Latin for Beginners (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Benjamin L. D''ooge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451001673 ISBN 13 : 9781451001679

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock the basics of Latin with a clear, student-friendly path that builds reading power from the first page. This beginner’s course emphasizes practical understanding: simple language, structured grammar, and lots of practice with clear examples. It blends vocabulary, syntax, and reading aloud to help you think in Latin and see how it fits with English.

This edition guides learners from pronunciation and first principles through the core structures of Latin, using Caesar as a steady reference. It introduces the idea of reading selections early, includes ample exercises for translation, and provides an organized progression with notes for teachers. The material is designed to be approachable, with a focus on word order, essential constructs, and gradual reading that grows with you.

• The fundamentals of Latin pronunciation, grammar, and sentence structure.


• Progressive exposure to Caesar-based vocabulary and related English words.


• Numerous reading passages, with supportive notes and vocabulary aids.


• Exercises for translation, review materials, and a Teacher’s Manual to aid instruction.

Ideal for readers beginning Latin or revisiting the basics, and for teachers seeking a structured, classroom-friendly path to Latin foundations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Latin for Beginners

To make the course preparatory to Cæsar at the same time systematic, thorough, clear, and interesting is the purpose of this series of lessons.

The first pages are devoted to a brief discussion of the Latin language, its history, and its educational value. The body of the book, consisting of seventy-nine lessons, is divided into three parts.

Part I is devoted to pronunciation, quantity, accent, and kindred introductory essentials.

Part II carries the work through the first sixty lessons, and is devoted to the study of forms and vocabulary, together with some elementary constructions, a knowledge of which is necessary for the translation of the exercises and reading matter. The first few lessons have been made unusually simple, to meet the wants of pupils not well grounded in English grammar.

Part III contains nineteen lessons, and is concerned primarily with the study of syntax and of subjunctive and irregular verb forms. The last three of these lessons constitute a review of all the constructions presented in the book. There is abundant easy reading matter; and, in order to secure proper concentration of effort upon syntax and translation, no new vocabularies are introduced, but the vocabularies in Part II are reviewed.

It is hoped that the following features will commend themselves to teachers:

The forms are presented in their natural sequence, and are given, for the most part, in the body of the book as well as in a grammatical appendix. The work on the verb is intensive in character, work in other directions being reduced to a minimum while this is going on. The forms of the subjunctive are studied in correlation with the subjunctive constructions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

PREFACE To make the course preparatory to Cresar at the same time systematic, thorough, clear, and interesting is the purpose of this series of lessons. The first pages are devoted to a brief discussion of the Latin language, its history, and its educational value. The body of the book, consisting of seventy-nine lessons, is divided into three parts. Part I is devoted to pronunciation, quantity, accent, and kindred introductory essentials. Part II carries the work through the first sixty lessons, and is devoted to the study of forms and vocabulary, together with some elementary constructions, a knowledge of which is necessary for the translation of the exercises and reading matter. The first few lessons have been made unusually simple, to meet the wants of pupils not well grounded in English grammar. Part I II contains nineteen lessons, and is concerned primarily with the study of syntax and of subjunctive and irregular verb forms. The last three of these lessons const

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; LESSON PAGB; To THE STUDENT-By way of Introduction • • • • • • • • " 1-4; PART I THE PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN; ALPHABET, SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS, SYLLABLES, QUANTITY, ACCENT,; How TO READ LATIN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5-11; PART II WORDS AND FORMS; I-VI FIRST PRINCIPLEs-Subject and Predicate, Inflection, Number,; Nominative Subject, Possessive Genitive, Agreemettt of; Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object, etc-DIAWGUE • 12-24; VII-VIII FIRST OR A-DECLENSION - Gettder, Agreement of Adjectives; Word Order • • • 25-30; IX-X SECOND OR O-DECLENSION-GENERAL RULES FOR DECLENSION; -Predicate Noun, Apposition - DIALOGUE 31-35; XI ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS • 36-37; XII NOUNS IN -ius AND -ium-GERMANIA •••••••• 38-39; XIII SECOl;lD DECLENSION (Continued)- Nouns in -er and -irITALIA-; DIALOGUE ••••••••••

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451001673
• ISBN 13: 9781451001679
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 423
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