This not That, Vocab Edition
This Latin verb means "to learn," not "to dance like it's 1970."
What is disco, discere, didici, --- ?
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why they call it" this tense.
What is the present?
insula, ae
This subjunctive tense is formed by shifting the vowel in the verb stem, a change demonstrated by the mnemonic "Let's eat caviar."
What is the present subjunctive?
According to our textbook, the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne hated this kind of food.
What is boiled meat?
This Latin adjective means "heavy, serious," not "entombed."
What is gravis, grave?
Time travelers would be very excited to visit this tense.
What is the future?
annus, i
What is annals, anniversary, annual, perennial?
This subjunctive tense is formed by adding active or passive endings to the second principle part.
What is the imperfect subjunctive?
This ancient city is where Atticus went at the end of today's reading.
What is Athens?
This Latin noun means "face," not "flesh-eating bird."
What is vultus, vultus?
This is the tense for things that will have been completed in the future (like your Latin homework).
What is the future perfect?
scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum
What is ascribe, circumscribe, conscript, manuscript, scribble?
What is a purpose clause?
Who is her uncle?
This Latin adverb means "today," not "sweatshirt."
What is hodie?
This tense goes the furthest back in time out of all six Latin tenses.
What is the pluperfect?
mundus, i
What is mundane?
This type of subjunctive is similar to an imperative and expresses a mild command.
What is the volitive subjunctive?
This island was not big enough for both the Picts and the Scots in our first reading.
What is Hibernia (Ireland)?
This Latin verb means "to join," not "to be in the rainforest."
What is iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctum?
This tense shows completed action in the past, when the action is done so well there's nothing left to do.
What is the perfect?
frater, fratris
What is fraternal, fraternize, friar?
This type of subjunctive indicates a wish, and is often accompanied by utinam.
What is the optative subjunctive?
Atticus, the subject of our classical Latin readings each week, is known as a good friend of this famous Roman orator.
Who is Cicero?