How to Translate Latin Future Participles into English
Latin has a Future Participle but English does not. However, the Future Participle is needed to express some constructions when translating from …
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Latin Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary verbs are used when the main verb needs help in forming one of the six tenses found in English. Latin uses inflections instead.
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Translate Imperfect Tense Latin Verbs
The imperfect tense is most similar to English’s simple past tense. However, there are some subtle differences of other past tenses that must be …
Continue ReadingHow to Form Latin Future Tense Verbs
The future tense of both Latin and English indicate an action that will take place or is expected to take place sometime after the present. Learn how …
Continue ReadingHow to Form Latin Perfect Tense Verbs
The Perfect tense in both Latin and English are similar and normally do not give students a difficult time in translation. Learn how to form Perfect …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate Latin Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Verbs
The Past Perfect or Pluperfect tense is used in Latin to indicate an action that happened before some other action that also occurred in the past. …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate Latin Present Tense Verbs
The present tense, supposed to be the easiest tense, actually has some surprising twists that give Latin students trouble. Learn how to form Latin …
Continue ReadingHow to Translate the Future Perfect Verb Tense from Latin to English
The Future Perfect tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future, before another action that occurs even further into the future.
Continue ReadingDetermining Grammatical Gender of Latin Words
Latin nouns, pronouns, and adjectives all have a gender. Knowing the gender of a Latin word is key to properly understanding Latin grammar. Learn why …
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Translate Latin Infinitive Verbs
Latin infinitives are often associated with the second principal part of a verb. Their use is both varied and important to the Latin language. Learn …
Continue ReadingHow to Show Possession with the Genitive Case in Latin
As an inflected language, Latin uses the genitive case to denote possession. But unlike English, a noun and its possessor need not reside next to each …
Continue ReadingLatin Direct and Indirect Objects
Like English, direct and indirect objects are used to indicate how a noun is related to the action in a sentence. Learn about Latin objects in this …
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