Derivatives & Cognates
Vocabulary
Latin Fun Facts
Conjugation Time
Fun Box
100

This "family" of languages is derived from Latin.

The Romance languages

100

If

100

Infinitives always use this Latin ending.

-re

100

I see

Videō

100

In classical Latin, this letter is pronounced using the "W" sound.

"V"

200

The "mother" of all languages that developed between Western Europe and India

Indo-European

200

Nōn

Not

200

This mood is the same as the declarative mood in the English Language because it makes a statement rather than asking a question or issuing a command.

Indicative

200

Monēs

You remind, you advise, you warn

200

Means "of the same blood"; not descended from, but "of the same family"

Cognate

300

Irish is derived from this ancient language.

Celtic

300

Valeō, Valēre

To be strong

300
Even today, Latin remains the official language of this sovereign nation, which is the last absolute monarchy in Europe.

Vatican City (or the Holy See)

300

They think

Cogitant

300

This punctuation mark elongates, or stretches, vowel sounds in Latin

Macron

400

English "evolved" from this hyphenated derivative of Germanic.

Anglo-Saxon

400

To frighten, to terrify

Errō, Errāre

400

Latin is what type of language?

Inflected Language

400

You all maintain

Conservātis

400

Finite Verbs are "limited" by all of the following factors or traits.

Person, Number, Tense, Voice, Mood

500

What is the relationship between Latin and Ancient Greek?

Cognate

500

Dō, Dāre

To give, to offer

500

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, Latin was divided into two "branches," one of which is still used today. One of these branches is classical Latin. What is the other?

Ecclesiastical Latin

500

She does not make a mistake

Nōn errat.

500

In every Latin verb, there are two parts: the stem and the ending. What is the technical name for verb endings?

Inflections

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