Caballus

So, I have run out of “equus” words.  The Latin word “equus” was not the everyday word for horse.  Instead, equus was the classical word for horse.  The average Roman citizen in the street had a completely different word, caballus. There is a dirty little secret...

How do online classes work?

I received this question: “When  do  you  start  your  next  henle online  latin class?  How are  classes  structured?  We have  never  done   online classes  before.   I was  hoping  to count  it as high  school  foreign  language  credit.  Do you  set  it up...

Is my son getting it?

I received this email: “Hi, I have a visual latin question for you. We own Visual latin and have been using it for about 7 weeks. I am feeling a bit uncertain about my son’s mastery level. What should each child master in each lesson before moving on to...

Sigh. More mistakes.

I received this email: “We are working through your Latin Lessons 1 -30. On the lesson 22 chart it has listed that “illi” is the plural masculine form of “these”, “liiae” as the plural feminine form of “these” and...

Test 25: Errata

A Visual Latin user has identified several errata. I received this feedback… Hi mr. Thomas! I had a few questions about test 25: Question 2 sounded like a personal question as in some people may find it easy and some not.   Question 3 I put answer A B C to find...

Can I skip Henle 1?

I thought some of you might find this series of exchanges interesting.  A reader wants to know if he can join Henle 2 after Visual Latin…. “Is Visual Latin 1 and 2 designed to only cover Henle 1?  Same question I guess, is the online course only to cover...