Lesson 1 – Introduction to Grammar

Question 1

What is Grammar?

Answer 1

Grammar is the art of speaking and writing well.

Question 2

Where does Grammar get its name?

Answer 2

Grammar gets its name from the Greek word gramma, which signifies “a letter”.

Question 3

How many letters are used in Latin?

Answer 3

In Latin, twenty-three letters are used: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, X, Y, Z.

Question 4

What is the 1st Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 4

Aa

Question 5

What is the 2nd Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 5

Bb

Question 6

What is the 3rd Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 6

Cc

Question 7

What is the 4th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 7

Dd

Question 8

What is the 5th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 8

Ee

Question 9

What is the 6th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 9

Ff

Question 10

What is the 7th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 10

Gg

Question 11

What is the 8th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 11

Hh

Question 12

What is the 9th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 12

Ii

Question 13

What is the 10th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 13

Kk

Question 14

What is the 11th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 14

Ll

Question 15

What is the 12th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 15

Mm

Question 16

What is the 13th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 16

Nn

Question 17

What is the 14th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 17

Oo

Question 18

What is the 15th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 18

Pp

Question 19

What is the 16th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 19

Qq

Question 20

What is the 17th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 20

Rr

Question 21

What is the 18th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 21

Ss

Question 22

What is the 19th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 22

Tt

Question 23

What is the 20th Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 23

Vv

Question 24

What is the 21st Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 24

Xx

Question 25

What is the 22nd Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 25

Yy

Question 26

What is the 23rd Latin letter, and how is it pronounced?

Answer 26

Zz

Question 27

How are the letters divided?

Answer 27

The letters are divided into vowels and consonants.

Question 28

How many vowels are there in Latin?

Answer 28

In Latin, there are five vowels: A, E, I, O and U. Y is a Greek vowel and is found only in words coming from Greek.

Question 29

Why are these called vowels?

Answer 29

These are called vowels because they make a perfect voice when pronounced alone.

Question 30

How many consonants are there?

Answer 30

There are sixteen consonants. H seems to be a consonant, but is only a note of aspiration.

Question 31

Why are they called consonants?

Answer 31

They are called consonants because when joined with vowels, they make a sound with them.

Question 32

What is a diphthong?

Answer 32

A diphthong is a conjunction of two vowels in the same syllable.

Question 33

How is a diphthong to be pronounced?

Answer 33

A diphthong is to be pronounced with a double sound, so that each vowel of which it is compounded may be heard.

Question 34

How many diphthongs are there?

Answer 34

Six: AE, AU, EI, EU, OE, UI; as in Nostrae, Laus, Dei, Euge, Coeli, Tui.

Question 35

How is the diphthong AE pronounced?

Answer 35

AE as in Nostrae.

Question 36

How is the diphthong AU pronounced?

Answer 36

AU as in Laus.

Question 37

How is the diphthong EI pronounced?

Answer 37

EI as in Dei.

Question 38

How is the diphthong EU pronounced?

Answer 38

EU as in Euge.

Question 39

How is the diphthong OE pronounced?

Answer 39

OE as in Coeli.

Question 40

How is the diphthong UI pronounced?

Answer 40

UI as in Tui.

Question 41

Of what is a syllable made?

Answer 41

A syllable is made of one or more letters.

Question 42

Of what is a word made?

Answer 42

A Word is made of one or more syllables, as Mors (death) and Do-mi-num (the Lord).

Question 43

Of what is speech made?

Answer 43

Speech is made of one or more words, as Euge! (Well done!) and Dominum laudate (Praise the Lord).

Question 44

How many parts of speech are there?

Answer 44

There are eight parts of speech: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Participle; Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection. The first four are declined, the last four are undeclined.