TTC Video - Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language

Latin lives! The language of Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, St. Jerome, and countless other great authors is alive and well in the modern world. It lives in the Romance languages, which are the lineal descendants of Latin. It flourishes in English, which draws a major part of its vocabulary from Latin. It thrives in the technical terms of science, law, and other fields. Latin is used in the traditional liturgy and proclamations of the Catholic Church. And it is the language of choice for inscriptions, mottoes, and any idea that needs to be stated with permanence and precision.

Above all, Latin lives in thousands of pages of writings that were preserved from the ancient world-poems, plays, speeches, historical and philosophical works that were handed down for centuries because of their beauty of expression and profundity of thought. These immortal works have influenced everyone from Shakespeare to the framers of the United States Constitution to author J. K. Rowling.

On the other hand, Latin has an undeserved reputation for difficulty. But when taught well, Latin is pleasingly straightforward, logical, and predictable. Each word is like a finely crafted part of a machine-a device that does an amazing amount of work with very few components. Learning to read Latin is immensely rewarding, and it is a discipline that trains, enhances, and strengthens critical thinking.

Embark on this unrivaled adventure with Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language, 36 innovative lectures that cover the material normally presented in a first-year college course in Latin. By watching these entertaining lectures, practicing the drills, and doing the exercises in the accompanying guidebook, you will gain access to some of the world's greatest thought in its original language. You will also understand why no translation can reproduce the elegance and charm of Latin.

Your guide is Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller of Union College in Schenectady, New York, an award-winning teacher and textbook author who brings warmth, humor, and enthusiasm to the age-old profession of Latin master. To his students, Professor Mueller is simply Molinarius, which is Latin for his surname, Mueller, which means "miller" in English. Fully equipped to live in ancient times, Professor Mueller speaks Latin using the restored classical pronunciation, which melodiously approximates the way Latin was spoken in antiquity. When he speaks, Latin is indeed alive!

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Pronouncing Classical Latin

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Introduction to Third-Conjugation Verbs

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Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood

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The Irregular Verbs Sum and Possum

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Introduction to Third-Declension Nouns

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Third-Declension Neuter Nouns

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First- and Second-Declension Adjectives

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First- and Second-Declension Nouns

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Introduction to the Passive Voice

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Third -io and Fourth-Conjugation Verbs

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First- and Second-Conjugation Verbs

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Reading a Famous Latin Love Poem

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The Present Passive of All Conjugations

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Third-Declension Adjectives

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Third-Declension I-Stem Nouns

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The Relative Pronoun

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The Imperfect and Future Tenses

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Building Translation Skills

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Using the Subjunctive Mood

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

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The Perfect Tense Active System

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Forming and Using Participles

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Using the Infinitive

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Reading a Passage from Caesar

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The Perfect Tense Passive System

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Deponent Verbs

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Conditional Sentences

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Cum Clauses and Stipulations

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Reading Excerpts from Roman Law

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Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns

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Fourth- and Fifth-Declension Nouns

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Gerunds and Gerundives

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Counting in Latin

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More on Irregular Verbs

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Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

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Next Steps in Reading Latin

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