Lesson 10: Present Indicative Passive - The Ablative of the Agent

You need this free ebook in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison. Earlier lessons are covered in earlier posts.

Today we come to the present indicative passive verbs. These are verbs in which the subject receives the action. The person or thing doing the action is put in the ablative case. 

Our normal routine is for all of us to chant the noun and verb endings and memorize any new endings. Then the little ones drop out, and the older ones and I read the lesson together.We watch the video together. Then we get out our charts and vocabulary lists and translate together. Since I am learning Latin along with them, the only way I have to verify that we are correct is to refer to the charts. Then we translate, inflecting all the words. Then everyone reviews the vocabulary on quizlet. 

This takes time, so take the time it takes.

Assignments:

1.  Learn the new endings by singing the silly song listed below.
2. Chant all the endings we've had so far. Use charts.See previous posts for videos.
3. Read the chapter.
4. Translate sections 102, 106, 107
5. Practice vocabulary on quizlet.

Resources:

Helpful site on the passive voice verbs.

Silly Song for Present Indicative Passive Verb Endings

(to be sung to Jingle Bells)

-r,-ris, -tur,

-mur, -minī, -ntur

Present Passive Verbs

-r,-ris, -tur,

-mur, -minī, -ntur the

subject gets the action

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book to which that they correspond. You can print the vocabulary in a variety of forms (sheet, cards, table, etc) to help with review and translation.

Lectures that go along with the lessons

Interactive Grammar Tables You can practice declining and conjugating online, and know whether or not you are correct.

The following charts have all the declensions and conjugations covered so far in a compact chart. Very helpful in inflecting the vocabulary.

Adjectives: First and Second Declension Chart

Noun Declension Chart

Alternative Noun Declension Chart

Comparison of Verb Conjugations

Lesson Nine:Irregularities in 2nd Declension Nouns and Adjectives

You need this free ebook in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

We learned the regular second declension nouns. Now for the irregulars.

There is not a whole lot of new material. So you get a light lesson.

Assignments: 

1. Read the chapter paying special attention to the charts. Also note the irregular note section 92 irregular adjectives. Memorize sum chart in 93.
2. Watch video.
3. Check out the Interactive Grammar Tables link
4. Practice vocabulary on quizlet. (see link)
5. Translate section 97

Online Resources:


Interactive Grammar Tables You can practice declining and conjugating online, and know whether or not you are correct.

Second Declension Nouns. The last half talks about irregularities.

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book to which that they correspond. You can print the vocabulary in a variety of forms (sheet, cards, table, etc) to help with review and translation.

Lectures that go along with the lessons

The following charts have all the declensions and conjugations covered so far in a compact chart. Very helpful in inflecting the vocabulary.

Adjectives: First and Second Declension Chart

Noun Declension Chart

Alternative Noun Declension Chart

Comparison of Verb Conjugations

Lesson 8: First and Second Declension Adjectives

You need this free ebook in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

Time for true confessions. I don't know Latin. I am learning it along with my kids. The amazing thing to me is that this time we are actually getting it. My 9th grader and 11th grader and I sit around the table inflecting all the words and translating the passages. For someone who has tried at least three other times to learn Latin and failed, this is wonderful. My younger ones are just chanting the charts. I figure it will make it easier for them when they actually get to translating.

Latin is work, but it's fun work.

This week we get into  first and second declension adjectives. If you memorized your first and second declension nouns, this won't be much of a problem. The endings are alike.

Inflecting all the words is very important. You have to be able to decline and conjugate, or you have no idea what the sentence is saying. Take the time to inflect what you are translating, and it will really help you. The videos that are on this site are a real help to us too.

Assignments:

1. Read the chapter
2. Print out the charts to refer to if you need to when you're translating.
3. Review the vocabulary on quizlet.
4. Decline the noun/adjective pairs in section 83.
5. Translate sections 88, 89, 90.

Take the time you need to understand what you are doing. Latin takes time.

Online Resources: 

First and Second Declension Adjectives

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book to which that they correspond. You can print the vocabulary in a variety of forms (sheet, cards, table, etc) to help with review and translation.

Lectures that go along with the lessons

The following charts have all the declensions and conjugations covered so far in a compact chart. Very helpful in inflecting the vocabulary.

Adjectives: First and Second Declension Chart

Noun Declension Chart

Alternative Noun Declension Chart

Comparison of Verb Conjugations

Lesson 7: Review

You need this free ebook in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

Yay! a review section. Time to see what you learned or didn't learn.

Assignments:

1. Read the chapter.
2. Review the vocabulary in quizlet. (See online resources.)
3. Translate section 79 in class.
4. Read section 80 in class.

Online Resources:



Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book to which that they correspond. You can print the vocabulary in a variety of forms (sheet, cards, table, etc) to help with review and translation.

Lectures that go along with the lessons



The following charts have all the declensions and conjugations covered so far in a compact chart. Very helpful in inflecting the vocabulary.

Noun Declension Chart

Alternative Noun Declension Chart

Comparison of Verb Conjugations

Lesson 6: Third and Fourth Conjugation

You need this free book in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

This lesson covers the third and fourth conjugation in the present tense. It is really not that hard. Once you get the personal endings down, the conjugations are pretty much the same. Just try to memorize their differences. The third conjugation includes those verbs whose present indicative active form ends in -ere. The fourth conjugation includes those whose present indicative form ends in -īre.

Assignments:

1. Watch the video on conjugation verbs.
2. Read the chapter.
3. Inflect the vocabulary
4. Translate sections 71, 72, 75
5. Review the vocabulary with quizlet.
6. Take the cheat sheet quiz.

Online  Resources:

Video covers all conjugations in the present tense

Latin Cheat Sheet 4  You have to memorize this.

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book that they correspond to.

Lectures that go along with the lessons

Lesson Five: the Second Declension

This post is Under Construction:)
Latin Cheat Sheet 3

Latin Cheat Sheet Quiz 3

Great video explaining 2nd declension masculine

Explanation of 2nd declension neuter 

very short 2nd declension song

Lesson 4: The Second Conjugation

You need this free book in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

Lesson 4 adds the second conjugation of verbs. You need to chant these every day, along with first and second declension verbs. There is no other way to get this other than rote memory. Use whatever method works best for you to memorize, but do it. You can't proceed until this is done.

 The younger kids just do the chants. The middle school and high school to all of the assignments.

Assignments:


Read the chapter

Chant the first and second conjugations

Chant the first declension

Use quizlet to help you memorize the vocabulary. Review through section 49. (Card sets are numbered according to the section in the book that they correspond to.)

Look at the list of common prepositions. You need to know which ones go with which case.

Inflect all the words in section 45.

Do the translation at the end of the chapter. Preferably, do it orally. The best way to do it is to tell the meaning, tense, mood, voice, person and number of each word. That way you make sure you really know it.

Wow! That's a lot of work. But if you want to be able to read Latin, you have to do the work. Hang in there.

Necessary online resources

Textbook: First Year Latin by Gunnison free web book. I got tired of the e book and ordered a hard copy from Amazon.

Latin Cheat Sheet 2. You need to memorize this.

Quiz over Cheat Sheet 2

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book to which that they correspond.

Lectures that go along with the lessons



Online resources that help explain the lesson

Declension song with lyrics

Nice first and second conjugation chart

Lessons 3

You need this free book in order to do this lesson. First Year Latin by Gunnison

Lesson Three: The First Conjugation. Present Active Indicative. The Accusative Case.

One of the hard things about learning Latin for me is that I am not a grammar person. Learn enough grammar to get by has always been my motto. But that doesn't work when you're trying to learn a foreign language. So on top of learning Latin, I have to learn grammar. You probably already know grammar, but since I had to relearn it, I listed below some of the things the book assumes you know.

1. You conjugate verbs. You decline nouns.

2. To conjugate means to give the different forms of (a verb in an inflected language) as they vary according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person.

(from Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary)

3. Vocabulary you need to know:

    Present- takes place now

    Active- subject doing the acting.

    Indicative- stated as a fact

    Accusative - marking the direct object

    Transitive - active verb
    Personal endings - endings that show person
    Principal parts of verbs - see links below
    Inflect - conjugate or decline

Assignment 
    Read the chapter
    Memorize the first conjugation.
    Memorize the model verb
    Inflect section 38. (Do all the conjugating and declining in section 38)
    Memorize rule 3
    Do the translating

  This is what I expect out of my middle schoolers and high schoolers. My younger children will just chant the conjugations and model verbs.

Amo, Amas, Amant: Latin Chant

Required Resources


Textbook: First Year Latin by Gunnison free web book. I got tired of the e book and ordered a hard copy from Amazon.

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book that they correspond to.

Lectures that go along with the lessons

Online resources that help explain the lesson


moods of verbs (indicative, imperative, subjunctive)

principal parts of verbs

Principal Parts of Verbs

Lessons Learned

My past attempts at learning Latin have been marginal.  But I have learned at least a few things from my failure.

1. There is no learning a language without hard  work. I don't care what kind of sales pitch they give you, it takes work and discipline to learn Latin.

2. If you don't memorize everything, you will fall by the wayside quickly. Learning Latin is comprehensive. Each lesson builds on the previous lesson. Make sure you understand everything and have memorized all the declensions and conjugations and vocabulary before proceeding.

3. Children do not do well at this on their own. You have to be involved in their learning, or it won't happen.

Thankfully, young children memorize well. This means that you should be able to adapt the teaching of Latin to all ages. 

Gathering Resources, Lessons 1,2

After multiple attempts to teach my children Latin, I've come to the conclusion they will not learn unless I learn along with them. So here we go. We are all learning together. Every resource listed will be free and online.


The first couple of days will be spent in review because we have already done some Latin.

Resources:


Textbook: First Year Latin by Gunnison free web book

Cheat Sheet for lessons 1 and 2   I expect them to memorize this sheet.

Quiz over cheat sheet

Flashcards: flashcards on quizlet These are flashcards I made up to go along with the book. The cards are numbered according to the section of the book that they correspond to.

Other Resources that help explain the book


Grammar Handouts: The Latin Library

The five cases of Latin

Explanation of finite and infinite Latin Verbs

1st and 2nd declension chart

First Declension video

First Declension Song