I have started First Form Latin with my son and we are having difficulties with the accents. Specifically in trying to determine where the accents go once the verb is conjugated. I am especially talking about the visual accents that you see when reading the printed conjugation.
For example:
1st conjugation-present system--> habito (accent on the antepenult)
present:
habito (accent on antepenult) habitamus
habitas (accent on the antepenult) habitatis
habitat (accent on the antepunult) habitant (accent on the antepenult)
imperfect:
habitatabam habitabamus
habitabas habitabatis
habitabat habitabant
future:
habitabo habitabimus (accent on the antepenult)
habitabis habitabitis (accent on the antepenult)
habitatbit habitabunt
So my question is how are we to know where and when we should be putting an accent once we conjugate. I only knew the correct ones for this verb because it was a question on one of the worksheets and I had the answers in the answer key. Is there some sort of process that was explained that I somehow missed? Or will it be explained later in the curriculum? It seems to be stressed throughout that we need to be learning the CORRECT spelling, so I would really like to figure all this accent puzzle out so that I (oh, yeah, and my son) can accomplish this.
Oh, and of course we are confused when it is the same vice versa. For instance in the 1st conjugation, future tense for amo we have amabimus (accent on the antepenult) and amabitis (accent on the antepenult).
Thanks for the help!!
For example:
1st conjugation-present system--> habito (accent on the antepenult)
present:
habito (accent on antepenult) habitamus
habitas (accent on the antepenult) habitatis
habitat (accent on the antepunult) habitant (accent on the antepenult)
imperfect:
habitatabam habitabamus
habitabas habitabatis
habitabat habitabant
future:
habitabo habitabimus (accent on the antepenult)
habitabis habitabitis (accent on the antepenult)
habitatbit habitabunt
So my question is how are we to know where and when we should be putting an accent once we conjugate. I only knew the correct ones for this verb because it was a question on one of the worksheets and I had the answers in the answer key. Is there some sort of process that was explained that I somehow missed? Or will it be explained later in the curriculum? It seems to be stressed throughout that we need to be learning the CORRECT spelling, so I would really like to figure all this accent puzzle out so that I (oh, yeah, and my son) can accomplish this.
Oh, and of course we are confused when it is the same vice versa. For instance in the 1st conjugation, future tense for amo we have amabimus (accent on the antepenult) and amabitis (accent on the antepenult).
Thanks for the help!!
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