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The first semester of Old English is finished, and I have about 3 weeks before the next semester starts. So I'm enjoying the holidays and enjoying having some free time, but I'm also catching up on some stuff. Also taking next week off from work!
For this class, I did NOT want to go back to the 'old way' of drilling grammar forms. Really, I didn't. But in the end, I do have have to drill some of it.
When I finally realized how the nouns and adjectives work, my mind just rebelled; totally rejected it, and I could barely remember any forms. The reason I had a hard time with it is that the adjectives forms are different from the noun forms but sometimes just enough the same to make it confusing. And adjectives function sort of independently from the nouns they modify.
Example: Strong masculine noun wer (man), adjective god (good):
--> Adjective and noun in Accusative singular: godne wer.
Ok. Different forms, but I can accept it.
--> With the article meaning the or that: þone godne wer.
Notice how the endings are starting to differ?
Example: Strong feminine noun cwen (queen), adjective god (good):
--> Adjective and noun in Genitive singular: godre cwene.
Starting to get different enough that I'm concerned.
--> With the article meaning the or that: þære godan cwene.
This is where my mind rejected it all. They 3 words are very different! 🙄🫨😑
So I realized I was gonna have to drill, baby, drill! I created a spreadsheet to learn from:
And today I created a spreadsheet grid where I can sort the correct forms, then type into a grid to test myself. My score is not great, but also not too bad. I have some work to do, but getting even 75% means I'm remembering a good chunk of it!
For this class, I did NOT want to go back to the 'old way' of drilling grammar forms. Really, I didn't. But in the end, I do have have to drill some of it.
When I finally realized how the nouns and adjectives work, my mind just rebelled; totally rejected it, and I could barely remember any forms. The reason I had a hard time with it is that the adjectives forms are different from the noun forms but sometimes just enough the same to make it confusing. And adjectives function sort of independently from the nouns they modify.
Example: Strong masculine noun wer (man), adjective god (good):
--> Adjective and noun in Accusative singular: godne wer.
Ok. Different forms, but I can accept it.
--> With the article meaning the or that: þone godne wer.
Notice how the endings are starting to differ?
Example: Strong feminine noun cwen (queen), adjective god (good):
--> Adjective and noun in Genitive singular: godre cwene.
Starting to get different enough that I'm concerned.
--> With the article meaning the or that: þære godan cwene.
This is where my mind rejected it all. They 3 words are very different! 🙄🫨😑
So I realized I was gonna have to drill, baby, drill! I created a spreadsheet to learn from:
And today I created a spreadsheet grid where I can sort the correct forms, then type into a grid to test myself. My score is not great, but also not too bad. I have some work to do, but getting even 75% means I'm remembering a good chunk of it!
