Luminus Dormiens

Hey! I'm teaching myself Latin with the book, Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin. Of course, it's just beginner's latin, but I wouldn't know what Latin really is. I really hope it didn't cut away any part that might help me learn Latin better. It's really inconsistent, however logical. The language is. The ending -ae for feminine nouns apparently mean both plural and the genitive case. In case you don't know, genitive means "of [something]." So we have silva, which means "the wood." To say silvae means to say either "the woods" or "of the wood." I guess you'd have to figure out from the context of the sentence the meaning of silvae.

If I succeed in learning Latin, I'm going to compose a poem!!! Wish me luck.

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