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| Danial | Monday 13th of November 2006 07:00:20 PM |
| Conjugation Game - Here\'s a new game to help us for Latin conjugation. Player fills up one part, until the whole table is full and then, the last player to fill up the table gives the next verb. All in the Indicative Present Tense at first, unless someone would like to practice the same verb at the different tense, then sure, no problem! :) All pronouns here will be in the nominative case ;) First Person Singular: Ego Second Person Singular: Tu Third Person Singular: Is/Ea/Id First Person Plural: Nos Second Person Plural: Vos Third Person Plural: Ii/Eae/Ea... So I\'ll give the first verb? :) Something simple. [b]portāre[/b] [u]Indicative Active Present[/u] [b]Ego portō[/b] Tu Is/Ea/Id Nos Vos Ii/Eae/Ea... [u]Indicative Passive Present[/u] Ego Tu Is/Ea/Id Nos Vos Ii/Eae/Ea [color=red]Alec, please feel free to correct me![/color] | |
| Alec | Wednesday 15th of November 2006 08:47:36 PM |
| - Nice verb game Daniel!!! You\'ve had a great idea. I\'ll start so that my example may hopefully encourage someone. Ego porto Tu portas Is/Ea/Id... Nos... Vos... Ii/Eae/Ea... | |
| Danial | Wednesday 15th of November 2006 09:53:22 PM |
| - Tibi gratias Alec! :D Question: is it important to place the accents like \'ā\' or are they unecessary? Ego porto Tu portas [b]Is/Ea/Id portat[/b] Nos... Vos... Ii/Eae/Ea... | |
| Alec | Saturday 18th of November 2006 12:44:37 AM |
| - Nice question. But first of all I\'d like to specify something. That symbol on the a is not an accent. Latins did not use graphic signs for accents. That shows the quantity of the vowel. Writing it is not so important except for the last-but-one syllable. As a matter of fact, if that syllable has a long quantity, the accent will be on that very syllable. If the quantity of the last-but-one syllable is short, the accent will be on the previous syllable. Clear? Just ask if you\'d like me to explain again. One last thing, Latins did not use to write quantities so it\'s not necessary. | |
| Danial | Sunday 19th of November 2006 03:05:07 AM |
| - Nope, sorry, I didn\'t really understand it. Hmm..., though I assume it\'s not mandatory to write it. Ego porto Tu portas Is/Ea/Id portat [b]Nos portamus[/b] Vos... Ii/Eae/Ea... | |
| enfiladhon | Thursday 23rd of November 2006 10:38:52 AM |
| Ok, a clarification. - The symbol you are reffering to is something distinguished from a normal written accent used in modern languages. the symbol you want to use, but dont need to for the sake of the principal functions of these forums (enhancing reading and writing skills of languages), is the MACRON. Historically, and I am currently learning classical Latin (ca.100 BC- 130 AD), the macron was never used in ancient times. when reconstruction of the roman pronounciation began, distinguishments had to be made. one important and funny example is the play on Cicero, whose \"o\" was usually given a macron. cant remember the piece, it was a political satire, a play. anyway, a couple of frogs keep saying ci-ce-ro, the first clue in establishing pronounciation. ta da! macrons. yes. they are not just for quantities. gratias tibi ago, discipuli! sed exspecto. conjugations. hmmm. bleh. Volare: Volo, Volumos, Volet, Volunt.. | |
| Alec | Thursday 23rd of November 2006 10:13:33 PM |
| - Hello enfiladhon and thank you for your explanation, it was excellent. However I\'d like to ask you, what\'s that? \"Volare: Volo, Volumos, Volet, Volunt\" The conjugation is incorrect and incomplete if that\'s what you meant. | |
| leobloom | Friday 01st of December 2006 10:37:36 PM |
| - ok, let\'s complete it :D Simple present active volo volas volat volamus volatis volant God I haven\'t used Latin for such a long time! | |
