Learning a Little Latin

It seems according to Gemini AI, the version I was taught was more gramatically correct (but not omnia rather omnis) ending with the verb "est". But Caesar did not write it that way because he wanted some kind of different emphasis. The teachers of Latin modified it so as to teach gramatically correct Latin.

 

So Gemini knows Latin better than Caesar?

Verb at the end is the default but it's not required, the verb can go anywhere in a clause for emphasis.

 

We are splitting hairs now. Latin as it was taught in my day had the verb at the end. That is why teachers modified Caesar's writing. Caesar used a different construction for a different emphasis and writer's licence. The fact that it is just someone's blog is not the point. That is the version I remember and others too. I can't explain why it would be Omnia but there you go. I can explain why the sentence ended with the verb.

 

I'm not doubting your memory but what's taught in school isn't necessarily correct; if Omnia was indeed used then this would be a blatant example of that.

I also have a personal distaste for when authentic quotes are modified for teaching purposes (nothing to do with anyone here, of course).

 

On a semi related note, while we're on the subject of language learning pedagogy, has anyone taken any of the new immersion type courses? I took Polish a couple years ago from someone who favored this approach and it was horrific. Seemed like a method of equalizing outcomes through terrible methodology. (but everyone had similar grades so yay equality! that means no students were favored! ugh.).

 

I agree. I would never have suspected that we were being taught something that was not the original writing of Caesar. Perhaps this was a botched attempt to adhere to a rigid grammar for pedagogical purposes.

 

In Nomine Iesu, Omne Genu Flectatur -
"In the name of Jesus, every knee shall bend."