Latin for Research: Beginner's level intense short course - Schedule Nov 2026

16-27 November 2026, 5-6.30pm (UK time). Tutor: Valeria Cesaraccio

All materials for the sessions will be provided on Microsoft Teams. Course schedule below.

Session 1 (Mon 16 Nov)

Session 1 (Monday 16 November 2026, 17:00-18:30 UK time)

Course overview and expectations; useful tools.

Rules of Latin pronunciation: consonants, vowels and quantity, stress.
Parts of speech and their general features.
Noun and adjective: case, gender and number, declensions.
Verb: mood and tense, active and passive, conjugations.
Word order and sentence structure.

Session 2 (Weds 18 Nov)

Session 2 (Wednesday 18th November 2026, 17:00-18:30 UK time)

First two declensions.
Personal pronouns.
Possessive adjectives.
The paradigm of a verb and how to use it.
Regular and irregular verbs.
Present and past of the indicative: general features and function.
Present and past of the verb ‘to be’.
Work on short sentences: recognize subject and object; identify the case.

Session 3 (Fri 20 Nov)

Session 3 (Friday 20th November 2026, 17:00-18:30 UK time)

Future of the indicative: general features and function.
Prepositions: how they work, what they express.
How to express time and space.
Prepositions as prefixes in verbs (compound verbs).
Third declension: general features and how to find the nominative.
Perfect indicative: general features and function.
Work on short sentences.

Session 4 (Mon 23 Nov)

Session 4 (Monday 23rd November 2026, 17:00-18:30 UK time)

Fourth and fifth declensions.

Pluperfect and future perfect: general features and function.

Main and subordinate clause.
Subjunctive and its function.
Subordinate clauses: how to express purpose.
Work on sentences: how to identify a main and a subordinate clause.

Session 5 (Weds 25 Nov) Session 6 (Fri 27 Nov)