Using a Latin-English Dictionary

This may seem like an odd heading, but don't skip it!  Learning how to use a Latin-English dictionary is going be essential for your Lat...

How to Review

The Final Stretch So the first part of the Dowling Method is the hard part: memorizing the tables.  But, it doesn't have to be as bor...

Latin Grammar: Verbs, Part II: Tense and Mood

This is Part II of the verbs.  For the basics, go here . Verbs: Tense and Mood In the last post we covered the basics (person, number...

Latin Grammar: Verbs, Part I: The Basics + Sum

Do you really know the nouns and adjectives?  Can you really tell the difference between dative and ablative?  What about comparative adject...

Latin Grammar: Adjectives

Can you write your nouns from memory?  Can you really tell the difference between Dative and Ablative cases?  If not, don't rush the res...

Latin Grammar: Nouns

Repetitions: 200 While nouns serve the same functions in Latin, they appear in different forms because Latin is a highly inflected langua...

Roman Numerals

Roman numerals may be a topic you feel like skipping over, but wait! You might not know them as well as you think.  For instance, I'm s...

Starting at the Beginning: Latin Structure and Pronunciation

So Latin words perform the same grammatical functions that English words do. This is fortunate, but Latin looks completely different because...

Starting at the Beginning: Basic English Grammar

There's no point in memorizing tables of Latin grammar if you don't know what the forms mean.  Fortunately, the parts of speech in L...