0003 1st Beginner's Latin Lesson (in English)

[cemex2309]

Mr. Even1965 were can I get a copy of the book you have on this video "opera didactica omnia" I would like to buy a copy!

[evan1965]

@cemex2309 If you look on the usedbooksearch website, for opera didactica omnia you should be able to find a copy - it is expensive - around 70 pounds is the cheapest price available at present.

[dospromptman]

It took me quite a while to find this, but the passages read can be found in University of Mannheim's scanned copy of "Opera Didactica Omnia" on scan 183 of part 1 (beginning of "Vestibulum") and scan 81 of part 3 ("Rudimenta Grammaticae").

[evan1965]

@dospromptman Yes. My readings of the entire Rudimenta and also the Grammatica Janualis can be found on DVD in the store, along with the scans of the pages from the O.D.O. Comenius' Vestibulum in Latin-English-Latin is on a separate DVD.

[EivindJacobsen]

@2banders jaggu sant

[asmodeus585]

You're a truly great teacher. You've just inspired me to begin learning basic Latin on my own (with the help of online resources such as yours, of course) It used to be a dream of mine since I was young. The only reason I haven't started it yet is that feeling of futility of learning a 'dead' language and lack of attractive, compelling resources.

[evan1965]

Hi. yes, they are the same as Greek, because they are Greek. These letters were adopted into Latin from Greek, and so the Romans still refer to them using their Greek names - y greaca, and dzeta or zdeta (there is some dispute about how to pronounce this letter)

[CrownChanel]

WOW! the names o the letters Z and i are exactly the same in greek !

[evan1965]

@CrownChanel That's because they are Greek. The Roman alphabet originally did not have Y or Z

[gregg4]

Did he say he is not in the palatium yet? Did I hear that right?

What hope does that leave for the rest of us then?

Gregg

[evan1965]

@gregg4 No, I am not yet there - my basic Latin skills are fair - but I still cannot pick up Livy and read him with the facility I can read English, or even French. I still have to think hard, and analyse what I am reading.

As for hope - all it takes is the desire to achieve, time, and a modicum of effort.

[evan1965]

Comenius promoted this method in the mid 1600's, but the first fully developed 'scripted' outline for teaching orally along this plan, was written by Jean Manesca in the early 1800's.

[andytalksnonsense]

A fantastic start in Latin. I'll be following these videos with great interest. Thank you!

[OpusVictorium]

This channel is wonderful! I know so little, and your teaching style is a very strong one. thank you for making these videos

[Elias1000Tube]

Teacher, is "Et varias res" in accusative case because of "Comprehendite"? Thanks.

[WAV777]

Thanks for the excellent video and information!

[evan1965]

The CAMENA project at the University of Mannheim has a scan of the ODO, as does Europeana(dot)eu

Just search Europeana for "Opera Didactica Omnia"

Printed versions can be picked up for a couple of hundred dollars through usedbooksearch (dot)com

[1anda2eanda]

Is Didactica Opera Omnia available as a free pdf somewhere online? I found the Adler text on Google Books but the Comenius is proving more difficult to find.

[alkantre]

Indeed an excellent video. I greatly enjoyed it. Also I liked the reference to the accusative marker in Hebrew (another language I have studied a little).

Maximas gratias tibi ago.

[ilducedevenezia]

Excellent video, magister. I have been doing Latin for a few years now but I have forwarded this video to several of my friends who are considering starting the language