Color Coded Latin: A Teaching Method

by Kathleen Canning

© 2011

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1. Preface
2. Color Chart
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3. First Declension
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4. Second Declension
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5. Third Declension
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6. Fourth Declension
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7. Fifth Declension
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8. First Conjugation
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9. Second Conjugation
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10. Third Conjugation
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11. Fourth Conjugation
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12. Irregular Verbs
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13. Latin Sentences Using Declensions and Conjugations
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14. The Genitive Case
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15. The Dative Case
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16. Prepositional Phrases
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17. Pronouns
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18. Interrogative Pronouns
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19. Demonstrative Pronouns
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20. Subjunctive ARE Verbs
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21. Subjunctive Long ERE 2nd Conjugation Verbs
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22. Subjunctive ERE 3rd Conjugation Verbs
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23. Subjunctive I-Stem 3rd Conjugation Verbs
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24. Subjunctive IRE 4th Conjugation Verbs
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4th Conjugation Verbs

The last conjugation of Latin verbs is also the easiest to master. The learner can use the endings from the 3rd conjugation I-Stem verbs, the principal parts are fairly ordinary and the spelling is basic.

Look at the verb audio, to hear /listen to.

audio	audire	audivi	auditum
1st s.	infinitive	perfect stem	supine

(supine) verbal adjective/participle)

The same rules just covered in the 3rd conjugation I-Stem verbs hold for 4th conjugation.

That extra (i) shows up in the 1st three tenses. The perfect tenses still drop the (i) of the 3rd principal part and the 4th principal part will still be used for the Perfect passive tenses.

Vocabulary

audio	audire	audivi	auditum	hear/listen	to
convenio	convenire	conveni	conventum	assemble/come	together
dormio	dormire	dormivi	dormitum	sleep
impedio	impedire	impedivi	impeditum	hinder
invenio	invenire	inveni	inventum	find
munio	munire	munivi	munitum	build/fortify
pervenio	pervenire	perveni	perventum	arrive
venio	venire	veni	ventum	come

veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered !

venio	4th conjugation
video	2nd conjugation
vinco	3rd conjugation

dormio	dormiebam	dormiam	dormivi	dormiveram	dormivero
dormis	dormiebas	dormies	dormivisti	dormiveras	dormiveris
dormit	dormiebat	dormiet	dormivit	dormiverat	dormiverit
dormimus	dormiebamus	dormiemus	dormivimus	dormiveramus	dormiverimus
dormitis	dormiebatis	dormietis	dormivistis	dormiveratis	dormiveritis
dormiunt	dormiebant	dormient	dormiverunt	dormiverant	dormiverint
do sleep	slept	will sleep	have slept	had slept	will have slept

As you can see the chart for 4th conjugation verbs is the same one used for 3rd conjugation I-Stem verbs.

Review subject pronouns found in the verb endings:

o	I
s	you
t	he_she_it_&_sing._noun
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mus	we_(or_anything_plus_I)
tis	you_pl.
nt	they_&_plural_nouns

In the next section we will begin translating simple sentences using 6 tenses (active) of conjugations (1-4) .

We will also use nouns from declensions (1-5) and 2nd and 3rd declension adjectives.

All sentences will contain subjects and objects modified by adjectives.

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