Lesson 10 - Third Declension

Lesson 10 - Third Declension

Author: Liam Connerly June 13, 2021 Duration: 24:41
Here we dive into our “catch-all” declension, as I like to call it. With being given a new declension (Yes, I speak in passive voice sometime, don’t @ me), we are essentially given a whole new set of vocabulary. There is both bonus et malus news with this chapter

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