You go first! After you!

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RandallButh
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Re: You go first! After you!

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BTW, the principal parts of ἅγω may be sung to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas." Try it:

ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον, ἥχα, ἤγμαι, ἤχθην. :lol:
In the neighborhood of 'B', Mi mi mi...:

that is not how I would learn,
- if I wanted fluency
use each one in its own place,
- then you have it nat'rally.
(same tune)
Barry Hofstetter
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Re: You go first! After you!

Post by Barry Hofstetter »

RandallButh wrote: July 15th, 2017, 3:03 am
BTW, the principal parts of ἅγω may be sung to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas." Try it:

ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον, ἥχα, ἤγμαι, ἤχθην. :lol:
In the neighborhood of 'B', Mi mi mi...:

that is not how I would learn,
- if I wanted fluency
use each one in its own place,
- then you have it nat'rally.
(same tune)
τοῦτο φιλῶ! Of course, fluency comes through using the language in various contexts. But memorization can still be a useful tool, one of the building blocks in providing a foundation for fluency.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, M.A., Th.M.
Ph.D. Student U of FL
Instructor of Latin
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
καὶ σὺ τὸ σὸν ποιήσεις κἀγὼ τὸ ἐμόν. ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε.
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