https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMhOlxDaFCo
[1] studeō litterīs classicīs │ I study Classics
There are a number of verbs in Latin which are followed by the dative case; this topic will be covered in depth when the third level is introduced in the group. However, I’ve listed two links to the Latin Tutorial videos which will give an explanation at this stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW4sAIcZBFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fi30NwfGaA&t=130s
The original Classical Latin meaning of studeō, -ēre, -uī [2] is much broader than merely ‘study’; it has the idea of ‘dedicating oneself / being devoted to something’, hence the dative case; the meaning of ‘study’ i.e. to apply oneself to learning emerges in Late / Mediaeval Latin.
[2] Examples of the passive voice with the distinctive -ur ending:
invenit │(s)he / it finds > invenītur │(s)he / it is found
appellat │ (s)he addresses / calls somebody by name > hoc aedificium quod appellātur … │this building which is called …
[3] loquor │ I (am) speak(ing); loquimur │ we (are) speak(ing) are examples of deponent verbs; these are verbs which look passive but are active. Compare:
[i] invenītur │it is found (passive)
[ii] loquitur │he speaks / is speaking (active)
Again, there are some very detailed posts coming up on this topic when Level 3 is introduced in the group, but the link below will give you information now:
https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/101/Deponent.pdf
