,musae, musam,musa,musa, you will learn,haec musa "this song", amor musae, "love of a song", caesar honorem musae dat,"Caesar gives honour to a song", and so on. I expect that the information will get into your head more quickly this way, and on the way, you will reinforce a little syntax, as every sentence about caesar contains three cases - caesar, in the nominative, honorem in the accusative, and the next word, in this example musae, in the dative. this is why I have used the verb dat - to help you remember we are talking about the dative here.

Friday, Apr 27, 2007

Fourth declension with prepositions &c.

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Fructus, Domus, Cornu.

You will find it much easier to learn the Latin declensions using the format I have given here, as each form of the declension is given in a context that makes sense.
For example, instead of just learning musa,musae,musae, musam,musa,musa, you will learn,haec musa "this song", amor musae, "love of a song", caesar honorem musae dat,"Caesar gives honour to a song", and so on. I expect that the information will get into your head more quickly this way, and on the way, you will reinforce a little syntax, as every sentence about caesar contains three cases - caesar, in the nominative, honorem in the accusative, and the next word, in this example musae, in the dative. this is why I have used the verb dat - to help you remember we are talking about the dative here.

Friday, Apr 27, 2007

Third Declension using prepositions &c.

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Examples of the third declension, honor, sermo, nubes, miles, turris, lapis, animal, carmen, pater, iter, opus, caput, poema, sedile, using short sentences and prepositions to indicate the cases.

You will find it much easier to learn the Latin declensions using the format I have given here, as each form of the declension is given in a context that makes sense.
For example, instead of just learning musa,musae,musae, musam,musa,musa, you will learn,haec musa "this song", amor musae, "love of a song", caesar honorem musae dat,"Caesar gives honour to a song", and so on. I expect that the information will get into your head more quickly this way, and on the way, you will reinforce a little syntax, as every sentence about caesar contains three cases - caesar, in the nominative, honorem in the accusative, and the next word, in this example musae, in the dative. this is why I have used the verb dat - to help you remember we are talking about the dative here.

Friday, Apr 27, 2007

Second declension with prepositions etc.

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dominus, magister, gener, deus, regnum
While recording this, I absentmindedly said I was about to record the first declension. These are all, of course, the second declension. Happy learning.

You will find it much easier to learn the Latin declensions using the format I have given here, as each form of the declension is given in a context that makes sense.
For example, instead of just learning musa,musae,musae, musam,musa,musa, you will learn,haec musa "this song", amor musae, "love of a song", caesar honorem musae dat,"Caesar gives honour to a song", and so on. I expect that the information will get into your head more quickly this way, and on the way, you will reinforce a little syntax, as every sentence about caesar contains three cases - caesar, in the nominative, honorem in the accusative, and the next word, in this example musae, in the dative. this is why I have used the verb dat - to help you remember we are talking about the dative here.

Friday, Apr 27, 2007

First declension with prepositions &c. MUSA

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Haec musa, amor musae, caesar honorem musae dat, contra musam, o musa, coram musa, hae musae, splendor musarum, caesar honores musis dat, juxta musas, o musae, sine musis.

You will find it much easier to learn the Latin declensions using the format I have given here, as each form of the declension is given in a context that makes sense.
For example, instead of just learning musa,musae,musae, musam,musa,musa, you will learn,haec musa "this song", amor musae, "love of a song", caesar honorem musae dat,"Caesar gives honour to a song", and so on. I expect that the information will get into your head more quickly this way, and on the way, you will reinforce a little syntax, as every sentence about caesar contains three cases - caesar, in the nominative, honorem in the accusative, and the next word, in this example musae, in the dative. this is why I have used the verb dat - to help you remember we are talking about the dative here.