This volume contains a student’s manual with a guide to pronunciation and instructions on key points in each chapter of Familia Romana.
“Num is an interrogative (i.e. asking) particle, like -ne, but a question beginning with num implies a negative answer” (Page 10)
“If it ends (c) in a short vowel, the penultimate is unaccented and the accent falls on the preceding syllable” (Page 6)
“The penultimate is accented unless it ends in a short vowel, in which case the antepenultimate is accented” (Page 6) |
“When no person is involved, the ablative is used without ab/ā, e.g. Cornēlius equō vehitur; Lȳdia verbīs Mēdī dēlectātur. The simple ablative here indicates means or cause.” (Page 16)
“It is the fundamental function of the ablative (with or without a preposition) to denote ‘place from which’.” (Page 16)