by Dwane | Jan 7, 2015 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts, Visual Latin
It’s been a long time since loaded a video in the chalkboard series. Long enough. I am ready to get back to creating these. In this video, you will learn more demonstrative pronouns. These are the pronouns you use to point to something some distance away from...
by Dwane | Jan 5, 2015 | Latin, Motivation, The Future, Visual Latin
Now and then, someone will ask me, “Why did you choose Latin?” Here’s why: I’ve always been fascinated by history. When I was younger, I read avidly. For the most part, I read biographies. I enjoyed the biographies of early American explorers and...
by Dwane | Jan 3, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Guys, I will not be around today. My grandfather turns 90 today. I will spend much of the day driving to a party for him. While I am on the road, here is a repost. Of course, if you have never read this… it is a new post. It is an answer to the most common...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
I received this question recently: My son is doing your visual Latin course and he is on lesson 13. When he translates the sentences and paragraphs there seems to be a lot of words that he has not learned yet. Should we look these up or are missing where they are...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this question: Is there a particular grammar book for Latin that you would recommend reading and re-reading? Here is my reply: Yes. There is. Short answer: Lingua Latina by Hans Orberg. Long answer: I looked for an answer to this question for years....
by Dwane | Dec 22, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts, Uncategorized, Visual Latin
A few weeks ago, I received this email: Hi! I am enjoying learning Latin along with my daughters age 16,12, and 11. Chapter XII test. Problem 40. The woman has wisdom. The answer key shows the answer to be sapientiam. This led to a spirited conversation of whether...
