http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/26574.aspxSun, 22 Nov 2009 05:25:52 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26574johngElementary Latin students easily grasp adjectives of the first and second declension. However, as with all things in Latin, a few exceptions make these adjectives a bit quirky. Like English, Latin uses adjectives to modify or characterize nouns and pronouns. However, as an inflected language, Latin adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify i...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/26591.aspxSun, 22 Nov 2009 05:25:16 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26591johngLatin adjectives function similarly to those of English. However, their implementation in Latin is far more complicated since Latin is an inflected language. Group One Latin adjectives consist of adjectives from both the first and second declension. These adjectives function identically to those of English. However, since Latin is an inflected lang...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/26573.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:50 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26573johngBoth English and Latin use descriptive adjectives to describe nouns. Latin’s inflections identify which noun is being modified. Descriptive adjectives are used to characterize or modify a noun or pronoun. Recall that a noun is any person, place, thing, or idea. A pronoun is used in place of a noun and therefore represents a reference to any p...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/56047.aspxMon, 16 Nov 2009 02:44:00 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56047johngRead about how the official translations of two university Latin mottos compare to literal Classical Latin translations into English. Both High Point University of North Carolina, USA and Johnson State College of Vermont, USA use Latin as the official language of their mottos. University mottos serve to express the educational paradigm of an instit...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/56026.aspxMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:21:10 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56026johngOften, the literal translations of university Latin mottos into English do not match the official translation offered by the university. Learn whether the two official translations of these two universities match up with a literal Classical Latin to English translation. The most popular form of Latin taught in High Schools and in Classics Departmen...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/45118.aspxTue, 10 Nov 2009 22:59:17 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:45118johngUnlike phrases, translating mottos from Latin to English often requires more leeway in understanding the meaning behind a literal translation. Artistic license is used at times. Not for the Marines! Learn about Semper Fi&#59; remember November 10, 2009 is the 234 year anniversary of the US Marine Corps. The English language is filled with Latin...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24799.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:02:14 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24799johngBoth Latin and English employ the passive voice to indicate the relationship between a verb and its subject. Latin indicates the passive voice of a verb through inflection. Both English and Latin employ Passive Voice verbs to indicate the relationship between a verb and its subject. The Passive Voice indicates when someone or something does somethi...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24796.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:09 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24796johngBoth Latin and English employ the active voice to indicate the relationship between a verb and its subject. Latin, however, indicates the active voice of a verb through inflection. Among the five characteristics of a verb (person, number, tense, voice, and mood), the voice of a verb indicates whether the subject of a sentence is doing the action or...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24806.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 18:25:21 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24806johngUnlike English, Latin has deponent verbs that typically have passive voice forms but active voice meanings. This anomaly gives Latin students trouble when they encounter deponent verbs. In the previous two articles of this series, active and passive voice verbs were compared in English and Latin. The voice of a verb indicates the relationship betwe...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24803.aspxSun, 01 Nov 2009 06:02:29 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24803johngVerbs can be any of the three moods. Latin students must be able to identify mood by the ending of the verb. The five characteristics of any verb (person, number, tense, voice, and mood) are found in both English and Latin. Mood refers to the attitude intended by a writer or speaker and greatly changes the meaning of a verb. Two of the available mo...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24176.aspxSun, 01 Nov 2009 00:55:35 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24176johngEnglish gerunds can be difficult to spot because they share their form with other verbal constructions. In Latin, there is no ambiguity when the student encounters a gerund. Latin and English differ fundamentally when it comes to grammatical constructions. As an inflected language, Latin’s words change to indicate their use in a sentence. English o...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/54306.aspxSat, 31 Oct 2009 00:20:36 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:54306johngLearn how to decline the first three cardinal numerals in Latin and how to use them in proper Latin grammar. Both English's and Latin’s most common numerals are the “cardinal” numbers. The word “cardinal” itself is derived from the masculine Latin noun “cardo, cardinis” which means “hinge.” It is appropriate to call the most common numerals “cardin...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/54217.aspxFri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:54 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:54217johngLearn about the translations of two universities’ Latin mottos. This article compares the literal English to Latin translations of Columbia University’s and the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s Latin mottos with the official translations offered by the institutions. Many colleges and universities adopt Latin mottos to express some...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/21697.aspxWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:28:53 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:21697johngPast Participles are found in both Latin and English but they function somewhat differently in each language. A participle, or verbal adjective, is a word that functions like a verb and an adjective. English and Latin both have the present and past participle but only Latin has a future participle. This can cause Latin students to become frustrated...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/reviews/53093.aspxThu, 22 Oct 2009 01:26:57 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:53093johngAmong several choices for online Latin to English dictionaries, Words by Whitaker offers the most help for beginning and amateur Latin students. Looking up words in a printed Latin dictionary can be frustrating to beginning Latin students because Latin is an inflected language; the endings of words and sometimes the structure of whole words change ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/53085.aspxWed, 21 Oct 2009 21:10:05 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:53085johngIn this final article of the series, four more common mistakes made by students of Latin are discussed. Tips on how to avoid these mistakes are also explored. In a previous article in this series, Latin was compared to a puzzle. In another article, it was mentioned that students often confuse verbs of one conjugation as being part of another conjug...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/53084.aspxWed, 21 Oct 2009 20:44:53 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:53084johngLatin is a language of exceptions, making memorization a key factor to success with the language. Learn about avoiding three more of the most common mistakes made by students of Latin. In the previous article of this series, three common mistakes Latin students make were introduced. The three mistakes in this article are much more specific and deal...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/53082.aspxWed, 21 Oct 2009 20:02:33 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:53082johngStudents of Latin have a particularly difficult road ahead of them on the way to mastery of the language. Learn how to avoid the most common mistakes made by Latin students. Latin is a difficult language to learn for speakers of English because the language’s grammar and structure are so different from our own . Many students who begin learning the...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/17800.aspxTue, 20 Oct 2009 17:05:02 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:17800johngFollowing the Medieval period, Latin saw a redirected interest toward the Classical Ages. Great authors produced some of the finest literary works in history during the Renaissance Latin period. After the Fall of Rome... The fall of the Roman Empire would normally have spelled doom for Latin as a spoken language had it not been for the wide-spread ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/15922.aspxMon, 19 Oct 2009 16:49:58 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:15922johngUnlike English verbs with three principal parts, Latin has four principal parts, which must be memorized to properly conjugate the verb. In addition, saying the principal parts aloud as they are learned is essential to tell one conjugation from another. One of the requirements of learning Latin is proper pronunciation. Pronouncing Latin aloud not o...