This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic terminology:
Verbs are “action” words (or, at least, that’s what I learned in school). Specifically, they are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. Verbs in Greek have several properties, including the following: Read more
VOCABULARY (VOCĀBVLA)
mē – me, myself
quid – what
nihil – nothing
nōn – not
saepe – often
sī – if
amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum – to love, amābō tē – please
cōgitō, cōgitāre, cōgitāvī, cōgitātum – think, ponder, consider, plan
dēbeō, dēbēre, dēbuī, dēbitum – owe, ought, must, should
dō, dare, dedī, datum – give, offer
errō, errāre, errāvī, errātum – wander, err, go astray, make a mistake, be mistaken
laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātum – praise
moneō, monēre, monuī, monitum – remind, advise, warn
salveō, salvēre – be well, be in good health, salvē, salvēte – hello, greetings
servō, servāre, servāvī, servātum – preserve, save, keep, guard
cōnservō, cōnservāre, cōnservāvī, cōnservātum – preserve, conserve, maintain
terreō, terrēre, terruī, territum – frighten, terrify
valeō, valēre, valuī, valitūrum – to be strong, have power, be well, valē, valēte – goodbye
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsum – see, observe, understand
vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum – call, summon
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I’ve found some free time at nights before bed, and I’ve decided to use that time to read through my copy of Wheelock’s Latin, a book that, until now, I’ve only been using as a reference on the rare occasion when I run into the language.
As I read through the book, I’ll write these posts as a way to document my progress and practice. Kind of like an online practice notebook of some sort (since I’m bad at keeping my physical notebooks). As a disclaimer, I’m not an expert in Latin, I’m merely a beginner; so the observations I make in these posts are merely what I understand from each chapter as I read it.
Today’s topic is Present Verbs, from Chapter 1 of the book. Read more
This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic concepts about verbs:
Verbs are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. In Greek, verbs have the following properties: Read more
