Myra Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi- Here's my question....is there a difference bwt classical and eccel. Latin besides the pronounciation? Are the conjugations, declensions, etc. the same in each? Why I ask... my kids are about 1/2 the way through Latina Chrisitiana II and I really like the program. I was hoping to continue on in the Fall with Cambridge Latin. So I didn't want to finish/continue with LCII (where 3rd declension nouns are taught, verb principal parts, and more conjugations) if everything needs to be relearned in the Fall. Thanks, Myra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 The grammar is the same. There are some difference in vocabulary if you are reading later Latin (e.g., medieval) texts, but at the level you're talking about, that's not something you need to worry about. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thanks .....one less thing to have to consider! Myra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinteach Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi- Here's my question....is there a difference bwt classical and eccel. Latin besides the pronounciation? Are the conjugations, declensions, etc. the same in each? Why I ask... my kids are about 1/2 the way through Latina Chrisitiana II and I really like the program. I was hoping to continue on in the Fall with Cambridge Latin. So I didn't want to finish/continue with LCII (where 3rd declension nouns are taught, verb principal parts, and more conjugations) if everything needs to be relearned in the Fall. Thanks, Myra You'll be fine! You can keep on going with your third declension nouns, principal parts and conjugations! Cambridge is a reading-based textbook, so they do present the grammar in a slightly different way. It's the exact same grammar but presented in a more functional way. The first chapter of the book presents the nominative case and third person present tense in order to teach subject-verb agreement and present the most simple sentence structure. They then bring in the ablative case (in + ablative) to teach a basic use of that case. Next comes the accusative, in order to teach the most common Latin sentence structure, which is subject-object-verb. Genitive is taught later. This doesn't contradict how you've learned the declensions in your other textbook. I'd simply suggest using blank declension charts set up the way that you had them in LC and filling them in as you review them in the first chapters of Cambridge. You'll encounter all three declensions right away (1st, 2nd and 3rd) in the first chapters of Cambridge, so it's certainly not dumbed down. A major strength of Cambridge is that it teaches students how to read Latin in natural word order and has a good focus on syntax. Syntax is how all the grammar works together in order to form clauses, phrases and sentences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 There may be differences in spelling too, since classical latin didn't have the 'J' letter, but ecclesiastical latin does. My current dictionnary drives me batty because it uses the 'J' but my classes don't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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