by Dwane | Feb 4, 2015 | Education, English, German, Italian, Latin, Tip of the Week, Visual Latin
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by Dwane | Feb 3, 2015 | Education, Latin, Motivation
This year, I am teaching a Latin course for students in Classical Conversations. We are reading through the text First Year Latin, by Robert Henle. I am going to be honest. Mr Henle’s book is not my favorite Latin book. It is no secret that Lingua Latina, by Hans...
by Dwane | Feb 2, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
This year, I am teaching a Latin course for students in Classical Conversations. We are reading through the text First Year Latin, by Robert Henle. In his series, particularly in the first book, Mr. Henle requires students to diagram some of the Latin sentences. ...
by Dwane | Jan 31, 2015 | Education, Latin
Don’t underestimate the power of reading in Latin. If you want to learn Latin, you must start reading in Latin. Use any tool you can to bring more reading into your life. Use textbooks, public domain books, the Vulgate, Vicapaedia, or Facebook. Read, read, read! ...
by Dwane | Jan 31, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Tip of the Week
Each Saturday, I send out a Tip of the Week. Not everyone has time to visit all the blogs they would like to follow. The “Tip of the Week” eliminates one step for you. Instead of searching for the blog, the blog comes to you… directly to your...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | Education, Motivation, The Future
I’ve been reading the daily e-zine “Early to Rise” since before Noah was a sailor. It’s full of good practical wisdom. It’s also full of high pressure sales copy, but, during the long years of poverty I developed high sales resistance....
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | Education, English, Greek
Chromatophore: A pigment-bearing cell found in some fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals. From Greek χρωμα (color) φέρειν (to carry). Remember this guy from Tangled? He could change the color of his skin since his skin contained chromatophores. Or, maybe...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | Education, Motivation
I have followed the writings of “the minimalists” of an on for several years. Not long ago, my family of 7 lived in a 950 square foot, 2 bedroom condo. We lived there for 7 years. Naturally, we became, to a degree, minimalists. It was during that time...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Deportment: behavior; demeanor; conduct; how someone behaves in company. The word deportment took a familiar road on its way into the English language. It started out as a few Latin words. The preposition de, in Latin, means: away. The verb portare, means: to...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Anaphora: the same word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences or clauses. Anaphora comes from the Greek word ἀναφορά (carrying back). Αναφορά derives from the preposition ἀνά (up) and φέρω (I carry). This, of course, gives us the literal translation,...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts
Learn how to diagram expletives in this 10 minute video. No… not swear words. Just “extra”...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Education, Latin, Vocabulary
Comport: to behave, or conduct oneself well. From Latin comportare (to collect, to amass, to bring together). In this sense, perhaps comport carries the meaning of pulling oneself together for the occasion. The verb comportare breaks down to the preposition cum...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email: Subject: Visual Latin I, Test XII Message Body: On question #41 the answer key says the answer is A. vocatne? My son is wondering why the answer is not D. auditne? Here is my reply: Your son is right… and, I was wrong. He found a mistake....
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Porter: the doorkeeper, or gate keeper. This word comes from Latin porta (door). When the doorkeeper helps you carry the luggage, he becomes another kind of porter. He becomes a carrier of burdens. The second usage of the word comes from the Latin verb portare...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Amphora: Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, or oil. Sometimes amphorae, filled with oil, were awarded to victorious athletes in the games… which is why, even today, trophies take on an amphoral shape. Amphora...
by Dwane | Jan 27, 2015 | Education, English, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
In this short video, learn to diagram subordinating conjunctions in English. Then, learn to translate those sentences into Latin. These sentences are based on the Henle Latin series from Robert Henle. These sentences come from chapter 2 of the first book in the...
by Dwane | Jan 26, 2015 | Tip of the Week
I subscribe to Bill Myers’s Tip of the Week. I thought you might be able to use this one. Maybe you should choose your favorite Latin word as your password. 🙂 Bill Myers Tip of the Week – January 24, 2015...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, Latin
If you are learning Latin, chances are, you will need some help. Free help is good. You will find plenty of free help on YouTube. After filming Visual Latin, I began loading free videos to YouTube. I try to load a video every day of the week, but Sunday. Naturally,...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
The verb porto, in Latin means, to carry or, to bring. In all its glory, the verb is: porto, portare, portavi, portatum. English pulls quite a few words out of this particular Latin hat. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at the way Romance...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, Latin, Q&A, ScreenCasts
In the homework section of Lingua Latina, chapter 10, is a question that causes trouble for many of my students. The question, “Quid agunt mercatores” hinges on the verb “agunt”. The verb, which means, to do, is fully conjugated...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin
ThinkOutsideTheBorder: Tip of the Week – January 24, 2015 ==================================================== If you are learing Latin, chances are, you will need some help. Free help is good. You will find plenty of free help on YouTube. After filming Visual...
by Dwane | Jan 23, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
The real reason I abandoned the Restored Classical pronunciation. My greatest problem with the “restored classical pronunciation”, is that its proponents tend to be pushy. They spend a lot of time emphasizing the “correct” pronunciation. They spend a...
by Dwane | Jan 22, 2015 | Education, English, Grammar, ScreenCasts
Here is the latest video in new series, Diagramming English. In this video, you will learn how to diagram prepositional phrases. These videos are particularly helpful for students learning Latin via First Year Latin by Robert Henle. In “Henle” Latin, the...
by Dwane | Jan 21, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this email: Hi! I use Visual Latin with my older children, and will start it later with my boys who are in 2nd & 3rd grade. Is there any way to add Latin now with them? Just start learning vocabulary? Or are there concepts they can start learning now?...
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Nostalgia: a longing for home; a longing for better days. From Greek νοσταλγία (nostalgia), which further derives from νόστος (a return home), and ἄλγος (pain, suffering).
