How Latin works

Lesson 1 · Introduction

How Latin works

Endings carry the meaning, not word order. Get the cases and everything else follows.

Lesson 2 · Grammar primer

The alphabet: 23 letters, no J, no U, no W

The alphabet as the Romans wrote it, why I and V do double duty, and what vowel length changes. Read this once and Latin spelling never surprises you again.

Lesson 3 · Words 1-10

Words 1 to 10

Lesson 19 · Arcade review

Word Bubbles review session

Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

Lesson 4 · Words 11-20

Words 11 to 20

Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

The six Latin cases

Latin puts the grammar on the end of the noun instead of in the word order. This is the lesson that makes Latin sentences stop looking scrambled.

Lesson 6 · Words 21-30

Words 21 to 30

Lesson 20 · Arcade review

Crossword review session

Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

Lesson 7 · Words 31-40

Words 31 to 40

Lesson 21 · Arcade review

Word Bubbles review session

Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

Lesson 8 · Words 41-50

Words 41 to 50

Lesson 9 · Grammar primer

Verb endings: why amo is a whole sentence

A Latin verb carries its own subject, which is why the pronoun is usually absent. Six endings cover every tense in the language.

Lesson 10 · Words 51-60

Words 51 to 60

Lesson 22 · Arcade review

Crossword review session

Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

Lesson 11 · Words 61-70

Words 61 to 70

Lesson 23 · Arcade review

Word Bubbles review session

Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

Lesson 12 · Words 71-80

Words 71 to 80

Lesson 24 · Arcade review

Crossword review session

Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

Lesson 13 · Words 81-90

Words 81 to 90

Lesson 25 · Arcade review

Word Bubbles review session

Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

Lesson 14 · Words 91-100

Words 91 to 100

Lesson 15 · Read a story

Your first story in Latin

Every word in this story comes from the hundred you have just learned. No lookups required.

Lesson 16 · Vocabulary

The sounds of Latin

Classical v is w, c is always hard, ae is 'eye'. Watch both Latins side by side and pick your era.

Lesson 18 · Vocabulary

Et, sed, autem

The particles that join Latin sentences together. They are the commonest words in the language and the ones a dictionary is least able to explain, so they get a session of their own.

Lesson 17 · Arcade review

Arcade review

Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.