by Dwane | Nov 8, 2017 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Many of my students often have the misconception that all languages, including English, come from Latin. Nope. Not true. A lot of languages come from Latin, but English is not one of them. English is a Germanic language. We have borrowed a ton of vocabulary from...
by Dwane | Nov 7, 2017 | Latin
In Lingua Latina class today, we learned about the ancient Roman villa. Here are some videos/virtual tours of typical Roman villas of the first century A.D. (One of my students found these. Thanks, Julia!) This first one is my personal favorite: A cut-away view: A...
by Dwane | Nov 3, 2017 | Italian, Latin
I am currently teaching myself Italian (and loving it). Here a native Italian speaker talks about the difference between Latin and Italian pronunciations....
by Dwane | Oct 23, 2017 | Education, Latin, Online Classes
Students are often confused by the multiple forms of “because” in Latin. A student posted the following helpful explanation in the forums: ================================================= I think I have figured out the difference between: “quia, quod,...
by Dwane | Oct 20, 2017 | Education, Italian, Latin
Over the weekend, I ended up sick. I’ve been sleeping in and as a result, my productivity has plummeted. If there is one silver bullet to my productivity is it summed up in the Spanish proverb: “A quien madrugada, Dios lo ayuda.” God helps those...
by Dwane | Oct 5, 2017 | Greek, Italian, Latin
Every few days, I receive an email from someone who needs me to grade their work. Every now and then, I receive an email from someone who really wants to learn Latin, Greek, or Italian. It’s a bit frustrating. Grades overshadow everything. 90% of my students only...
