Questions tagged [lingua-latina-per-se-illustrata]
For questions about Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata (LLPSI) by Hans Henning Ørberg.
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Are Latin verbs of motion satellite-framed or verb-framed?
Are Latin verbs of motion satellite-framed, verb-framed, both, or neither?
Native English verbs of motion are said to be satellite-framed: the verb usually indicates the manner of motion and a "...
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Did the Romans use any swear words?
I was reading the book Lingua Latina, Per Se Illustrata by Hans H. Ørberg, and I often saw scenes in which persons were angry. In the book, the writer doesn't use any swear words or anything to that ...
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Why is “quī” used immediately following a plural accusative noun?
In Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, chapter 6, exercise 5.8, I see the sentence:
Dominus verberat servōs ____ nōn pārent.
Since servōs is accusative, I put quōs in the blank. But the answer key ...
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Why is suus in the accusative feminine singular in this sentence?
I'm a very new Latin learner - I'm using Lingua Latina as my primary text to become fluent in reading (with the 'college' supplement and other texts for additional clarification).
I'm on chapter 6 (...
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Difference between filiī and liberī
I was reading Orberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata and I found the following sentences:
Marcus et Quīntus sunt dūo filiī. [...] In familia Rõmāna tres līberī sunt.
Now I deduce both words ...
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A range of chapters
How do you grammatically denote a range of chapters, like what I'm trying to do in this sentence?
Ecce in hac pagina vox Iohannis Ørbergii capitula prima usque decima Linguae Latinae Per Se ...
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Nested genitive?
I just said this to a friend:
Ecce in hac pagina vox Iohannis Ørbergii capitula a primo usque ad decimum Linguae Latinae Per Se Illustratae legentis:
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