How to Form Superlative Adjectives in Latin: A Comparison with English
Like English, Latin uses adjectives to make positive, comparative, and superlative comparisons. Unlike English, Latin uses inflections to indicate a …
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How to Decline Third Declension Adjectives in Latin
Latin adjectives function similarly to those of English. However, their implementation in Latin is far more complicated since Latin is an inflected …
Continue ReadingTeaching Your Child Latin: Resources to Get You Started Learning Latin at Home
Want to boost your child’s success in school? Students who have taken Latin courses tend to perform higher on standardized tests like the SAT. …
Continue ReadingTranslating Latin Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions into English
Elementary Latin students easily grasp adjectives of the first and second declension. However, as with all things in Latin, a few exceptions make …
Continue ReadingA Comparison of Latin and English Descriptive Adjectives
Both English and Latin use descriptive adjectives to describe nouns. Latin’s inflections identify which noun is being modified. Read a comparison of …
Continue ReadingSubjunctive, Indicative, and Imperative Moods of Latin Verbs
Both Latin and English Verbs can be any of three moods. Latin students must be able to identify mood by the ending of the verb. Learn about the …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate Active Voice Verbs from Latin to English
Both Latin and English employ the active voice to indicate the relationship between a verb and its subject. Latin, however, indicates the active voice …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate Deponent Verbs from Latin to English
Latin has deponent verbs that have passive voice forms but active voice meanings. This anomaly gives Latin students trouble when they encounter these …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate Passive Voice Verbs from Latin to English
Both Latin and English employ the passive voice to indicate the relationship between a verb and its subject. Latin indicates the passive voice of a …
Continue ReadingA Comparison of Latin and English Gerunds
English gerunds can be difficult to spot because they share their form with other verbal constructions. In Latin, there is no ambiguity when the …
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Translate Latin Past Participles
Past Participles are found in both Latin and English but they function somewhat differently in each language. Learn how to form and translate Latin …
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Translate Latin Present Participles
Present Participles are found in both Latin and English but they function somewhat differently in each language. Learn how to recognize and translate …
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