Lesson 6 -- Genitive Case

We are finishing Lesson One in Henle. The next lesson after this will be a review.

Study page 16.

DO:

• Exercise 8
• Exercise 9

Review:

Lesson 5 -- More Direct Objects, and Adverbs

Study page 15

Note that

Adverbs generally stand BEFORE the verbs they modify.

The only adverb we know right now is

non = not.

So this means that NON will come before the verb.

Ex:

Non vident portam

means

They do not see the gate.

Do

• Exercise 7 on page 15

Lesson 4 continued -- Direct Object

Read Reading #1 on page 13: Latin Still LIves

Study pages 13-14 about the Direct Object.

The direct object is in the accusative case.

In English, the order of the sentence generally determines the direct object.

Ex:

The dog chased the boy.
The boy chased the dog.

Subject|Verb|Direct Object

In Latin, the order is different.

Nautae Mariam laudant.
The sailors praise Mary.

Subject|Direct Object|Verb

Go to the second section in Diagramming Latin Sentences.... the "Transitive" diagram. It shows the English order.

DO:

• Exercise 6 on page 14 (in your head -- I will spotcheck).

Lesson 4 -- Learning about the Direct Object

Warm-Up

(Directions: choose the sentence that best fits the form of "terra" that is given)


Go on to next section.

Lesson 3 -- Simple Sentences in Latin

Read page 9 #2 Rules for Gender
Read pages 9-10, #3, Use of Verbs

Rules of Gender



ORder of Verbs


Learn the two rules on page 10
You can go to these flashcards to see the first Henle rules

page 11 -- You already have learned about diagramming from the Latin Boot Camp (Class 2).

Diagramming Latin Sentences is a site that gives the basics in case you need review (just pay attention to the first form -- intransitives).

Study the vocabulary on page 11 -- also find here.

Now you can translate short sentences! Mentally translate exercise 5 on page 11. I will ask random numbers to spot check.

• Remember that if there is no subject, the verb contains a subject. Also,
• Remember that Latin does not have articles like "the, a, an" -- when you translate to English, add the articles to make it sound more sensible in English.

example

orat = he/she prays.

So

Orant.

is a complete sentence expressing the observation that:

They pray or They are praying.

(How you translate a given Latin sentence or passage depends on what (1) makes the most sense and (2) sounds the best in English)

Here is more on Simple Sentences.

The basic idea is that you can take the correct Latin form of any subject and verb and make a simple sentence. In future lessons Henle will show you how to make and translate more complicated sentences.

Lesson 2 -- First Declension Endings

Do the following. We will probably repeat these for review.



Try the scatter game



Try this quiz

Try this scatter game

Henle Latin -- 1

Henle Latin 1

Read the Introduction to the Student, pages 1-2.

Robert J Henle, SJ was a Catholic priest (SJ means Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuit order). A particular focus of the Jesuits was to teach high school. They believed in careful, systematic teaching, with lots of review so that the student really mastered the material. A lot of their principles have become basics of good teaching. You can see this emphasis in the introduction.

Read the Unit One Introduction, pages 3-5.

Does this sound familiar at all?

A few notes on how the book is laid out:

• Grammar rules to remember are in boxes (look on page 6 for an example).
• There are several "Readings" in the book. At first they are in English and are concerned with Roman history or culture. Later on they are in Latin.
• Every chapter has a few words of vocabulary to learn. There are online quizzes to help with this. Read page 8, How to Make Vocabulary Study Easy.

Assignment:

• Memorize the declension of terra
• Study the vocabulary on page 7 -- this Quia quiz is helpful.
  

Some Resources:

• Latin Grammar Quiz
• Declension Quizlet
• Latin Declension Song on Youtube
• Latin Declension Drills (these are challenging)