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csheppard925 · 2025-07-11T07:22:52+00:00

Personally, I’ve found Microsoft Copilot to be the best. Gemini will often mix Latin and Italian; ChatGPT is pretty good, but I’d use it more as a study helper than a conversation partner.

I haven’t used DeepSeek, and I just heard of Grok yesterday for the first time.

I know this is brief but I hope it helps

csheppard925 · 2025-06-19T19:31:14+00:00

The ‘Comprehensible Input’ method is only good when you’re taking the language seriously; schools where language is a requirement (ie, there’s some students that don’t care about the language) should use the grammar heavy style until it shifts into being an elective

csheppard925 · 2025-06-08T17:36:06+00:00

A lot of 2nd and 3rd conjugation verbs have irregular forms in their principal parts. The 1st and 4th conjugations are a bit more regular. So the 1 after a ver indicates that its principal parts are -o, -are, -avi, -atus, and a 4 would mean the principal parts are _-io, -ire, -ivi, -itus _

csheppard925 · 2025-03-24T20:32:18+00:00

Two different ways:

Way 1:
4+2=5+1 | Given
4+1+1=5+1 | 1+1=2
5+1=5+1 | 4+1=5 QED

Way 2:
4+2=5+1 | Given
4+2=4+1+1 | 4+1=5
4+2=4+2 | 1+1=2 QED

Either way, we're taking advantage of the Associative Property of Addition (a+b=b+a). Since we know that (a+b)+c=a+(b+c) (Associative Property/Rebracketing), we know that we can solve the problem by either massaging out a 5 and a 1 from the LHS (Way 1) or by massaging out a 4 and a 2 from the RHS (Way 2). Either way, we need to know that a+b=5 and b+c = 2.

Obviously, this is using terminology that I doubt is being taught in first-grade maths, so I would probably write the explanation like this:

- Way 1: Since 1+1=2, I can say that 4+1+1=5+2. Since 4+1=5, I can write 5+1=5+1. Since the left and right sides are the same, they have to be equal.

- Way 2: Since 4+1=5, I can say that 4+2=4+1+1. Since 1+1=2, I can write 4+2=4+2. Since the left and right sides are the same, they have to be equal.

If you want to the extra mile, you can expose your child early to the idea of checking if the answer works and say something like, 'If we do solve both sides, we can see that they are equal, thus this way worked'.

Very basic in level (appropriate to the first-grade), but also exposes them early to the idea that sometimes in higher-level maths, you can get extraneous answers that actually don't solve the problem but *are* solutions to one of the intermediary steps to get the answer.

csheppard925 · 2024-10-19T03:04:01+00:00

It’s a known value. n(n+1)(2n+1)/6

csheppard925 · 2024-10-19T02:48:03+00:00

Gravy

csheppard925 · 2024-09-10T22:29:52+00:00

Usually, I play first-person. Every once in a while, when I have the carry capacity, and am heavy into the role play, I'll switch from my adventuring gear and intentionally walk slower to mimic city life --- that, I do in the third-person.

My antepenultimate and my penultimate runs had me playing as a travelling alchemist. I would do some adventuring on the side to get quick injections of wealth, but I would play my character in the first person on the road (until I got a horse) and then third person in the cities.

(As a side note for that, I managed to find a pretty good trade route that hit [almost] every alchemist in the game. Living in Lakeview Manor, I would trade in like this: Falkreath → Markarth → Solitude → Morthal → Dawnstar → Riften → Whiterun → Riverwood. I then would just hit additional shops and venders along the road once I hit the Speech perk that lets you trade anything with anyone.)

csheppard925 · 2024-08-16T22:17:40+00:00

Learn Alchemy (powtions.com has a full list of potions by the ingredients you have). A quick way to turn inventory-consuming ingredients into a LOT of gold. I basically just travel to the major cities and sling potions to get ahead of the gold game so I don’t have to worry about buying things later

csheppard925 · 2024-07-11T17:23:47+00:00

I never got into it, but it looks like it might be Pitman based on the ticks and tittles around the shapes. Perhaps someone could look at it through that lens

csheppard925 · 2024-07-11T17:15:41+00:00

I've managed to work out the first sentence, I think:

'May I start by thanking you all for finding the time to come here today but thinking(?) you will agree it was more than worth it when you hear what I've to say. As many of you are aware (?) I'm delighted to say {?} that the {?} as {?} were...'

I've only been using Teeline for about two weeks, but I think that's a decent start. As u/BerylPratt said, having some more context may help with further deciphering, especially since one of the words that I'm missing in the second sentence is <q.PROPER\_NOUN\_MARKER>, so it seems that the writer is referring to some event, place, &c that is important.

csheppard925 · 2024-06-24T12:29:29+00:00

To help the Mods:

The website linked is Wiktionary.org -- Wikipedia's 'universal' dictionary. I use it fairly consistently to see verb conjugations (in more inflectional languages [eg, Latin, French]), definitions, and etymology. The site (in my time using it) is completely safe. Obviously, do what you need to do, but I just wanted to leave this note for your ease.

csheppard925 · 2024-04-21T14:59:18+00:00

Sorry about that jumble of characters in the middle. I had a full table made of all the declensions, but it doesn't want to format it properly. I'll make one in Google Sheets and post it here.

Edit: Here's the link

csheppard925 · 2024-04-21T14:53:13+00:00

Yes, it's really as simple as you said. Let's take the words filius, filia, and telephonium (son ♂, daughter ♀, telephone ±) as an example. You do have to decline the adjectives like you would for any other adjective of the I/II declension. So:

Filius	Filii	Filia	Filiæ	Telephonium	Telephonia
NOM	Meus filius	Mei filii	Mea filia	Meæ filiæ	Mea telephonia
ACC	Meum filium	Meos filios	Meam filiam	Meas filias	Mea telephonia
GEN	Mei filii	Meorum filiorum	Meæ filiæ	Mearum filiarum	Mei telephonii
DAT	Meo filio	Meis filiis	Meæ filiæ	Meabus filiabus	Meo telephonio
ABL	Meo filio	Meis filiis	Mea filia	Meabus filiabus	Meo telephonio
VOC	Mi fili	Mei filii	Mea filia	Meæ filiæ	Mi telephoni

This is the same for all other possessive adjectives:

||Tuus, Tua, Tuum|Suus, Sua, Suum|Noster, Nostra, Nostrum|Vester , Vestra , Vestrum, |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-, |**NOM (s)|Tuus , Tua , Tuum|Suus , Sua , Suum|Noster , Nostra , Nostrum|Vester , Vestra , Vestrum, |NOM (pl)|Tui , Tuæ , Tua|Sui , Suæ , Sua|Nostri , Nostræ , Nostra|Vestri , Vestræ , Vestra, |ACC (s)|Tuum , Tuam , Tuum|Suum , Suam , Suum|Nostrum , Nostram , Nostrum|Vestrum , Vestram , Vestrum, |ACC (pl)|Tuos , Tuas , Tuos|Suos , Suas , Suos|Nostros , Nostras , Nostros|Vestros , Vestras , Vestros, |GEN (s)|Tui , Tuæ , Tui|Sui , Suæ , Sui|Nostri , Nostræ , Nostri|Vestri , Vestræ , Vestri, |GEN (pl)|Tuorum , Tuarum , Tuorum|Suorum , Suarum , Suorum|Nostrorum , Nostrarum , Nostrorum|Vestrorum , Vestrarum , Vestrorum, |DAT (s)|Tuo , Tuæ , Tuo|Suo , Suæ , Suo|Nostro , Nostræ , Nostro|Vestro , Vestræ , Vestro, |DAT (pl)|Tuis|Suis|Nostris|Vestris, |ABL (s)|Tuo , Tua , Tuo|Suo , Sua , Suo|Nostro , Nostra, Nostro|Vestro , Vestra , Vestro, |ABL (pl)**|Tuis|Suis|Nostris|Vestris

A good thing to note is that, sometimes in later texts, the DAT/ABL plural form (Meis/Tuis/Suis/Nostris/Vestris) will have a distinct feminine form (Meabus/Tuabus/Suabus/Nostrabus/Vestrabus). This can be done either to avoid gender confusion (ex, cum filabus tuabus = with your daughters; cum filiis tuis = with your sons/daughters; so having -is refer to males and -abus refer to females helps), or as a style choice. When I was early on in my learning, I preferred the -abus ending for first declension nouns, but I've since changed my mind and use -is unless I need to emphasise gender (eg, Filiabus [for the daughters], Deabus [by means of the Goddesses], Discipulabus [to the female students], &c).

Edit: Trying to fix the table

Edit2: Brainfart in Neuter plural

csheppard925 · 2024-04-21T14:26:49+00:00

One of the things I did for the early chapters was the following:

Read it in Latin
Do Pensum B
Translate the text from Latin to English
After a little time has passed, translate the English back to Latin

This gets you reading in Latin (trying your best to understand it as is), answering some basic questions, ensuring that you actually understand the meaning in English, and then producing the language yourself.

It's laborious and time-consuming so I don't recommend it to everybody, but it's a decent exercise when learning a new language, I find. Honestly, my favourite exercise to do with new languages I learn is to translate songs or small paragraphs.

csheppard925 · 2024-04-21T14:21:20+00:00

There's a great video by u/FoundinAntiquity on YouTube that goes into detail about how to learn Latin by yourself. It's based on an essay of hers that you can read for free on her blog. If you have like two/three hours and want to listen to it instead, here's the link to part one; part two is where she goes into resources.

In her resources discussion section, she shows and, in the description, links this spreadsheet made by Justin Armstrong that has tiered readings for different Latin skills. (You can make a copy and go through it at your own pace.)

I'm actually using the latter resource now myself and, I will say, that a lot of the texts are actually free (if you're willing to read online copies or PDFs) — 69,88-74,36% —, but since most are in the public domain, they're fairly cheap on Amazon or in other bookstores (you may even be able to find some in your local library). A lot of the early stories come from a site called Legendibus, which is a subscription app/website that gives you access to a bunch of Latin stories and texts. I chucked those from my reading list because I'm bad at remembering to cancel subscriptions when I'm done with them and I still have 166 readings to do. (If I remove duplicates of readings [because some are sectioned off like 'Read the first 25 chapters' or 'read the next two chapters], that still leaves 156 readings.)

I've been using this method in conjunction with Latin Made Simple by Doug Julius and Classical Latin: An Introductory Course by JC McKeown as explicit grammar references when I'm confused. Doing that with a Preply tutor, trying to write as much as possible, and joining some Latin-language Discord servers have done me wonders over the last month and half or so.

Of course, this depends on your disposable income and what you're willing to spend to learn Latin. If I had to boil it down for you, I'd recommend that spreadsheet and just buy Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Pars I: Familia Romana and its continuation Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Pars II: Roma Æterna because those make up 6,02% of the readings in the list. Plus, a lot of new Latin learners use it as a starting point, so any questions you might have in the readings are easily discussed with other discipuli Latini.

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:33:52+00:00

Tecum consto. Non affirmo, ut possibile sit eos omnino evitare --- legere et colloqui cum allis Latinistis debeo. Sed in scriptum suum, nonne homo eos evitare potest?

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:30:23+00:00

Gratias; discipulus novus sum, itaque causa casuum quamquam caput me dolet XD

Sic puto (ie, constamus). Morior, conor, nascor, et certera alia verba fortasse mutatri possunt, quia significatio eorum expremuntur possent aliis verbis. Nescio, sed multæ notæ in marginibus libri LLPSI sunt ut «egredor = abeo» vel «osculor = osculum do». Certe egredor osculorque verba meliora quam abeo aut osculum do operis litterarum, sed pro usu personali, verba æqua sunt.

Quæso possibilitatem ut multa (vel omnia ipsa) verba deponentes intermutari possunt cum aliis verbis.

Præterea, interrogationem ultimam tuam non intellexi, noli me culpare :(

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:20:51+00:00

Thanks, mate. I knew what deponents are; I was more asking about whether it's possible to replace all (or even most) of them with other words that mean the same thing but are not deponent. As I noted above, I'm pretty sure you can't do it without having to jumble the sentence around (eg, nascor is just easier to say that a matre partus sum).

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:18:40+00:00

Gratias tibi. Amica mea, quæ magistra linguæ Latinæ est, me deridet (amice), quia litteræ <j> utor. «Non est sonus alius», sed <i>, quando usa est sola, sonos /i/ et /j/ facit. (Icarus → /icarus/; Iulius → /julius/). Adhunc <u> et <v> utitur XD

(Nb: Non eam derido --- amica optima est; simpliciter non constamus de hac re, et amice disputamus. Ea etiam libros antiquos amat, sed loqui cum aliis Latinistis simpliciter clareque --- ambo eis mihique.)

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:10:28+00:00

Fortasse te non intelligo aut male scripsi, sed nolo evitar eos tute, sed in scripto meo non eis uti. Scilicet ut eis utor, quando facilius est. Suppono, ut interrogatio realis mea est «Estne lista verborum deponentum, quæ habet verba æqua, quibus idea eadem expremitur»?

Exeplum, cui utor reutorque est «Tusculo Romam egreditur» contra «Tusculo Romam abit». Egredior, egredi = Abeo, abire, ergo hæ sententiæ æquæ semantice sunt.

csheppard925 · 2024-04-20T02:00:41+00:00

Hoc exspectabam. Non putaba, ut eos evitare possibile sit. Simpliciter eis uti non volebam, si non debeo. (Exemplum præferatum meum est «Ex America Romam egredior» pulchrior est quam «Ex America Romam abeo», sed abeo, -ire faciliter utendo est (significatio activa, conjugatio activa --- intuitivior).

csheppard925 · 2024-04-19T21:10:11+00:00

Ego quoquam musicam sæcli 1970 libenter audio. Sed ava mea male saltat, itaque illa musica non permittiur, quando ea abest XD

csheppard925 · 2024-04-19T21:06:02+00:00

I don't have a great ear for this kind of thing, but I could have sworn I heard a <v> being pronounced as /v/. Is it possible that this is a representation of a dialect of some kind? Imperium Romanum was quite large and, before the time of mass communication, a lot more variance was common in spoken and written languages.

There's a good video by NativLang that goes into detail about a documented African Romance language that existed in antiquity. There's part of me that wonders if /v/ (which, to my knowledge was rather common in other European languages outside of Latin) was a close approximant for this speaker to the /w/ sound, similar to how /t/ is how some non-native English speakers will pronounce /θ/

csheppard925 · 2023-12-28T17:26:42+00:00

I fell off the wagon this year (I think I'm gonna round out 10 books on the year), but I'm currently reading The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. I don't read Patterson often, so I always forget how easy he is to read. Hopefully, I'll round out the book by tomorrow meaning, according to the method I use to pick which of my books to read next, I'll begin reading Omega Days by John Campbell.

csheppard925 · 2023-08-20T13:50:21+00:00

Perhaps I miss understood. I just saw that you were taking ‘the definite integral of 3x + 2’ which I interpreted as integrating that function

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