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LATIN 1: THE EASY WAY
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Posted on 09/25/2004 12:02:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Cherryh is better known as a science fiction author. My thanks to my Globe buddy Hanniballs for the link (I did a search and it was still there). George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent
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09/25/2004 12:02:15 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 2Jedismom; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
I haven't tried it. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
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The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
09/25/2004 12:02:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: SunkenCiv
Took four years of Latin,taught the old fashioned way.:-)
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posted on
09/25/2004 12:05:56 AM PDT
by
nopardons
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posted on
09/25/2004 12:06:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: nopardons
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posted on
09/25/2004 12:28:07 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: SunkenCiv
And a BIG "HI" right back at ya. :-)
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09/25/2004 12:32:24 AM PDT
by
nopardons
To: SunkenCiv
I love this! Thank you! I always wanted to learn Latin but was daunted. How much easier it is to learn things when they are explained in a clear and logical way.
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posted on
09/25/2004 7:46:03 AM PDT
by
Capriole
To: SunkenCiv
I took 4 years of Latin and consider it one of the few good decisions I made during my high school years, LOL! I like reviewing periodically so I will definitely check this out. Thanks!
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posted on
09/25/2004 9:01:34 AM PDT
by
meowmeow
(We are all Buckhead!)
To: SunkenCiv
Neat site -- thanks!
NOw I have to go do some class work
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posted on
09/25/2004 9:04:25 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(<font type=1972 IBM>I <change typeballs>am<change typeballs> Buckhead)
To: SunkenCiv; Constitution Day
To: SunkenCiv
Romanes eunt domus ....
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Romanes eunt domus ....Who you callin' a eunt???
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posted on
09/25/2004 10:08:31 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Lazamataz
[A Roman CENTURION notices BRian writing a slogan Romanes Eunt Domus on a wall]
CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.
CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN: Aah!
CENTURION: Come on!
BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION: Goes like...?
BRIAN: 'Annus'?
CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--
CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.
CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN: The... imperative!
CENTURION: Which is...?
BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION: How many Romans?
BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION: 'Ite'.
BRIAN: Ah. Eh.
CENTURION: 'Domus'?
BRIAN: Eh.
CENTURION: Nominative?
BRIAN: Oh.
CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN: The locative, sir!
CENTURION: Which is...?!
BRIAN: 'Domum'.
CENTURION: 'Domum'.
BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN: Yes, sir.
CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.
[Brian proceeds to write out Romani ite Domum 100 times]
To: MrsEmmaPeel
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09/25/2004 10:11:10 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: SunkenCiv
Four years of Latin in high school and years of classical (and Modern) Greek...the best top down decision my parents ever made for me.
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posted on
09/25/2004 11:50:24 AM PDT
by
eleni121
(Free Panos' Restaurant! Tear down the rathole next door!)
To: eleni121
Two years of Latin then dropped like the worthless dead language it is. Worst top down discision my parents ever made for me.
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09/25/2004 11:53:11 AM PDT
by
Dinsdale
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To: SunkenCiv; RadioAstronomer; RightWingAtheist
I've been trying to learn Latin by reading through some of the dual-language Loeb Classical Library volumes. It's heavy weather; it makes a sort of sense after a while, but I couldn't write in Latin to save my life.
I'm a huge fan of Cherryh's writing--one of my prized possessions is a signed 1st edition of Cyteen--so I know this site will be good. Thanks for the link.
To: Capriole; meowmeow; freedumb2003; Physicist
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posted on
09/25/2004 5:18:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: SunkenCiv
I took two years of high school Latin from 1945-1947. I knew more Latin than my younger daughter when she graduated with four years of Latin in 1996.
Bravo for modern education.
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09/25/2004 7:21:24 PM PDT
by
curmudgeonII
(If you listen you can hear the sound of the train that Kerry missed.)
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