Latin’s Nasal Infix: A How-to Guide

How are painting and picture related English words? Why does Latin vincō ‘I win’ become vīcī in the past tense? How did the same Latin verb give English both convince and conviction? This blog post is my guide the wonderful world of the nasal infix, a linguistic phenomenon that comes in very handy for peopleContinue reading “Latin’s Nasal Infix: A How-to Guide”

The Wonderful World of Verb Second

So, we all love German grammar, right? Infinitives, auxiliaries and participles, putting verbs at the end of the sentence, inversion of the subject and the verb – these are the concepts you have to get to grips with if you want to learn the language. To most outsiders, German grammar seems very new and strange.Continue reading “The Wonderful World of Verb Second”