by Dwane | Apr 3, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question from a student: Hello Mr. Thomas, What is the next after the Lingua Latina advanced classes? Should I take Henle or Fables & Foundations? Here is my reply: Hmmm. I recommned Fables and Foundations (even though it is a new class) just...
by Dwane | Apr 3, 2015 | Education, Latin
A adult student in Japan has been watching the Lingua Latina recordings. He sent this note: I’m really surprised at the way you teach Latin. Your magic wand makes the “dead” language so alive and approchable that I always feel as if I were learning present-day French...
by Dwane | Apr 3, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email: I’m finding some inconsistencies in Lesson 37A. In the example sections of the present tense and present passive, it has the translations for the majority to be the translation for voco. Not much to say about this one. Here is my...
by Dwane | Apr 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Brachiopod: a marine animal, similar to a mollusk. The brachiopods has a pair of tentacled arms used to capture food. Brachiopods are hinged at the rear end. The front opens when the creature is hungry and closes when it needs protection. In extremely dangerous...
by Dwane | Apr 3, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Motivation
Impede: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct. Yesterday, I blogged the word “expedite.” When you break it down, to expedite, is to un-shackle the feet. Once the feet are free, things happen faster. To impede someone is the exact opposite. The Latin verb...
