This is a first contact with the Latin language, aimed at assimilating the basic elements of its structure and learning the most frequently used vocabulary, in order to create a solid foundation on which to graft the rest of the learning process.

• Grammar:
  • First, the goal is to familiarize with the case system, knowing its forms and main uses, and with the mechanisms of agreement, namely:
  • The 5 declensions
  • Functions of the cases
  • Use of cases with the main prepositions
  • 1st and 2nd class adjectives, noun/adjective agreements, comparatives and superlatives
  • Furthermore, the main elements of the pronoun system are presented:
  • Personal pronouns
  • Reflexive pronouns
  • Basic demonstrative pronouns (is, ea, id/hic, haec, hoc/ille, illa, illud)
  • Relative pronouns
  • Interrogative pronouns
  • Some indefinite pronouns
  • Regarding the verbal system, the most frequent elements that allow the construction of more complex sentences are presented. These particularly include:
  • Present indicative of active and passive conjugations (3rd person) and of irregular verbs
  • Positive imperative
  • Present active and passive infinitive
  • From a syntactic point of view, finally, the main forms of coordination and subordination in the indicative and the infinitive clauses are presented.
    
    
• Vocabulary:
  • The most frequently used vocabulary in the Latin language is introduced along with some in-depth studies that include:
  • Natural elements, time and calendar
  • Daily activities in ancient Rome
  • Body parts
  • The house and the city
  • The family
  • Military vocabulary
    
    

For practical reasons, it is noted that these contents are also approximately present in Familia Romana chapters I-XIII.

The goal is to deepen the basic knowledge acquired in Level A1 by approaching more complex texts from a temporal and syntactic point of view. A deeper understanding of the case system is accompanied by knowledge of a solid verbal base.

• Grammar:
  • The case system is deepened, with its main forms and uses, as well as the most frequent irregular forms, and basic elements of case syntax are also introduced.
  • The pronoun system is then deepened:
  • Demonstrative pronouns (idem, eadem, idem/iste, ista, istud/ipse, ipsa ipsum)
  • Interrogative pronouns (quisnam)
  • Indefinite pronouns (quisque, quaeque, quodque/aliquis, aliquid/quisquam)
  • Pronominal adjectives
  • The system of adverbs and numerals (cardinal/ordinal/distributive) is presented.
  • In particular, the verbal system is further elaborated by specifically addressing:
  • Deponent verbs
  • Conjugation, in active and passive forms, of the main tenses of the indicative: present, imperfect, future, perfect, and pluperfect. Notes on consecutio temporum
  • Uses and declension of present, perfect, and future participles
  • Active and passive infinitive present, perfect, future
  • Uses and functions of the supine
  • Positive and negative imperative of active and deponent verbs
  • Uses and declension of the gerund
  • Active periphrastic
  • From a syntactic point of view, finally, the main forms of coordination and subordination in the indicative, the infinitive clauses, the ablative absolute are further explored.
    
    
• Vocabulary:
  • The most frequently used vocabulary in the Latin language is introduced along with some in-depth studies that include:
  • School
  • Navigation
  • Natural elements
  • The family
  • Daily activities
  • Further study of military vocabulary
    
    

For practical reasons, it is noted that these contents are also approximately present in Familia Romana chapters XIV-XXVI.