by Dwane | Apr 22, 2015 | Education, Latin, Q&A, Visual Latin
I received this question this morning: Please explain why animalia laeta sunt is correct. Animalia appears to be plural but laeta is singular. Also on the same 10C lesson: Deus complet opus. Why isn’t opus a direct object and hence opum? Thanks! Because I just...
by Dwane | Apr 21, 2015 | Errata, Visual Latin
A user pointed out a mistake I had made in Visual Latin test 39. In question 23, students are to give the correct translation for the italicized words: Ii videbantur. A) I will be warned B) I will warn C) You will be warned D) We will be warned E)...
by Dwane | Apr 21, 2015 | Motivation, The Future
Every few months, I edit, or add to this post, and then re-post it. Here we go again. College, for me, was a waste of time. I naively did what I was told. I did what every high school graduate was supposed to do. I went to college. It was a four year delay of...
by Dwane | Apr 21, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature, Motivation, Q&A, Visual Latin
Yesterday was a long day. Just before I fell asleep, I posted a quick note about alternative Latin reading material. Here it is: https://dwanethomas.com/instead-of-caesar/ A few days ago, I publicly declared that reading Caesar’s commentary on the Gallic Wars...
by Dwane | Apr 20, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature, Visual Latin
On Saturday, I took a whack at a hornet’s nest. I suggested that perhaps there was something better to read than hundreds of pages of history of hundreds of headless Gauls. Several people contacted me. Among other things, they wanted to know… well, what...
