Subordinating Conjunctions

by | 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...

Diagramming prepositions

by | 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...

Wooden translation

by | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin

I received this email: Dwane, My daughter is currently on Lesson 15 of Visual Latin. When I go to check her “Reading and Translation” part, she goes for a literal translation compared to yours. Do you have any suggestions to correct this or should I not worry about...

Prepositions + adjectives = boring post

by | Dec 4, 2014 | Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin

Recently, I received this question: When an adjective governs case and is followed by a prepositional phrase, where is it placed in the sentence? Here is my reply: As for adjectives, watch the nouns and the prepositions closely.   If there is no preposition, the noun...