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Rule 10: What Adverbs Modify

Adverbs in Latin and English do more than just modify verbs (although that is where you will see them mostly). An adverb can also modify adjectives and even other adverbs. I'll show you how in this video.

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Barbarians, Those Who Say Blah

The word barbarian was coined by the Greeks to cover all people who didn't speak Greek, even though you may think it refers to cities, laws, or even a particular preference for drink. The thing is, the Greeks even felt that the Latin speaking Romans were barbarians. That is, until they were conquered by them.

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Rule 9: Subject Verb Agreement

The basis of verb conjugation in Latin comes down to its subject. Is it first person, second person, or third person, and singular or plural? This will change the ending of the verb and thus its meaning.

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Litotes (Figures of Speech)

A litotes is a deliberate understatement. Or should I say, it is not an accidental overstatement. Often litotes will be seen as double negatives, like "not too shabby" or "not bad". In Latin we see this a lot with the word "non". But don't think that a litotes HAS to be a double negative. Robert Frost would suggest otherwise. I hope this video will suffice.

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Rule 8: Case, Number, and Gender of the Relative Pronoun

The case, number, and gender of the relative pronoun comes from two different sources. This video intends to illuminate this bipartite origin, while simultaneously reviewing the relative. Watch and learn!

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Two Sayings by Augustus on Vegetables

Augustus may have left the urbane city of Rome made of marble, but he had a very folksy way of speaking. This new minutiae explores two different sayings by Rome's first emperor on the theme of ... vegetables.

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Rule 7: Possessive Adjectives and the Genitive

We run into a bit of a problem when we want to use an adjective to modify a possessive adjective, since the personal pronoun can't be used to show possession. So instead we take that adjective and put it into the genitive case so that it agrees with the implied pronoun. It's a bit of complicated grammar, but I hope I did a good job of explaining it well.

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Aeneid Book 2.567-576: Aeneas Sees Helen Amid the Flames of Troy

While contemplating his family, Aeneas sees Helen hiding near Vesta's altar. Rage flares up in him, as he thinks about avenging Troy. This is the beginning of the famous Helen Episode in the Aeneid. Check out http://www.aeneid.co for more videos and help on reading the Aeneid!

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Rule 6: Possession with Pronouns

The genitive of possession is not used with personal pronouns. That is, you would never describe something like this, "the house of me" (domus meī). Instead to show possession, we use the possessive adjective. So "my house" (domus mea).

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The Latin Infinitive

The infinitive in Latin comes in six different forms and four specific uses. This video covers not just how Latin utilizes the infinitive, the unconjugated form of the verb, but also how the infinitive changes in different tenses and voices.

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