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The Genitive of Possession

The genitive case is the "of" case in Latin, and its most common use is to show possession, often a noun possessing another noun (statua Claudiae, Claudia's statue), but also an author of a work (carmen Vergilii, the poem of Vergil), or even someone who has a certain quality (virtus Bruti, the virtue of Brutus).

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Yes and No Questions in Latin

There are three different types of yes and no questions in Latin: those that expect a yes answer, those a no answer, and those without any expectation whatsoever. This video covers how Latin makes these types of questions. It's either the words num, nonne, or just -ne.

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Ablative Absolutes

Ablative absolutes are a peculiar and unique use of the ablative case, not necessarily found in English today. With this video watched (or after this video is watched), you will be able to understand and translate ablative absolutes into properly-sounding, modern English.

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What Are Nouns?

Nouns can be people, places, things, concepts, quantities, and many other things. So why not define a noun by its role in the sentence, rather than just by naming its constituent parts? You'll find that a noun like this is far more descriptive and a little bit more interesting.

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How to Trill Your R

Trilling your R is just hard, especially for many English speakers, and I teach one of the ways you can achieve a trilled R. Don't get frustrated if you can't do it right the first time. Trilling takes practice, but most people can achieve this trill with enough time and patience. Good luck!

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Irregular Verbs: sum, esse

The irregular verb sum, esse, is Latin's most important verb (not to mention the most common word in the entire language). But it's irregular, and that's a problem, right? Not if you understand how it got its irregularities. This video gives a good understanding of how sum, esse, works in the wild, and how it got its unusual forms.

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The Pluperfect Passive Subjunctive

The pluperfect passive subjunctive is linked to the indicative conjugation of the pluperfect - swap out the imperfect indicative of sum with the imperfect subjunctive, and the conjugation falls easily into place.

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The Perfect Passive Subjunctive

The conjugation of a verb in the perfect passive subjunctive requires just a small change from the indicative mood of the perfect passive. Just change the form of sum to sim (or its other forms for other persons and numbers), and you're all set.

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The Imperfect Passive Subjunctive

The conjugation of verbs into the imperfect passive subjunctive is just as easy as into the imperfect active subjunctive. Except now we have to worry about deponents, though, and that might make life just a little bit more complicated. Don't worry, though: it's easy if you know the nuts and bolts of the imperfect tense.

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The Present Passive Subjunctive

The present passive subjunctive is very similar to the present active subjunctive. You still have your vowel shift (We fear a liar or Wendy wears a giant diaper), but instead of the active endings, you use the passive ones. Simple, no? Don't forget that the passive of facio is fio, though. This will help you when you come to words like "fiat".

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