LJBcA02a Latin Grammar III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 1. 10. to Sun 14. 12. Wed 10:50–12:25 zrusena M25, Mon 10:50–12:25 C42, Mon 15. 9. to Tue 30. 9. Wed 10:50–12:25 VP
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LJBcA02 Latin Grammar II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
reproduce grammatical rules and paradigms studied within the course (vide syllabus of the course);
use basic Latin grammatical terminology associated with the grammar studied within the course;
apply grammatical rules in translating sentences into Latin and into Czech;
describe the grammatical structure of a clause and distinguish morphological and syntactic devices used in the sentence;
use synonymous expressive means to express selected grammatical phenomena;
learn by heart selected Latin vocabulary (with emphasis on verbs).
Syllabus
  • Future active participle, active periphrastic conjugation, supine; subjective and objective genitive.
  • Perfect active infinitive, perfect passive infinitive, future active infinitive, future passive infinitive. Use of infinitives in the accusative with infinitive construction.
  • Direct questions. Indefinite pronouns (indefinite relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns)
  • Nominative with infinitive construction. Construction after verbs iubeo and veto.
  • Perfect conjunctive and plusquamperfect conjunctive active and passive.
  • Use of the perfect conjunctive and plusquamperfect conjunctive in subordinate clauses (cum historicum, conditional clauses)
  • Indirect questions, conjunctive sequence of tenses.
  • Gerundive. Use in infinitive constructions.
  • Gerund Gerund and gerundive construction, construction after verbs like dare.
  • Irregular verbs velle, nolle, malle. Expression of negation in Latin - survey of all possibilities.
  • Irregular verb ferre and compounds, irregular verb ire and compounds.
  • Irregular verb fieri. Semideponent verbs and preterito-present verbs memini, odi, verb coepi.
Literature
    required literature
  • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 2. díl. (Basic Course of Latin. Volume 2.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6499-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Základní latinská mluvnice. 2. vyd., 1. vyd. v H & H. Praha: H & H, 1992, 297 s. ISBN 80-85467-91-7. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Josef M., Josef SEDLÁČEK and František NOVOTNÝ. Latinsko-český slovník., A-K [Pražák, 1955]. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, viii, 743. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Josef Miroslav, František NOVOTNÝ and Josef SEDLÁČEK. Latinsko-český slovník. Vyd. 17., v SPN 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, 684 s. info
    recommended literature
  • PECH, Jiří. Latina pro gymnázia. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leda, 1994, 406 s. ISBN 80-901664-6-6. info
  • PECH, Jiří. Latina pro gymnázia. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leda, 1996, 471 s. ISBN 808592711X. info
  • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 2. díl. (Basic Course of Latin. Volume 2.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6499-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Latina pro posluchače filozofické fakulty. Vyd. 9. přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 339 s. ISBN 8021026766. info
  • Latinsko-český slovník. Edited by Josef Miroslav Pražák - František Novotný - Josef Sedláček. 20. vyd. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1999, 1425 s. ISBN 80-85917-51-3. info
  • GHISELLI, Alfredo and Gabriela CONCIALINI. Il nuovo libro di latino - vol. I. Teoria. V ristampa. Bari: Laterza, 2002, 550 pp. ISBN 88-421-0322-5. info
  • QUITT, Zdeněk and Pavel KUCHARSKÝ. Latinská mluvnice. 3. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 202 s. URL info
  • Oxford English dictionary (Variant.) : The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Vol. 1, A-M : The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Vol. 2, N-Z. info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:LJBcA02a!
Teaching methods
Lectures, practice, homework, reading of simple Latin texts, translation.
Assessment methods
Several written grammar tests take place during the semester. At the same time, students have to prove knowledge of Latin verbs listed in Novotny's grammar (see bibliography). Attendance to the tests is obligatory. Class attendance is obligatory, students can be absent five times without providing an excuse.
Requirements fot taking an exam:
  • Reach average success rate of 75% in all the grammar tests;
  • Reach success rate of 75% in the last test;
  • Reach success rate of 75% in all the verb tests;
    • If students fail the tests, they have to pass a final comprehensive test (they have two attempts).

    Exam:
    Exam is a written test and an oral examination, which examines the theoretical as well as practical understanding of the Latin grammar covered. In the written test, students have to prove their knowledge of the morphological forms, contained in the book Základní latinská mluvnice by F. Novotný (see recommended bibliography). Students have to show their skills by reading and translating selected passages of Ceasar's Gallic wars (1st and 6th book). Students cannot use a dictionary.

    Colloquium:
    Students of Classical Greek or other fields of study than Latin language and literature can take colloquium instead of an exam.
    Requirements for passing colloquium:
  • Reach average success rate of 75% in all the grammar tests
    • If students fail the tests, they have to pass a final comprehensive test (succes rate of 75%).
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    Information on completion of the course: Studenti latiny zapisují ukončení zkouškou.
    The course is taught annually.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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