The Roman Villa

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...

Italian v. Latin

I am currently teaching myself Italian (and loving it).  Here a native Italian speaker talks about the difference between Latin and Italian pronunciations....

Quod, quia, enim, and nam.

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,...

Finally back at it…

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...

I fight authority. Authority always wins.

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...

Lesson 5 confusion

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...