tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post7075321988887260317..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: Learning Latin: why conjugations?Peter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-44716403275404890022021-02-14T15:24:40.983+13:002021-02-14T15:24:40.983+13:00Very interesting! One correction:
> This vowel...Very interesting! One correction:<br /><br />> This vowel is normally /i/, but when there’s a nasal sound it moves to the back of the mouth, /u/.<br /><br />If this were true, then it would apply to -mus just as to -nt, because /m/ is a nasal. I think there isn't any single phonetic feature that can quite this neatly explain why only -nt gets /u/.<br /><br />One observation is that /i/ Greg Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745454191057208547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-30486225204486283582019-12-27T10:14:56.469+13:002019-12-27T10:14:56.469+13:00Can't stop laughing!Can't stop laughing!J.L.Fernández Blancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920925353213141302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-127448533671233402019-10-20T23:00:31.941+13:002019-10-20T23:00:31.941+13:00This post seems to confuse thematic vowels with ep...This post seems to confuse thematic vowels with epenthetic vowels.<br /><br />The "glide" (epenthetic consonant) explanation also sounds wrong since we don't see v surfacing in other such cases of hiatus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-79391727545198667452019-09-10T07:42:59.134+12:002019-09-10T07:42:59.134+12:00I love this and plan on using this; however, just ...I love this and plan on using this; however, just one comment in terms of your choice of Third Conjugation verb, as someone coming from an all-boys teaching environment. If showing this to high school students, I would probably choose to use rego, regere as the exemplar verb, so that when you break down the stem with with its attendant thematic "u" and personal ending "nt" ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221758681767802033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-60982416911285411192019-09-08T19:45:27.279+12:002019-09-08T19:45:27.279+12:00Sorry, conjugation, not declension! Conjugations, ...Sorry, conjugation, not declension! Conjugations, if used, are then obviously needed only for <i>present</i>, <i>imperfect</i>, <i>1st future</i>, <i>imperative</i>, and <i>gerund(ive)</i>.Timonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-61544082375387869332019-09-08T19:32:17.909+12:002019-09-08T19:32:17.909+12:00I think the teaching of verbs should start from th...I think the teaching of verbs should start from the infinitive (pr. act.). Drop the -<i>re</i> and the endings are perfectly regular in 1st, 2nd, and 4th – with two exceptions (<i>clamo</i>, <i>audiunt</i>). This does not take into account the vowel lengths, which are however always the same for the same persons.<br /><br />The 3rd declension, then, behaves badly.<br /><br />As to stem analysis, Timonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-63963838074299772912019-09-06T08:30:15.107+12:002019-09-06T08:30:15.107+12:00Yup, that was a pretty silly mistake on my part. S...Yup, that was a pretty silly mistake on my part. Sorry. Fixed with a different verb now!Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-81383563758914206012019-09-06T05:02:57.121+12:002019-09-06T05:02:57.121+12:00Very good explanation for present tense.
The perfe...Very good explanation for present tense.<br />The perfect tense of traho is however traxi, not trahi. <br />Thalassia Outishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15229081727998678882noreply@blogger.com