Latin Language Survey

This survey is to help me know where everyone is in his/her study of Latin, so I can facilitate your learning better – that means pitching the class at the correct level, and also providing more challenging materials and more effective review materials for those who need or want them. NO ONE IS EXPCTED TO KNOW EVERYTHING or even most of it, and if you have never heard of (for example) the passive periphrastic, well, that is not surprising. Also, YOU MAY KNOW THE ELEMENT but not know its grammatical name – if you are not sure, you can put a question mark beside it or make a note or ask me. Also, DO NOT OVERSTATE your insecurities – even if the material from class so far has been a cold shower in the waters of linguistic complexity, remember where you DO feel confident and answer accordingly.

As we go through the semester, you can reassess your progress, and find places where you need to review (either on your own, or with help, or through requesting class time and exercises to get it down), and note where you have learned new material.

Categories:

1 = I know this material very well, don’t need to review it

2 = I know this material pretty well, but I could use some review

3 = I can understand this material pretty well when I see it in a reading passage, but I am not sure how to make the forms or use it actively

4 = I have studied this material, but I don’t remember it well

5 = I have never seen this material

Material	Your Self-Assessment
Nouns and Adjectives (Cases)
understand the principle parts of a verb’s dictionary form	1 2 3 4 5
the first declension (recognizing and making forms)	1 2 3 4 5
2^nd declension (recognizing and making forms)	1 2 3 4 5
3^rd declension (recognizing and making forms)	1 2 3 4 5
telling which word is in which declension	1 2 3 4 5
using/recognizing/reading the nominative case	1 2 3 4 5
using/recognizing/reading the accusative case	1 2 3 4 5
using/recognizing/reading the genitive case	1 2 3 4 5
using/recognizing/reading the dative case	1 2 3 4 5
using/recognizing/reading the ablative case	1 2 3 4 5
Misc. Noun/Addjective things
recognizing prepositional phrases	1 2 3 4 5
understand and recognize comparatives and superlatives	1 2 3 4 5
form comparatives and superlatives	1 2 3 4 5
recognize adverbs	1 2 3 4 5
form adverbs from nouns	1 2 3 4 5
Verb Tenses
reading the present tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forming the present tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
reading the imperfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forming the imperfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
reading the future tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forming the future tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
reading the perfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forming the perfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
reading the pluperfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forming the pluperfect tense (active indicative)	1 2 3 4 5
forms of sum and possum (in tenses you know)	1 2 3 4 5
forms of eo and /or fero (in tenses you know)	1 2 3 4 5
forms of volo, nolo, malo (in tenses you know)	1 2 3 4 5
recognize dative direct objects with some verbs (e.g. credo)	1 2 3 4 5
Verbs: Passive Voice, Subjunctives
passive voice (present, imperfect, future)	1 2 3 4 5
passive voice (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect)	1 2 3 4 5
deponent verbs
present subjunctive (forms)	1 2 3 4 5
imperfect subjunctive (forms)	1 2 3 4 5
perfect subjunctive (forms)	1 2 3 4 5
pluperfect subjunctive (forms)	1 2 3 4 5
jussive subjunctves (used as commands)	1 2 3 4 5
Purpose clauses with subjunctives	1 2 3 4 5
Indirect questions	1 2 3 4 5
Verbal forms
infinitives: present active	1 2 3 4 5
infinitives: perfect active	1 2 3 4 5
infinitives: present passive
infinitives: perfect passive
read present active participles (e.g. amans)	1 2 3 4 5
form present active participles	1 2 3 4 5
read perfect passive participles (e.g. amatus)	1 2 3 4 5
form perfect passive participles	1 2 3 4 5
read future active participles (e.g. amaturus)	1 2 3 4 5
form future active participles	1 2 3 4 5
read future passive participles (e.g. amandus)	1 2 3 4 5
form future active participles	1 2 3 4 5
understand and read ablative absolutes	1 2 3 4 5
Misc.
recognize and read forms of various pronouns (hic, haec, hoc, ille, illa, illud etc.)	1 2 3 4 5
write the forms of various pronouns	1 2 3 4 5
write the foms of the relative pronoun	1 2 3 4 5
read relative clauses	1 2 3 4 5
condtional sentences:understand simple conditions	1 2 3 4 5
understand types of conditional sentences that use the subjunctive	1 2 3 4 5
know how to form these kinds of sentences	1 2 3 4 5
understand and read indirect speech (i.e. w/infinitive)	1 2 3 4 5
actively use indirect speech	1 2 3 4 5
understand and read the active periphrastic	1 2 3 4 5
understand and read the passive periphrastic	1 2 3 4 5
understand and read the gerundive	1 2 3 4 5

Feedback on Reading Passages:

How hard/easy was it?

1 = This passage was easy.

2 = I had to think about it, but I got most of it.

3 = I found it very hard and missed about half of it, but when we went over it, I understood most of it.

4 = I was really stuck when I tried on my own, and didn’t understand it even after we’d gone over it.

My main problem(s) was/were (pick one or two)

A= I didn’t know enough vocabulary.

B = I didn’t recognize the case endings to figure out who was doing what

C = I was not used to poetry and the word order confused me.

D = No real problems; I was able to guess what I didn’t know

E = I understood all of it without much difficulty

Passage	Difficulty	Problems
Minucia epitaph	1 2 3 4	A B C D E
p. 9 epitaph	1 2 3 4	A B C D E
Claudia epitaph	1 2 3 4	A B C D E
Maeconia Severina	1 2 3 4	A B C D E