Classical languages, 7–10 years — 20 topics · MyLeoNes™ Kuks
20 classical languages topics written for 7–10 years — not a older text simplified. In teaching order, each a deck of five cards: the idea, why it exists, a worked example, the common trap and where you meet it.
Classical languages · 7–10 years
Comparing things in Latin
Latin changes an adjective when one thing is more or most of a quality. The forms help us tell apart tall, taller and tallest.
Latin commands
See how a Latin verb can become a clear instruction such as audi, “listen”.
Latin greetings
Learn a few Latin words people used when meeting, leaving and thanking one another.
Latin joining words
Learn how tiny words such as et, sed and non change the meaning of a short Latin sentence.
Latin noun cases
See how a small change at the end of a Latin noun can show what it is doing in a sentence.
Latin number words
Latin uses words for counting, just as English uses one, two, and three. You learn a small group first and see how number words can describe real objects, people, and simple amounts.
Latin prepositions show place
Words such as in, sub, and ad help us see where something is or where it is going. Their small differences matter: a cat can be in a box, under a box, or moving towards a box.
Latin roots in modern words
Discover how a Latin word can leave clues inside words used today.
Latin sounds
Learn how a Latin word can be read aloud by looking at its letters and vowels.
Latin verb endings
In Latin, the end of a verb can tell you who is acting, even when the person is not written separately.
Latin without “the” and “a”
Latin often leaves out the little words that English uses before a noun. You learn how the surrounding words and the situation help us understand whether someone means a particular thing or any thing.
Latin word order
Latin can move words around more freely than English or Portuguese, but the order still helps show what the writer wants you to notice.
Latin words for “a little one”
Latin can make some nouns sound smaller, younger or more affectionate by adding a special ending. These are diminutives.
Latin’s three noun genders
Latin nouns are grouped as masculine, feminine or neuter. This helps other words show which noun they belong to.
Matching Latin adjectives
Learn why a Latin describing word changes to fit the noun it describes.
Questions in Latin
Latin can turn a statement into a question with a small question word or a short ending, so the listener knows an answer is wanted.
Roman numerals
See how Romans wrote numbers with a small set of repeated and combined signs.
The ancient Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet gives familiar ideas new shapes and sounds, and several of its letters are still used in science and mathematics.
The Latin infinitive
An infinitive names an action without saying who does it. It is the form behind English “to run” or Portuguese “correr”.
The Latin verb for “to be”
The verb esse means “to be”, and its common forms are sum, es, est, sumus, estis, and sunt. It helps Latin say who someone is, what something is, or where people and things are.
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