Salvete.
I’m really enjoying learning this language. LLPSI is an excellent resource and I would recommend it to anyone.
This forum has been a great help to me. I have felt able to progress without asking, neigh pestering, others for support for the past few chapters of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata. That was until I came across this sentence. Magister vero hoc non animadvertit. That was yesterday. So I went away and came back afresh. I reread the passage and when I reached this sentence I find myself asking the same question. Why is it ‘hoc’. I’m assuming that ‘this’ refers to something that’s neuter but what?
I apologise for coming along with what I’m guessing is a simple question but my learning style is based around chasing up lines of enquiry and generally seeking ‘perfection’ in my understanding. I could have just skipped past this question but if I did it would have been like a small stone in my shoe. So, I’m hoping that somebody will be so kind as to provide pointers that might prove productive, please.
Why ‘hoc’ LLPSI. Capitulum duodevicesimum. all 130,131?
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Re: Why ‘hoc’ LLPSI. Capitulum duodevicesimum. all 130,131?
hoc = id quod Mārcus dīcit/facit. (I don't have the book under the eyes, but it refers to what happens just before)
Hence the neutral, because it's an unnamed action.
Hence the neutral, because it's an unnamed action.
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Re: Why ‘hoc’ LLPSI. Capitulum duodevicesimum. all 130,131?
Thanks.
I seem to have had a bit of a blind spot there. I can see clearly now and I’m very pleased. Right, onward!
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I seem to have had a bit of a blind spot there. I can see clearly now and I’m very pleased. Right, onward!
Vale
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Re: Why ‘hoc’ LLPSI. Capitulum duodevicesimum. all 130,131?
In Latin, each time you want to refer a sentence, you must use a neuter pronoun.unanimus wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:45 am Salvete.
I’m really enjoying learning this language. LLPSI is an excellent resource and I would recommend it to anyone.
This forum has been a great help to me. I have felt able to progress without asking, neigh pestering, others for support for the past few chapters of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata. That was until I came across this sentence. Magister vero hoc non animadvertit. That was yesterday. So I went away and came back afresh. I reread the passage and when I reached this sentence I find myself asking the same question. Why is it ‘hoc’. I’m assuming that ‘this’ refers to something that’s neuter but what?
Marcus dicit se parentibus suis pariturum esse, quod iam dixerat antea. the antecedent of quod is the full sentence.
Quaedam persona: Bonum animun habete, amici, nam mox tuti a periculis erimus, Hoc illis dixit ut ei non timerent.
Hoc refers to the former sentence.
I am studyng Lingua Latine myself too. Be strong and you will understand latin.