UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Latin Level 1+
Prerequisite for entry:
For beginners and those who have had only very little contact with the
language.
Term duration:
10 x 2-hour classes
Aims and Objectives:
The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of
Classical Latin and of the main principles of sentence construction in order to
enable them to translate simple passages of Latin prose into English. By the
end of the course, the students are expected to have reached a level
equivalent to the end of chapter 9 of Lingua Latina Pars I, Familia Romana.
Material to be covered:
GRAMMAR:
Nouns:
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a. First Declension (terra, -ae)
b. Second Declension (dominus, -i, puer, -i, ager, -i, donum, -i, vir, -i,
deus, -i )
c. Third Declension (ovis, -is, pastor, -is)
First-Second Declension Adjectives (bonus, -a, -um, liber, -a, -um, niger,
-a, -um)
Numerals: unus, una, unum, duo, duae, duo, tres, tria
Pronouns:
a. the demonstrative pronouns is, ea, id, hic haec, hoc and ille, illa,
illud
b. the
interrogative
(indefinite)
pronoun
quis,
quis,
quid
and
interrogative (indefinite) adjective qui, quae, quod
c. the relative pronoun qui, quae, quod
Verbs:
a. The verb sum in the active present indicative
b. The active present indicative and imperative of all conjugations
SYNTAX:
Basic Uses of the Cases
Prepositions: ad, ante, apud, circum, in, inter, per, post, prope, sub and
supra.
Basic Grammatical Constructions:
a. Subject – Verb – Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective
b. Subject – Verb – Direct Object
c. Subject – Verb – Direct Object (Accusative) – Indirect Object
(Dative)
d. Noun-Adjective Agreement
tantus…quantus = tam magnus…quam
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Learning Resources:
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Coursebook: Hans Ørberg (2006) Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, Pars I Familia
Romana
Workbook: Hans Ørberg (2005) Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, Pars I Exercitia
Latina I, Newburyport
Handouts
Note: There is a wide range of Latin language learning materials in the SelfAccess Centre:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/clie/learning-resources/sac.
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