by Dwane | May 25, 2018 | Visual Latin
I received this question: Dear Mr. Thomas, I am having some trouble understanding infinitive verbs. As I have learned, an active infinitive such as audire translates as to hear, whereas a passive infinitive such as audiri translates as to be heard. Oddly, I have seen...
by Dwane | Aug 21, 2017 | Ebook
I received this comment: Quick question: I’m reading your book, Via, and I’m wondering what you mean by reading a grammar per month. Do you mean something like “Wheelock’s Latin”? That seems like a tall order each month! Could you please...
by Dwane | Oct 11, 2016 | Latin
I received this question: I want to ask you for some guidance with Henle Latin and my (our) student. She is doing really well at translating Latin into English. However, when we go English to Latin, she consistently gets endings wrong (although she usually has the...
by Dwane | Nov 19, 2015 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Verb: In grammar, a part of speech that expresses action, motion, being, suffering, or a request or command to do anything. A verb may also show state of existence. The verb affirms, declares, asks or commands; as, I write; he runs; the river flows; they sleep; we...
by Dwane | Sep 5, 2015 | Education, English, German, Grammar, Latin
I received this email: Yesterday, a tutor talked to the parents about the importance of reviewing English grammar no matter what language they are studying. She told us that our kids can’t give the ‘logical’ grammar terms. For example, verbs...
