19.02.25: Introduction to Level Three; moving on; the Woolworth’s approach to Latin learning

I’m now going to include Level Three posts and, once again, a reminder: this FB group was never designed to be a random series of posts. It began on 19.02.24 at level 1 i.e. your cat knew more Latin than you did. Level 1 covered what I felt were the building bricks of the language for example: the main declension patterns of nouns and adjectives, the key uses of the cases, the present, imperfect and future tenses of the conjugations, essential vocabulary, topics for speaking (not unlike the UK GCSE Modern Language oral topics as far as was possible), pronouns, numbers.

19.05.24: after three months, a second level was introduced which simply continued from Level 1 e.g. the perfect, pluperfect and future tenses, present participles, comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs, and the passive. The second level assumed that members were already confident in the features of level 1 either by using the posts here or on the other site, or through their own private study.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/445843464693594/

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/190524-crossing-line.html

Level 1 continued and reviewed extensively points covered in earlier posts; it still does

Now Level 3 will be added

Here I will include those features of the language which are commonly found towards the end of a standard Latin text book, for example:

• deponent verbs
• gerunds and gerundives
• review of ablative usage
• ablative absolute
• more on participles
• indirect speech / accusative-infinitive
• conditional clauses
• the subjunctive

Some of the texts I will use here are not particularly difficult but, at the early stages of Level 3, I have chosen sources that highlight a particular point of language.

As with Level 1, Level 2 will continue for the purpose of review.

Image #1: 19.05.24; crossing the line

Image #2: moving on; there are a few dark clouds in the distance but is that surprising? Any language, the further you go, will present some challenges. Don’t try to get to Vesuvius too quickly or you know what might happen!

Image #3: I’m not sure if the Woolworth’s store as I remember it as a kid still exists in the UK and whether the Australian branch is something completely different. Never mind: the orthographically challenged "pic’n’mix" is what matters i.e. take what candy you want and stick in a bag – especially, for me, if there was chocolate involved!

With a membership of almost 7,000 we have reached the “pic’n’mix” stage; take from the group what you need and, if there is something in particular you’re looking for, send a message.