Reasons to study LatinWHAT AM I DOING HERE?

"How you write speaks volumes about you…incorrect grammar, spelling and usage make a bad impression and can affect your credibility on the job. With the advent of text messaging, instant messaging and social networking

sites such as Twitter, more people are abandoning the rules of writing.”

--Lilia Fallgatter (careerbuilder.com)

TO GAIN A BETTER COMMAND OF ENGLISH

• “He could never forgive his daughter's errant ways.”

TO DEEPEN ENGLISH VOCABULARY (AND IMPRESS

OTHERS)

• Manicure comes from manus (hand) and cura (care)

• Nugatory comes from Latin word “nuga,” which means a thing of little importance

TO DEEPEN ENGLISH VOCABULARY (AND IMPRESS

OTHERS)

TO APPRECIATE WORDS YOU KNOW

MUSEUM

Minerva Among the Muses by Hendrick von Balen

Latin Ea semper antequam cenat fenestram claudit.

Spanish (Ella) siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar.

French Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de diner/souper.

Italian (Ella/Lei) chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare.

PortugueseEla fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar/cear.

TO GAIN A BETTER COMMAND OF OTHER LANGUAGES

TO APPRECIATE THE CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION

Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70 - 19 BC), better known as Virgil, author of the Aeneid. Photograph: Rischgitz/Getty Images

• Memorize early and often

KEYS TO LATIN SUCCESS

• Review English grammar and Latin grammar ASAP• Practice every day• Make index cards every chapter

DO YOUR OWN WORK

• Don’t cause a scandal

• Sentence=subject and main verb –everything else is just filler

• “She takes”—>sentence

• “She in house” not sentence

THE SENTENCE

• Weepily, Wanda, having awoken late today, laments life.

• “Wanda take Latin this fall”

INTRODUCTION TO VERBS

• “Wanda take Latin this fall” subject verb agreement problem

• “Wanda takes Latin this fall”

• “Wanda and her friends take Latin this fall”

• “The class takes Latin this fall”

HOMEWORK

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