Introduction to Latin: Assignments

 

Lecture 1: Introduction and Verbs

  • 1. Give the definitions of person, number, tense, voice, mood.
  • 2. Give the four principal parts of sum. Identify what they are and translate them.
  • 3. Conjugate and translate sum in the present, imperfect and future indicative.
  • 4. State and translate the four principal parts of paro, moneo, duco, capio, and audio.
  • 5. How do we know to which conjugation a verb belongs?
  • 6. How does one distinguish 2nd and 3rd conjugation verbs?

Lecture 2: More Verbs

  • 1. Identify and translate the four principal parts of the model verbs.
  • 2. What distinguishes 3rd conjugation -io verbs?
  • 3. How does one identify a 4th conjugation verb?
  • 4. What is the key to identifying a verb's conjugation?
  • 5. Identify the conjugation of the following verbs: sanctifico, advenio, do, dimitto, induco, libero.
  • 6. Conjugate the model verbs in the present, active, indicative. Translate these forms.
  • 7. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the imperfect, active indicative.
  • 8. What is the tense sign of the imperfect tense?
  • 9. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the future, active indicative.
  • 10. What vowels do 3rd conjugation verbs use in the present and future tense? What learning device exists to help one remember this?

Lecture 3: Active Verbs Concluded

  • 1. How is the perfect, active indicative formed.
  • 2. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the perfect, active indicative.
  • 3. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the pluperfect, active indicative.
  • 4. Conjugate and translate sanctifico and dimitto in the present, future, and perfect, active indicative.

Lecture 4: Passive Verbs

  • 1. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the present, passive indicative.
  • 2. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the imperfect, passive indicative.
  • 3. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the future, passive indicative.
  • 4. How is the perfect, passive indicative formed?
  • 5. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the perfect, passive indicative.
  • 6. How is the pluperfect, passive indicative formed?
  • 7. Conjugate and translate the model verbs in the pluperfect, passive indicative.

Lecture 5: Nouns

  • 1. What is inflection, conjugation, and declension?
  • 2. What is gender, number, case?
  • 3. What is indicated by the noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative?
  • 4. Decline and translate porta in the singular and plural. How are first declension nouns recognized?
  • 5. Decline and translate amicus and donum in the singular and plural. How are nouns of the 2nd declension identified?
  • 6. Decline and translate rex and corpus in the singular and plural. How are nouns of the 3rd declension recognized?
  • 7. Why is it essential to memorize the genitive singular of Latin nouns?
  • 8. Decline and translate fructus and cornu in the singular and plural. How are 4th declension nouns characterized?

Lecture 6: Nouns and Adjectives

  • 1. Write out the endings of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th declension nouns.
  • 2. How is the 5th declension characterized?
  • 3. Decline and translate dies in the singular and plural.
  • 4. Decline vis in the singular and plural. How can one remember this declension?
  • 5. Adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in what three respects?
  • 6. Decline potens in the singular and plural.
  • 7. Decline nomen, voluntas, terra, and dominus in the singular and plural.

Lecture 7: Participles, Imperatives, Subjunctives, Pronouns

  • 1. Give the definition of a participle.
  • 2. What are the four Latin participles and how are they formed?
  • 3. What is an imperative and how is it formed?
  • 4. What does the ditty "dic, duc, fac, and fer are missing the "e's" that should be there" refer to?
  • 5. What does the subjunctive mood indicate.
  • 6. How can one remember subjunctive vowel changes in the present active subjunctive for the four conjugations?
  • 7. What does "We beat all liars" indicate.
  • 8. Practice the declensions of the pronouns and demonstrative adjectives.

Lecture 8: Translating: Pater Noster and Ave Maria

  • 1. Review the vocabulary of the Pater Noster and the Ave Maria. Identify the declension of nouns and the conjugations of verbs.
  • 2. Re-read the Latin text of the Pater Noster and the Ave Maria and identify the cases of all nouns and the tenses of all verbs.

Lecture 9: Translating: Gloria and Magnificat

  • 1. Identify the case, number and gender of all nouns in the Gloria.
  • 2. Identify the person, number, tense, voice and mood of all verbs in the Magnificat.
  • 3. Review the vocabulary of the Gloria and the Magnificat. Identify the declension of nouns and the conjugations of verbs.

Lecture 10: Translating: Nunc dimittis and Apostles' Creed

  • 1. Review the vocabulary of the Nunc dimittis and Apostles' Creed. Identify the declension of nouns and the conjugations of verbs.
  • 2. Identify the case, number and gender of all nouns in the Nunc dimittis.
  • 3. Identify the person, number, tense, voice and mood of all verbs in the first half of the Apostles' Creed.

Lecture 11: Translating: Apostles's Creed and St. John 1:1.

  • 1. Identify the declension of nouns and conjugation of verbs in the second half of the Apostles' Creed.
  • 2. Identify the tenses of all verbs in the second half of the Apostles' Creed.
  • 3. Identify the cases of the nouns in the second half of the Apostles' Creed.
  • 4. Review the vocabulary of John 1:1-18. Identify the declension of nouns and conjugation of verbs.

Lecture 12: Translating: St. John 1:2-18

  • 1. Identify the tenses of the verbs in John 1.2-18.
  • 2. Identify the cases of the nouns in John 1.2-18.

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