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       2025-05-06T00:45:43.405Z
       
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       Learning Latin Day 5 << Day 4Really, with every following verse Stabat Mater becomes more and more grammatically complex! This is great actually and I would recommend this hymn to anyone trying to read anything Latin for the first time! The first 2 verses are in present tense and only use Accusative and Genitive, then it slowly introduces Ablative and Imperative, it adds Infinite; but does not overwhelm you with throwing in everything at once.I am past the 11th verse, so it marks halfway, here it lets you practice some very useful constructions. Attaching as the screenshot 1. The verse in orange is so cool I am attaching it as an audio file from Vivaldi'sIn red color, more Ablative usage, which was first introduced in Day 3. To me the key markers so far to see it is either: 1. has "in" before it, implying a state or mood2. looks like Spanish gerund (leyendo; hablando)3. ends with -is for plural and is not an adjective (unlike tristis - sad)4. molds consorted nouns and pronouns to Accusative (you can see I underscored depended endings in red as well)[ardeat] in amando Christum Deum[that it may burn] in loving Christ the GodIn blue color, more Subjunctive, hypothetical actions. I tried with several random verbs I remember to verify that in 90% -eam / -eat / -eas / -eamus is exactly that, here it clearly shows:ut lugeam - that I may weep (hypothetically)ut ardeat - that it may burn (hypothetically)ut complaceam - that I may please (hypothetically)In green color, more Imperative. Sadly, I couldn't find a pattern good enough to generalize Imperative markers, so from now on I must pray to the all mighty and helpful context for hints ​:sadcat:​Fac - make it, and twice used with Subjunctive, which lets us happily steal this construction and apply to whatever other verbs we already know. I don't know... Fac, ut librum studeam - Make it so I study the book; as a random example. it's a very simple template.Combining with the Subjunctive examples above, we receiveFac, ut tecum lugeam - Make it so I weep with youFac, ut ardeat cor meum* - Make it so my heart burns; etc.In purple color, Infinitive again. This one is still kind of hard for me to comprehend. Again, from Day 3 there was aposset contristariwould be able to in'sad themselves as in, would be able to get into the state of sadnessAnd here we have fac me sentiremake me in'felt (??) As in, make me into the state of feelingA bit messed up how it's a separate own conjugation, but at least by knowing the root you can understand what the verse is about even without knowing what's passive infinite. Guess I just need to keep taking input.