So You Really Want to Learn Latin Book I Answer Book

PREFACE GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION Vowels Diphthongs Vowel and syllable length Consonants Stress INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Verbs Amo: present tense Verbs like amo The future tense The imperfect tense And, but, not Vocabularly 1 The perfect tense English derivations Revision Points to remember Aeneas and the origins of Rome CHAPTER 2 Nouns like mensa The six cases Subjects and objects Subjects and objects in Latin Verbs in the sentence Subject "in the verb" Nouns in the vocabulary Vocabulary 2 Translating from Latin: Golden Rules Revision Romulus and Remus CHAPTER 3 Using all the cases Nominative case Vocative case Accusative case Genitive case Dative case Ablative case More on the genitive Coping with all the cases: from Latin New vocabulary Prepositions Vocabuary 3 Clauses English derivations: prefixes and suffixes The Foundation of Rome CHAPTER 4 Verbs of the 2nd conjugation: moneo Principal parts: 2nd conjugation Nouns of the 2nd declension: annus Stems and endings A word of caution Nouns like bellum Workiing with neuters Dealing with the simple past Vocabulary 4 The Sabine women Festivals Revision CHAPTER 5 Adjectives Agreement of adjectives Puer and magister Adjectives in -er Vocabulary 5 Plural nouns Other modern languages The first Roman traitress CHAPTER 6 Verbs like rego Problems with rego Questions in Latin -ne, nonne, num: points to note Verbs like audio Points to note with audio The historic present Vocabulary 6 Verbs with yukky principal parts The kings of Rome (part 1) CHAPTER 7 Verbs like capio Breaking up inverted commas: inquit / inquiunt Roman numerals Numerals 11-1000! filius, deus, vir Vocabulary 7 Revision The kings of Rome (part 2) CHAPTER 8 3rd declension nouns Working with 3rd declension nouns Common nouns Agreement of adjectives with 3rd declension nouns Adjectives and common nouns Vocabulary 8 Apposition nomine = by name Non-increasing 3rd declension nouns Common exceptions Horatius holds the bridge CHAPTER 9 Linking sentences and clauses And ... not But ... not nec ... nec and et ... et Vocabuary 9 Muccius Scaevola Revision CHAPTER 10 The verb 'to be' sum and complements There is / there are To be or not to be? The last two tenses Future perfect Plperfect Points to note Using the principal parts Vocabulary 10 The escape of Cloelia, 508 B.C. SUMMARY OF GRAMMAR Verbs: active Nouns Cardinal Numerals Ordinals Adjectives APPENDIX More on vowel quantity LATIN - ENGLISH VOCABULARY ENGLISH - LATIN VOCABULARY