Don’t call me. I’ll call you.
You’re from New York, aren’t you?
Dream to have the best life
It’s that time of year again!
Do you know these Christmas words which come from Latin? Wishing everyone much joy, peace and prosperity this Christmas and throughout the coming year. https://romanlatinrantin.com/peace-joy-and-lo…nd-all-year-long/Do you know these Christmas words which come from Latin? Wishing everyone much joy, peace and prosperity this Christmas and throughout the coming year. https://romanlatinrantin.com/peace-joy-and-lo…nd-all-year-long/HappyHIt is never too early to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! As we enter into this joyous season, we hope you experience the spirit of Christmas all year long. May these Latin words and their English derivatives be constant reminders of the holiday season.
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life. ~John 3:16
How many of these Christmas words did you know come from Latin? Check out our Members Content page for more free tutorials and games!
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Are your kids struggling to learn conjugations? Latin is an inflected language which means it is made up of stems and endings. In English, we use two or more words to form a complete sentence. In Latin, one word is a complete sentence. Why? Because adding different personal endings to the stem includes both the subject and predicate. For instance, the Latin word amo (which means “I love”) consists of the stem ama- (which means “love”) + the ending -o (which means “I”). Put them together and you have the sentence Amo which means “I love.”
English: I love.
Latin: Amo.
Before we move on, we will need to review some English grammar. To know which personal ending to use, students will need to identify the point of view of the speaker. What this basically means is figuring out who is doing the talking in the sentence. For example:
1st Person = the speaker (I or we)
2nd Person = person being spoken to (you)
3rd Person = person being spoken about (he, she, it or they)
By knowing the point of view of the speaker, students will learn to recognize which pronouns and endings go together. Understanding this grammar concept will pave the way to easier conjugations of Latin verbs. It will also help older students with writing skills as they learn to recognize subject and verb agreement. For an easier explanation (or for our visual and kinesthetic learners), check out this lesson below by clicking on the Launch button.
To reinforce this lesson, bookmark our I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream video (or subscribe to our YouTube channel) and have students refer to it as needed. As with all new concepts, learning requires practice, patience, and repetition. Even older students will need an occasional refresher to reinforce concepts. And what better way to learn than with videos. If you want to check their knowledge, have them take the quizzes at the end of each of our Latin grammar lessons. After much practice, these Latin conjugations will become second nature. As a result, it will become much easier for students to identify English words derived from Latin and improve their vocabulary in the process. With more than half of all English words derived from Latin, it is no wonder that this ancient language is still a core subject in classical curricula.
Not only will this grammar concept help your students learn Latin conjugations, it will increase their overall understanding of English grammar. This skill will become important later with older students as you help them learn to proofread their own papers. By giving gentle reminders of English grammar rules, they will (hopefully!) be able to learn to catch their own mistakes and become proficient writers as well.
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