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For the most part, Latin shows relations of place like location and motion with different prepositions. There is a pattern, though. Prepositions that show motion toward take the accusative case, while those that show location and motion from take the ablative case.
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This video is a sequel to rule 55, since the adjectives dignus and indignus take an ablative of respect (also known as the ablative of specification), to show what something is worth (or unworthy) of. I hope this video is worthy of your time, and I'm worthy of your views!
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This video covers the video section on the revamped version of aeneid.co. If you're interested in reading Vergil's Aeneid in Latin, check this site out, and use these in depth videos to help you learn about all of the cool features this site has to offer!
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This video covers the basic functions of the dashboard on the revamped version of aeneid.co. If you're interested in reading Vergil's Aeneid in Latin, check this site out, and use these in depth videos to help you learn about all of the cool features this site has to offer!
This video covers the text section on the revamped version of aeneid.co. If you're interested in reading Vergil's Aeneid in Latin, check this site out, and use these in depth videos to help you learn about all of the cool features this site has to offer!
How did the Romans tell time? One way to answer this is with a sundial, but a different way is with the accusative and ablative cases. This video explores what each case illustrates with respect to time words. And you can think of time as a function of space, so the accusative shows movement through time, while the ablative shows a moment in time.
The ablative case is used to give more specific information about an action (verb) or adjective. This is called either the ablative of respect or specification, and it's best understood, in my opinion, through examples. This video also touches upon the ablative supine, which is also an ablative of respect.
If you want to buy something for a couple of bucks, in Latin you'd use the ablative case. This is similar to a use of the genitive, called the genitive of value, although we use the ablative for more definitive prices. And in this video, we learn about the favorite phrase of many a Latin student, floccī nōn faciō, "I don't give a hoot" (or "I don't care at all"). Let's hope you do about Latin and this video!
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Adjectives, like the nouns that they describe, have case, number, and gender. But in addition to this, they have something called degree, which denote the steps on the ladder of comparison, like deep, deeper, and deepest. This video covers how Latin adjectives form the superlative, the highest degree, and how the superlative is used. It's not just -issimus and -est!
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