Nouns:- “Name”- Person, Place, or Thing- Can be a Subject or an

Object!

Adjective:- “Attached to”- Describes a noun

Pronoun:- “On behalf of a Noun”- Stands in place of a noun

The students would come back to the cold and concrete school when the warm summer ended and they dreaded it.

Subject:- “Thrown Down”- What the sentence is about- Can be a noun or pronoun

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Parts of Speech

Nouns:- “Name”- Person, Place, or Thing- Can be a Subject or an

Object!

Adjective:- “Attached to”- Describes a noun

Pronoun:- “On behalf of a Noun”- Stands in place of a noun

The students would come back to the cold and concrete school when the warm summer ended and they dreaded it.

Subject:- “Thrown Down”- What the sentence is about- Can be a noun or pronoun

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Parts of Speech

Object:- Usually any noun not

apart of the subject- Three main kinds

- Direct- Indirect- Object of a

Preposition

Direct Object:- What the Verb

acts upon.

Preposition:

Indirect Object:- When something is

done to/for someone or some (living) thing.

- “Put before”- Modifies the sentence in a directional or temporal way- Creates a Prepositional Phrase between the preposition

and the object of the Preposition.

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Parts of Speech

Direct Object:- What the Verb

acts upon.

Preposition:- “Put before”- Modifies the sentence in a directional or temporal way- Creates a Prepositional Phrase between the preposition

and the object of the preposition.

Indirect Object:- When something is

done to/for someone or some (living) thing.

- To and For can be used instead of an IO

On the first day, the magister gave students their books, which he tossed over their heads and onto their desks. When the kids screamed in terror, he said, “For me, it’s more fun when I throw things!”

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Parts of Speech

Direct Object:- What the Verb

acts upon.

Preposition:- “Put before”- Modifies the sentence in a directional or temporal way- Creates a Prepositional Phrase between the preposition

and the object of the preposition.

Indirect Object:- When something is

done to/for someone or some (living) thing.

- To and For can be used instead of an IO

On the first day, the magister gave students their books, which he tossed over their heads and onto their desks. When the kids screamed in terror, he said, “For me, it’s more fun when I throw things!”

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Parts of Speech

Verb:- The action of a sentence

Adverb:- “To the Verb”- Modifies or changes

how the action/verb is done.

- Can modify an adjective too

Predicate:- Any part of the sentence not a part of the subject

The magister quickly kicked a wooden desk very hard. Then he said to the student, “I am doing well, how are you doing?

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Parts of Speech

Verb:- The action of a sentence

Adverb:- “To the Verb”- Modifies how

the action/verb is done.

- Can modify an adjective too

Predicate:- Any part of the sentence not a part of the subject

The magister quickly kicked a wooden desk very hard. Then he said to the student, “I am doing well, how are you doing?”

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Parts of Speech

Main Verb:- The central action of a

sentenceHelping Verb:- Helps the main

explain when something was done.

Linking Verb:- Connects a

predicate noun or predicate adjective with the subject.

When the students had left the classroom, they were talking about their teacher. “OMG, he is very weird.” “Weird? He is insane.”“He is a lunatic!”“Well, I have liked staring at the moon for many years,” said the teacher behind them.

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Parts of Speech

Main Verb:- The central action of a

sentenceHelping Verb:- Helps the main

explain when something was done.

Linking Verb:- Connects a

predicate noun or predicate adjective with the subject.

When the students had left the classroom, they were talking about their teacher. “OMG, he is very weird.” “Weird? He is insane.”“He is a lunatic”“Well, I have liked staring at the moon for many years,” said the teacher behind them.

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Parts of Speech

Voice:- Determines the

relationship between the verb and the subject

- English and Latin (mercifully) have only two voices that are easy to determine.

Active:- The subject

does the action of verb

Passive- When the action is

done to the subject.- (Uses is, are, was,

were, or had been with a verb.)

The magister frightens the students

The students are frightened by the magister.

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Parts of Speech

Basic Grammar ReviewQuick Side Note!!

IS, ARE, WAS, and WERE,

Are all forms…of the same word:

TO BE!

First: Word Order- Latin word order is not strict…AT ALL!- So go with the flow and take it as it is.

Third: Repetition

Second: Context

Intro to Lingua LatinaKeep in Mind:

- Lingua Latin likes to teach through context.- If there’s something you don’t understand….

Don’t Panic! Take a Breath. - Continue reading. It might make sense later.

- Lingua Latin has a circular and repetitious style of writing. - This allows students to see the same words repeatedly and learn through context.- Be patient.

Basic Latin Grammar Quick Side Note!!

A, An, or The

Do not exist in Latin!

…..get over it.

The difference between English and Latin grammar:

- English grammar relies heavily on Word Order

The girl loves the poet. Sub verb DO

Comparison:

Intro to Lingua Latina

- Latin grammar relies heavily on Endings

Poetam puella amat. DO Sub verb

Amat Puella poetam.Verb Sub DO

The same sentence!!

The difference between English and Latin adjectives:

- English adjectives don’t change… they are boring and not friendly

Sardinia is a large island. Sub verb adj noun

Comparison:

Intro to Lingua Latina

- Latin adjectives have a very helpful identity crisis.

What’s the difference?

The town is small. Sub verb adj

Oppidum est parvum Sub verb adj

Sardinia est magna insula Sub verb adj noun

The difference between English and Latin adjectives:- English adjectives don’t change…

they are boring and not friendly.

Sardinia is a large island. Sub verb adj noun

Comparison:

Intro to Lingua Latina

- Latin adjectives have a very helpful identity crisis.

Latin adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.

In other words… adjectives match their endings with the noun they go with.

The town is small. Sub verb adj

Oppidum est parvum Sub verb adj

Sardinia est magna insula Sub verb adj noun