by Dwane | Jan 9, 2018 | Grammar, Latin
I am testing a new series. In this series, I will take students through some of the English to Latin sentences in First Year Latin by Robert Henle. Due to technical incompetencies, this video ends abruptly after sentence four. Nonetheless, I’d like to hear...
by Dwane | Nov 17, 2017 | Grammar, Latin
I received this question: My specific question is from Visual Latin 1, Lesson 25B number 20. In the sentence “Hic homo rex bonus est.”, why is the word for king in the nominative form “rex”? Why is it not the accusative “regem”? Here is...
by Dwane | Oct 4, 2017 | Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin
Some time ago, I received this message: Love the program so far. However, confused with Lesson 5 answers. The charts in teacher’s worksheet do not match students’ and we are confused by answers for: #1 Why not ablative and vocative too? #2 Why just...
by Dwane | Mar 3, 2017 | Education, Grammar, Latin
I received this question: Hello Mr. Thomas, I have a very basic question. I think I’ve asked you this before but I can’t find the email. Somehow I have a mental block about this: When you have a noun which you must decline why doesn’t the adjective...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2016 | English, Grammar, Latin
I received this inquiry: In lesson 18a we have a question about one of the samples given. The topic is indirect objects (dative case). The following was the first sample: “My father gave the car to my brother.” From our understanding, “brother”...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2016 | Education, Grammar, Latin
I received this question from one of my online students: “I seem to be having difficulty with the proper usage of most of these verbals/verb equivalents. Do you have any suggestions?” Thanks! Here is my reply: I actually think you are doing quite well. ...
