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 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 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...
