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Roman Dates

The Ides of March, the Kalends of February, the Nones of November. All of these dates are Roman style, and mysterious if you don't know how the Romans reckoned their dates. We owe a lot of our calendar to the Romans. This video covers the strange, traditional methods of the Romans in marking their dates.

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Third Declension Adjectives

Much like their first and second declension counterparts, third declension endings modify nouns, with which they agree in three ways: case, number, and gender. It's just that these adjectives have third declension endings, and that there are three different types of these adjectives.

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The Imperfect Passive

If you know the imperfect active, then the passive will be a cinch. All you need to do is trade the active endings for passive ones (-r, -ris, -tur, etc.), and you're game.

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The Perfect Passive

This video is entirely a "has been" as we explore the passive voice of the perfect tense. Finally, we use the fourth and last principal part, along with the present of sum, of course. And don't forget to plural the participle!

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The Pluperfect Passive

The passive voice of the pluperfect tense seems to be a careful combination of the perfect passive and the pluperfect active. It's quick, easy, and painless, especially if you know your theory of tenses. (N.B., much of this video may seem familiar to you if you already know the perfect passive - but that's by design, since it's just a small flick of the wrist to change from one to the other)

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The Future Perfect Passive

By the end of this video, you will have been taught the future perfect passive. This tense formation as similar to the pluperfect passive as it is not used in much of Latin literature. No matter, learning it it part of the process, and this tense-mood combo typically completes the study of the indicative mood.

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The Future Passive

The future passive may not be the most popular, or even the easiest, of all the tenses, but that shouldn't diminish its importance. By learning about the future passive, you practice your passive and your future at the same time, especially the differences between 1st/2nd conjugations and 3rd/4th conjugations.

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Imperatives

Commands are a part of life, especially for a teacher. Watch this video! Like this video! Visit our site! Learn Latin! This video covers how the imperative (command) is used and formed in Latin.

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An Overview of the Subjunctive

The subjunctive mood can be very difficult to understand, even in Latin with its systematic approach to grammar. I try to unravel the mysteries of the subjunctive by comparing it to the other moods. It isn't the imperative (used for commands), nor the indicative (used for facts, or things close to facts). The subjunctive is used for untruths, possibilities, things that aren't quite real (or whose truth has yet to be determined).

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The Present Active Subjunctive

Let's learn how to conjugate a verb in the present active subjunctive. It's as easy as "we fear a liar" or "Wendy wears a giant diaper" (with, of course, a few irregulars). Keep in mind that the present subjunctive actually refers to actions happening at the same time as the main verb (unless it is the main verb, as it would be if it were a jussive, potential, optative, or deliberative).

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