In previous posts, I’ve written about the idea of stems and its importance for Latin. Simply put, the stem of a Latin noun, adjective or verb is an intermediate stage between the root (the meaningful part of the word) and the grammatical endings that make the word complete. In the second of the two piecesContinue reading “Re-Reduplication in La-Latin”
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Latin Stems: Part II
Verbs and Verbal Stems A Recap In part one, I introduced at the idea of stems and how it works in Latin nouns and adjectives. We saw that Latin nouns and adjectives can be broken into three parts. root + stem vowel + case-number affix By “root”, we meet the meaningful part of any word,Continue reading “Latin Stems: Part II”
Latin Stems!
An Invaluable Tool for a Latinist’s Toolkit If there is one thing that I urge all Latin learners to get to grips with, it is the concept of stems. My passion for this topic is so great that I have structured my own Latin course around it, including and using it from the outset. IContinue reading “Latin Stems!”
Learning Czech – My Top Ten Terrors
It is a truth widely acknowledged that the Czech language is a bit tricky to learn. Naturally, ‘difficulty’ and ‘ease’ in second-language acquisition are inexact and unscientific concepts – a native Slovak speaker, for example, will have a far better time picking up Czech than someone like me, doomed to speak English. However, there areContinue reading “Learning Czech – My Top Ten Terrors”
Danny L. Bate 