Referring to:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/839862315291705/
When starting out in Latin, it’s very important to note
that, even at the most basic levels, different features of the language can be
“thrown” at you; that cannot be avoided since, in any everyday statement, a
range of language has to be used.
It’s equally important not to be dragged down by that
and not to try to understand every point that occurs; it is enough
to be aware of them. However, I’ve added some information in case you want to
explore any of the points further. The group has posts on all of these.
[1] Magister Andrews appellor: I am called …
appellō: I call / address (somebody) = active verb
appellor: I am called =
passive verb
He could equally have said: Nōmen mihi est
Magister Andrews │ My name is … [literally: to me there is the
name ..]
[2] Ecce via │This is a road / street / path [or: Look,
(it's) a road]
Ecce via pulchra │ This is a beautiful path
[3] Ecce sciūrus │ Look, a squirrel
If you say hello, or good-bye, to a squirrel - or to anyone
or anything that ends in -us – you change the ending to -e
Salvē sciūre! │ Hello, squirrel.
Valē, sciūre! │ Good-bye, squirrel.
Mārcus > Salvē, Mārce!
Quīntus > Valē, Quīnte!
There are a couple of variations:
[i] meus > mī
Sextus est amīcus meus │
Sextus is my friend
> Salvē, amīce mī! │ Hello, my friend.
[ii] If a person’s name ends in -ius > -ī
Iūlius > Salvē, Iūlī!
The exclamation mark is commonly found in textbooks /
grammar books as a marker when addressing people or giving commands; it doesn’t
mean, however, that you’re shouting at the squirrel!
Magister Andrews’ video takes us right back to the start of
this group:
19.02.24: Addressing people directly
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/394066236537984/
[4] Sciūrus fūgit │ The squirrel is running away
fūgiō: I (am) run(ning) away
fūgit: (s)he / it is
running away
tempus fūgit: time flies
18.03.24: 3rd-iō conjugation
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/409226905021917/
[5] His video introduction:
[i] Nēmō nisi ego, ¦ per silvam ambulāns,
pelliculamque faciēns dōnec …
Nobody apart from / except me
¦ [who is] walking through the forest and making a
film until …
Note: unless you’re speaking Latin in the 15th century,
those endings in –(ā/ē)ns cannot be used to express I am doing something
i.e. ambulō = I walk or I am walking
[ii] ex(s)pectā paulum: wait a little; a command
form, i.e. telling you to do something
The verb is either ‘expectō’ or ‘exspectō’: I (am)
wait(ing) [for …]
25.02.24: verbs; first conjugation present tense
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/397175869560354/
That post explains the key principles of how verbs are
formed in Latin.
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