How to easily learn Latin?

[Holly3278]

Hi everyone. What would you suggest to easily learn Latin so that way one can more understand the Traditional Latin Mass?

 

[ljubim]

I’d also like to learn the Latin mass! I’ll definitely keep and eye on this

 

[JRKH]

Here is a **link to a printable booklet **from EWTN that has the Latin and English translations for the Mass.

This should help some.
I did run across a site that had latin pronunciation help but don’t seem to be able to find it just yet.
Found it - HERE

I remember, as a child learning to serve mass, we had cards with the phonetic pronuciation of the Latin to help us. Unfortunately I have not been able to find any such thing today. I’d love to have one.

Hope the above helps you though.

Peace
James

 

[warpspeedpetey]

Hi everyone. What would you suggest to easily learn Latin so that way one can more understand the Traditional Latin Mass?

yes, i prefer the high pressure method. buy the largest, most complex and in depth latin tome you can find…

then beat your head against it until you have learned all that latin by high pressure pulsed osmosis method.

 

[tee_eff_em]

Do a tag search for learn latin.

Most of (ahem) my favorite tips are on these threads (many duplicate entries):

[thread=121562]LATIN: Language Study Resources[/thread]

Sticky: [thread=173658]Latin resources[/thread]

Also, for some particularly non-traditional (ie non-grammar based) advice:
[thread=371925]How can I make learning this language easier?[/thread]

tee

 

[Holly3278]

Hmmm ok, thanks everyone! I will definitely print out that booklet from EWTN sometime and I will give the links that Tee_Eff_Em gave as well.

 

[Breviarylover]

I use Fr. Henle.

memoriapress.com/articles/henle.html

 

[mick321]

Not so easy, but well worth it.

latin-mass-society.org/simplicissimus/index.htm

Welcome to the varsity.
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[peregrinus_WA]

yes, i prefer the high pressure method. buy the largest, most complex and in depth latin tome you can find…

then beat your head against it until you have learned all that latin by high pressure pulsed osmosis method.

Get two of the same tomb and use this:

http://www.wood-carving-guide.com/uploaded_images/wood-clamp-424-766766.jpg

Constant high pressure

 

[Cluny]

It must not be too hard.

There was a time 2000 years ago that even little children spoke Latin.

 

[JuanCarlos]

If the goal is learning the Latin found in the traditional Mass, it would probably be easier (and more worthwhile) to memorize the prayers and responses; as an altar server, I was obliged to do so, and now it’s so ingrained in my mind that I understand the Latin just as well as the English.

It’s not too bad- take “Gloria in excelsis Deo”. You don’t have to know that Deo is dative, excelsis is ablative, and gloria is nominative- as long as you know that “gloria” means “glory” (who would have thought?) and “Deo” means “God” (fairly easy too- Deism, Deity, etc.), you can get the meaning. And what’s more, you know the Gloria in English, so you have a basic idea of what’s being said.

My 2¢

 

[mkingdomlvr]

If the goal is learning the Latin found in the traditional Mass, it would probably be easier (and more worthwhile) to memorize the prayers and responses; as an altar server, I was obliged to do so, and now it’s so ingrained in my mind that I understand the Latin just as well as the English.

It’s not too bad- take “Gloria in excelsis Deo”. You don’t have to know that Deo is dative, excelsis is ablative, and gloria is nominative- as long as you know that “gloria” means “glory” (who would have thought?) and “Deo” means “God” (fairly easy too- Deism, Deity, etc.), you can get the meaning. And what’s more, you know the Gloria in English, so you have a basic idea of what’s being said.

My 2¢

I agree-that’s how we did it as kids too. We did have Latin in school, but most of us already knew the liturgical responses by the time we studied the language. I can’t tell my dative from my ablative now, but I still know what “Introibo ad altare dei” means and that the response is “Ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam” and I know what that means as well without translating it mentally. Mass every morning before school will pound that into your head whether you ever serve on the altar or not.

To the OP-if you’re going to the TLM regularly and using a Latin/English Missal you will start to absorb the Latin quicker than you think.

 

[warpspeedpetey]

Get two of the same tomb and use this:

http://www.wood-carving-guide.com/uploaded_images/wood-clamp-424-766766.jpg

Constant high pressure

sweet, you just doubled the effciency!

 

[jpy15026]

Two links that really helped me

rickmk.com/Mass/masstext.html

latinmassireland.org/thelatinmass/latinmass_audio.html

 

[Spirithound]

It must not be too hard.

There was a time 2000 years ago that even little children spoke Latin.

Sure, but as adults we lose the ability to acquire a native language