Dutch question

S.O.E said...

That's because you're thick!!

(Only joking, of course)

 

:lol:
I'm with S.O.E on this - languages were never my strongest point.

 

In German you have a base word and a piece you have to add to it that depends on the word's function in a sentence. It's harder to learn (even Germans often ignore it) but it's definitely practical when you're struggling with long sentences; once you know what add-on belongs where you'll see a structure appearing right away. Same goes for Latin by the way.

 

I did Medieval Latin at Uni...
Oh, the headaches I got...
I could comprehend it at the individual word level - this word with this ending means that the action was done by the speaker to the next object mentioned - or even short sentances on a good day - like 'the cat sat on the mat' , although normally we did stuff like 'Guillame owns four meadowlands' - but when you try and decipher a Medieval legal document, with sentances half a page long, and claues relating to sub-clauses 5 lines back...

 

Plus, of course, medieval Latin was often somewhat arbitrary...

Long live the Renaissance!

 

Which one?

(Pedantic Medieval historian alert)

 

The Northern Italian one of the 15th century!

Not the Karolingian 9th century one, or the French 12th century one, or the, uhm, there were others right?

 

The 6th Century Renaissence in Northumbria.
That was the first...

Try:

http://homepage.mac.com/jezreell/history/n_home.htm

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/learning/

(the first is under construction, so the second is better)

 

Amo
Amas
Amat
Amamas
Amatis
Amant

Ricky, if the above is correct, it will be a miracle, I studied Latin for one year, over 30 years ago, and was 9 or 10 years old at the time.
I remember having to translate sentances like " The Gauls were throwing spears at the Centurion" etc etc. (the bloke, not the tank lol lol :lol: )

 

I don't remember too much from my year of Latin class except that the language sounded entirely logical to me and much less so to others.

:lol:

Umm, let me see...

Puella
Puellae
Puellae
Puellam
Puella...

I forgot the plural form. And this is only for female nouns!