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Comment on Basic Grammar – Verb Conjugation I by Samuel L.

Samuel L. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:42:37 +0000

If you ever want to hear a reader’s feedback , I rate this post for 4/5. Decent info, but I have to go to that damn yahoo to find the missed pieces. Thank you, anyway!

Comment on Lesson 2: Simple Latin Sentences II by Patience

Patience — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:48:55 +0000

Not the maker of the website but:
“my name is ..” = “Mihi nomen est ” (you should find the latin equivalent of your name though; you need it to be “latinized” to use it easily, what with the noun cases)

“what is your name?” = “Quid tibi nomen est?”

“Have a nice day” = “Vale” or, if to a group of people, “Valete”. This doesn’t mean “have a nice day” but literally “Be well”, but that was the standard polite thing to say when leaving.

“God bless you” = Well I’d need to use the hortatory subjunctive for that, and I’m not so far in my studies :p

Comment on Basic Grammar – Noun Cases by vitarkamudra

vitarkamudra — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:21:45 +0000

Thanks Abakah. You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t worked on this blog lately, but there seems to be so much interest in a good source of Latin information that I’m going to try to update it much more often.

- Vitarka

Comment on Latin Phrases by vitarkamudra

vitarkamudra — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:19:37 +0000

Salve Kirk,

I don’t really know why the Romans used “Mihi nomen est” as opposed to “Meum nomen est.” However, the use of “mihi” in the former sentence is known as the dative of possession – the dative case is used possessively quite frequently in Latin literature.

As for Latin pronunciation – I use classical Latin pronunciation mainly because that is what I was taught. I also prefer it over the Catholic Church’s pronunciation because I am learning Latin to read the works of Catullus and Cicero and Augustus, and I want to know how they spoke, not how some other people spoke. However, the Catholic Church’s pronunciation is probably more useful to know, so it’s a good thing that you are familiar with it.

Thanks for your interest in Adlocutor, though! I’ve been so busy lately that I have seriously neglected this blog, but I’ll try to add more phrases and more lessons.

- Vitarka

Comment on Latin Phrases by Kirk Bonner

Kirk Bonner — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:54:13 +0000

Hello or perhaps I should say “salve”.

I have a request, namely, that you have more simple Latin sentences.

I also wonder why My name is … wouldn’t be translated simply as Nomen meum est … ? Why say Mihi nomen est …? I understand the construction. I don’t understand why the possessive adjective meum wouldn’t be more natural.

Also, I have a comment about Latin pronunciation. Most people are now taught the pronunciation (believed by scholars to have been) spoken in roughly 100 bce-0 bce. However, Latin as a language most probably had many changes to its pronunciation, even if the person speaking was speaking educated Latin and not one of the Vulgar Latin tongues. I prefer to speak Latin using (basically) Latin as pronounced by the Roman Catholic Church. It is likely that such a pronunciation would have been found in the 4th and 5th centuries ce in the then Roman Empire although this is not certain. I say I basically use the RCC pronunciation since the only modification is that I pronounce the soft c as an s sound rather than as a ch sound.

I would be curious about your opinion regarding Latin pronounciation.

Kirk Bonner
Linguae latinae amicus

Comment on Basic Grammar – Noun Cases by Abakah

Abakah — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:51:27 +0000

I indeed appreciate your good work done. It’s really an educative one. I love to read this blog when the need arises. I must say that it has however and it is of important use to may people wordwide, though the intended idea behind of this blog is to help armchair Latin students. It goes beyond that group of people.

Comment on Basic Grammar – Noun Declensions I, II, and III by Picki

Picki — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:42:44 +0000

nevermind

Comment on Basic Grammar – Noun Declensions I, II, and III by Picki

Picki — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:42:03 +0000

What about the male declensions?

Comment on Lesson 2: Simple Latin Sentences II by vitarkamudra

vitarkamudra — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:11:54 +0000

Hello Zac,

Thank you for your great suggestion! I have just made a page with your requests on it, and I plan to expand it.

- Vitarka

Comment on Lesson 2: Simple Latin Sentences II by zacchaeus

zacchaeus — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:39:21 +0000

hello sir !

thank you for the wonderful lessons .. would it be possible for you to translate and post for us certain simple day to day sentences like
” my name is .. ”
” what is your name ”
” have a nice day ”
” God bless you ”
… and the like

i would be greatly obliged to hear from you ..
thanking you
Zac