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Very Basic Latin - Basically, the Paradigms of Latin

Basic information on Latin limited to the essential paradigms of nouns and verbs and related pages, including quizzes on the paradigms and examples of other words that fit the paradigms of the declensions and conjugations.
Basics of Latin
Pages on this site to help someone reviewing Latin or trying to teach himself to translate short passages of Latin.
Word Order - Latin and English Differences in Word Order
When learning Latin, one of the obstacles to overcome is the word order, since it is rarely SVO. In Latin it is often SOV or OVS or OV, with the verb at the end and the subject included in it.
Latin Conjunctions
Latin conjunctions join words in sentences.
Alphabet - Latin and English Differences in the Alphabet
The Roman or Latin alphabet is what we use today, but with modifications.
Articles - Latin and English Differences in the Articles (A, An, The)
In English, we generally use articles with nouns, but this is not done in Latin.
Gender - Latin and English Differences in Gender
One of the differences between Latin and English and one of the challenges facing English-speaking students of Latin is understanding gender in language.
Cases - Latin and English Differences - Cases
English has lost most of its cases, so it may be hard to understand the cases of Latin.
Agreement - Latin and English Differences - Agreement
One of the differences between Latin and English and one of the challenges facing English-speaking students of Latin is that words in Latin must agree with one another.

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