verbs – Elementary Latin

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Assignment for Monday, 10-12-20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, October 12, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapters 8 and 9, on sentence patterns and verbs of the third and fourth conjugations:

Sentence Pattern: Factitive (#47, pp. 71–2)
Third and Fourth Conjugations: Imperfect Active Indicative (#48, p. 77)
Third and Fourth Conjugations: Future Active Indicative (#49, pp. 77—8)

VOCABULARY

Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.

Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 8 vocabulary (p. 75).

As before, use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.

When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, and the infinitive form of a verb. ALSO: If your derivative contains a Latin preposition, include it in your parenthetical citation.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

October 2, 2020

Assignment for Tuesday, 10.06.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Tuesday, October 7, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 8 on present tenses of the 3rd and 4th conjugations:

Third and Fourth Conjugations, Present Active Infinitive, Indicative, and Imperative (#45, pp. 69–70)

Note any questions along the way.

DC

August 27, 2020August 31, 2020

Assignment for Monday, 08.31.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, August 31, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 1, on forming basic Latin verbs:

The Verb, Present Active Indicative, Present Active Infinitive (#5, pp. 7–9)
Principal Parts (#6, p. 9)
Indicative Uses: Statements and Questions (#7a, p. 9)
Infinitive Use: Complementary (#7b, pp. 9–10)

Please note any questions along the way. NOTE: Shelmerdine will cover some material my lecture did not (and vice versa).

VOCABULARY

Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.

Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 1 vocabulary (p. 11).

Use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.

EXAMPLE: Janice aspired to a nautical (nauta) life, but fortune (fortuna) labored (laborare) against her.

When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun and the infinitive form of a verb.

Finally, use the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) advanced etymology search, as demonstrated in class, to help you uncover useful English words. Alternatively, you can consult the “Derivatives” section of our textbook (immediately following the Vocabulary list) for a full slate of English words to try out in your story; look them up in the OED if you don’t know what they mean.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC