Present Active Infinitive verbs describe actions that either complement another verb (e.g. I want to teach), or that function as a noun (e.g. To teach is difficult.) As…
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Ancient Greek #3: Verbs- Present Active Indicative
Present Active Indicative verbs denote actions occurring in the present. These verbs can refer to an action occurring at the moment of the sentence (e.g. I am…
Ancient Greek #2: Verbs- Introduction
Greek verbs consists of a stem and an inflection (a suffix or prefix that denotes the properties of the verb). Each verb has up to…
Ancient Greek #1: Greek Alphabet
The Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters, most of which were adapted from Phoenician letters. Since we won’t use transliteration (Latin letters) in the Greek…
Classical Greek 2: Present Active Indicative Verbs
This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic terminology:
Verbs are “action” words (or, at least, that’s what I learned in school). Specifically, they are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. Verbs in Greek have several properties, including the following: Read more
Latin Practice 2 – Vocab, Conjugation
VOCABULARY (VOCĀBVLA)
mē – me, myself
quid – what
nihil – nothing
nōn – not
saepe – often
sī – if
amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum – to love, amābō tē – please
cōgitō, cōgitāre, cōgitāvī, cōgitātum – think, ponder, consider, plan
dēbeō, dēbēre, dēbuī, dēbitum – owe, ought, must, should
dō, dare, dedī, datum – give, offer
errō, errāre, errāvī, errātum – wander, err, go astray, make a mistake, be mistaken
laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātum – praise
moneō, monēre, monuī, monitum – remind, advise, warn
salveō, salvēre – be well, be in good health, salvē, salvēte – hello, greetings
servō, servāre, servāvī, servātum – preserve, save, keep, guard
cōnservō, cōnservāre, cōnservāvī, cōnservātum – preserve, conserve, maintain
terreō, terrēre, terruī, territum – frighten, terrify
valeō, valēre, valuī, valitūrum – to be strong, have power, be well, valē, valēte – goodbye
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsum – see, observe, understand
vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum – call, summon
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Latin practice 1- Present Verbs
I’ve found some free time at nights before bed, and I’ve decided to use that time to read through my copy of Wheelock’s Latin, a book that, until now, I’ve only been using as a reference on the rare occasion when I run into the language.
As I read through the book, I’ll write these posts as a way to document my progress and practice. Kind of like an online practice notebook of some sort (since I’m bad at keeping my physical notebooks). As a disclaimer, I’m not an expert in Latin, I’m merely a beginner; so the observations I make in these posts are merely what I understand from each chapter as I read it.
Today’s topic is Present Verbs, from Chapter 1 of the book. Read more
Translation of John 1:1
This is a study of the first verse of John, done through a translation from the Greek text into English. This verse is part of a larger translation project I am carrying out. For the Greek text, I used Nestle’s Novum Testamentum Graece. My English translation is presented in interlinear format as well as a standalone format. A Spanish translation is also included with some notes.
Notes: This study is also available in other formats (and expanded to include more verses) in my professional portfolio.
Classical Greek 2: Verbs- Present Active Indicative
This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic concepts about verbs:
Verbs are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. In Greek, verbs have the following properties: Read more
Learning Quechua 2 – possessives
Quechua is an agglutinative language, which means that morphemes are added to words to determine case, tense, aspect, or other grammatical functions. In Quechua, word stems receive suffixes to modify their function in a sentence. Let’s start this post by talking about possessive suffixes.
Using possessive suffixes in Quechua is the equivalent of using a possessive pronoun in English, specifically the following ones: my, our, your, his/her, their. These are the possessive suffixes, and the possessive pronoun they correspond to. Read more