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Jerry111
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I have seen posts from time to time concerning learning Latin
For anyone interested, after struggling along slowly with the famous Wheelock’s Latin, I came across an excellent Latin course:
Latina Lingua: Pars 1: Familia Romana (Text Book)
Hans Orberg
Hardcover $28.00 ($18.48 at Amazon.com) Paperback $18.00 ($12.24 at Amazon)
Be sure to also get the CD version
Lingua Latina: (PC/CD-ROM) Pars I: Familia Romana-Interactive CD Rom
$32.95 ($21.75 at Amazon)
The CD contains the same text as the book and is read aloud by a proficient speaker. It’s perfectly possible to just use the CD version. I just like having a text book for reading on the couch etc.
The course is based on the life of a Roman family in the 2nd Century, though the girl friend of the family’s runaway slave is a Christian who towards the middle of the course saves a sinking ship by praying to Jesus.
This is a “complete emersion” course- No English used in either the text or CD! This is not a problem at first, but as the material advances I found it well worth the money to purchase the following supplementary workbook which contains vocabulary translations and grammar lessons for each chapter.
Lingua Latina: A College Companion based on Hans Orberg’s Latine Disco with Vocabulary and Grammar
Jeanne Marie Neumann
$27.00 ($17.82 at Amazon)
Pick up a good dictionary, and maybe a verb book, and you’re in business for under $90
This is not liturgical Latin, however, after ten or so chapters I found it rather easy to start following traditional prayers in Latin and then expanding my vocabulary.
There are a number of online sources for prayers in Latin and even the entire Latin Mass.
Anyone who would like to have the basic prayers and Rosary in Latin in MS Word format can send me a personal message with their e-mail address and I will reply with an attachment.
Bona Fortuna
Jerry
For anyone interested, after struggling along slowly with the famous Wheelock’s Latin, I came across an excellent Latin course:
Latina Lingua: Pars 1: Familia Romana (Text Book)
Hans Orberg
Hardcover $28.00 ($18.48 at Amazon.com) Paperback $18.00 ($12.24 at Amazon)
Be sure to also get the CD version
Lingua Latina: (PC/CD-ROM) Pars I: Familia Romana-Interactive CD Rom
$32.95 ($21.75 at Amazon)
The CD contains the same text as the book and is read aloud by a proficient speaker. It’s perfectly possible to just use the CD version. I just like having a text book for reading on the couch etc.
The course is based on the life of a Roman family in the 2nd Century, though the girl friend of the family’s runaway slave is a Christian who towards the middle of the course saves a sinking ship by praying to Jesus.
This is a “complete emersion” course- No English used in either the text or CD! This is not a problem at first, but as the material advances I found it well worth the money to purchase the following supplementary workbook which contains vocabulary translations and grammar lessons for each chapter.
Lingua Latina: A College Companion based on Hans Orberg’s Latine Disco with Vocabulary and Grammar
Jeanne Marie Neumann
$27.00 ($17.82 at Amazon)
Pick up a good dictionary, and maybe a verb book, and you’re in business for under $90
This is not liturgical Latin, however, after ten or so chapters I found it rather easy to start following traditional prayers in Latin and then expanding my vocabulary.
There are a number of online sources for prayers in Latin and even the entire Latin Mass.
Anyone who would like to have the basic prayers and Rosary in Latin in MS Word format can send me a personal message with their e-mail address and I will reply with an attachment.
Bona Fortuna
Jerry