Latin Language for Beginners

Scriptum est autem evangelium ad Theophilum, hoc est ad eum quem deus diligit. si deum diligis, ad te scriptum est, si ad te scriptum est, suscipe munus evangelistae.

De rerum natura 1.6-9 te, dea, te fugiunt venti, te nubila caeli adventumque tuum, tibi suavis daedala tellus summittit flores, tibi rident aequora ponti placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum.

Scr. Brundisi a. 706 (48) circ. K. Ian. Tullius Terentiae Suae S. D. S. v. b. e. v. Si quid haberem quod ad te scriberem, facerem id et pluribus verbis et saepius. Nunc quae sint negotia vides; ego autem quo modo sim adfectus ex Lepta et Trebatio poteris cognoscere. Tu fac ut tuam et Tulliae valetudinem cures. Vale. First block nouns of this variety will have -i next to the word in the dictionary. Sing.               Plural Subject: Modus --- Modi Object: Modum---Modos But for neuter nouns, the subject and object is the same. Subject: Negotium---Negotia Object: Negotium---Negotia

John 7:1 Et post haec ambulabat Iesus in Galilaeam; non enim volebat in Iudaeam ambulare, quia quaerebant Iudaei interficere.

The third line of the 4th Ecologue: si canimus silvas, silvae sint consule dignae. I also read from Jaroslav Pelikan's History of the Development of Doctrine Vol. 1: The Emergence of Catholic Tradition, page 64.

B) "Si tu et Tullia, lux nostra, valetis, ego et suavissimus Cicero valemus. Pr. Idus Oct. Athenas venimus ../.. velim cures, si auctio ante meum adventum fiet, ut Pomponius aut, si is minus poterit, Camillus nostrum negotium curet" (Ad Fam. XIV,5,1-2) Point out the verbs in Cicero's first part ../ here and their subjects: At this early point in your Latin career, you can certainly reverse: "valetis"= But you could have choices in the reverse of "valeMUS" which are they? If "AthenAS" and "curES" are verbs then their subject is: ________ reversed: If in your experience: "AthenaS" turns out to be a noun, and "cureS" a verb then what does the naked ending "S" really tell a stranger-observer? If "velim" is a verb, then its reversed must be: ________ and the form for "they" must be ________ and "he-she-it" must be ________, you ________, ye ________ When you spot Latin verbs in a sentence like: "fiet...poterit...curet", what kind of possible subject will you naturally attach to them? What will the "we" forms be for those three verbs of Cicero? How will you decide on the definite subject in any sentence? Two ways: Here Cicero is writing to his wife Terentia, and mentions Tullia=26 years old, and Cicero Jr.=15 years old. The following is a literal translation, of which you can use the first sentence on your next postcard home!! "If you and Tullia, our light, are well, I and most sweet Cicero are well. On the day before the ides of October (Oct. 14) We came to Athens ../.. I would like you take care, if the auction before my arrival will be done, that Pomponius or, if he less will-be-able, Camillus our business may-care-for". Now take your pen and rewrite the sentence modifying only the verbs and a few words to read in your perfect Latin after one class (keep Cicero's word order!!!): "If Marcus and Tullia are well today-(cf. DICT.), Terentia, you are certainly-(cf. DICT.) well. When-(cf. DICT.) did you come (use **form) to Athens? Marcus would-like we take care that [ut] Camillus and Tullia our business may-care-for." As a general principle, what do the endings of Latin words indicate-do? When will this fact cease to exist-be valid in your Latin life?

Sicut tradiderunt nobis qui ab initio viderunt et ministri fuerunt verbi. gemina virtus est in homine perfecto, ut et intentio sit et actio. untramque igitur virtutem sanctus evangelista apostolis defert; non solum enim viderunt inquit, sed etiam ministri verbi fuerunt. intentio visionis actionis est ministerium, finis autem intentionis est actio, principium actionis intentio. atque ut proprio apostolorum utamur exemplo, intentio est quod Petrus et Andreas audita domini voce dicentis: faciam vos piscatores hominum sine ulla conperendinatione reliquerunt scalmum, verbum secuti sunt. sed non statim in intentione actio. ne ibi quidem adhuc actio, sed intentio, ubi dicit Petrus: domine, quare non possum te sequi modo? animam pro te ponam. Erratum: ut utamur exemplo..does anyone have a suggestion?

Latin text Veni, creator Spiritus mentes tuorum visita, imple superna gratia, quae tu creasti pectora. Qui diceris Paraclitus, altissimi donum Dei, fons vivus, ignis, caritas et spiritalis unctio. Tu septiformis munere, digitus paternae dexterae tu rite promissum Patris sermone ditans guttura. Accende lumen sensibus, infunde amorem cordibus, infirma nostri corporis, virtute firmans perpeti. Hostem repellas longius pacemque dones protinus; ductore sic te praevio vitemus omne noxium. Per te sciamus da Patrem noscamus atque Filium, te utriusque Spiritum credamus omne tempore. . Praesta, Pater piissime, Patrique compar unice cum Spiritu paraclito regnans per omne saeculum Amen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_Creator_Spiritus [erratum: I believe rite is going with promissum..you fittingly promised of the Father]

"De Quinto fratre nihil ego te accusavi; sed vos, cum praesertim tam pauci sitis, volui esse quam coniunctissimos. Quibus me voluisti agere gratias, egi et me a te certiorem factum esse scripsi" (Ad Familiares XIV,1,4-5). If the first seven words of Cicero here mean: "Concerning brother Quintus in-no-way have I accused you", what two Latin principles produced that meaning in the mind of Terentia and yours 2044 years later? What different meaning for those 7 words would this phrase have: "Te de quinto fratre accusavi ego nihil"?? If the second phrase of Cicero: "sed vos..." means: "but you, since especially you are so few, I want to be as joined-together as possible", how will you keephis word order, add a few elements and say on your own: "but now-(cf. DICT.) you, since there-(cf. DICT.) especially you are always-(cf. DICT.) so few, we have wanted to be as joined-together as possible" The last sentence of Cicero means, as literally as possible: "To whom me you wanted to return thanks, I have returned, and I have written myself to have been informed by you". Where did you find the word: "I have written"? HOW could Cicero begin and end his sentence with the same subject: "i" verbs "egi...scripsi'? Why did he not write: "egi et scripsi..."? Explain Rewrite that last sentence to read like this: "To whom he wanted to return thanks, he returned and wrote myself to have been informed" == Source: http://frcoulter.com/latin/first/homework1.html

From Cicero again: "De Quinto fratre nihil ego te accusavi; sed vos, cum praesertim tam pauci sitis, volui esse quam coniunctissimos. Quibus me voluisti agere gratias, egi et me a te certiorem factum esse scripsi" (Ad Familiares XIV,1,4-5). Thanks to Fr. Coulter: http://frcoulter.com/latin/

St. Bernard says: Quattor sunt quibus anima captivatur: mundialis nequitia, inutilis tristitia, inanis gloria, latens superbia. The types of function for Latin nouns: Subject, object, possession, by/for/with, to/for/from, address, location Block 1 ending in -ae Subject  Singular -a    Plural -ae Object    Singular -am  Plural -as E.g. anima (one soul) --- animae (two souls)

The text in Latin and vernacular languages: http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30471.php?index=30471lang=it

Agamus deo gratias, quod nemo in vita teneri potest. Calcare ipsas necessitates licet. Epicurus, inquis, dixit, 'Quid tibi cum alieno?' What would inquis become in the he/she/it form? How would you say, "We have said"? Say in Latin: May you render thanks to God.

Reviewing our subject endings: I- o/m/i you- s/sti* he/she/it- t we- mus ye- tis/stis* they- nt S.v.b.e.v. Da operam ut convalescas, quod opus erit, ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres et ad me de omnibus rebus quam saepissime litteras mittas. Vale. [error on my part--quam saepissime: as often as possible]

Subject endings of verbs in Latin and examples from texts we have already seen. I- o/m/i you- s/sti* he/she/it- t we- mus ye- tis/stis* they- nt