Latin Lessons

[jtexas]

I would love to learn Latin.

When I see it written in literature or hear it spoken ir captivates me.

any sugestions?

 

[George_Stegmeir]

Go to your local Public or University library.

 

[sousley]

I would love to learn Latin.

When I see it written in literature or hear it spoken ir captivates me.

any sugestions?

The first book I used to was called “Latin via Ovid” and I actually enjoyed it. Each chapter began with a mythological story and the rest of the chapter introduced vocab and rules etc. giving exercises pertaining to the story you just read. It kept my interest because it just continued along telling stories and giving lessons as it went.

I wouldn’t say that it was an all-inclusive textbook necessarily but I was pretty sure one of those would bore me to death as a beginner anyway.

 

[andyklein]

I love latin too!! In fact, I’m in my third year of studying it. I have gone through Wheelocks, Collins’s primer of Ecclesiastical Latin, and I’ve read some unadulterated Caesar, Cicero, Augustine, and the Vulgate. I’m working on getting those r’s to roll now. This seems to be a good route.

Keep these things in mind:

1. Know the distinctions between classical and Ecclesiastical Latin.
2. Latin is an inflected language, meaning the endings of words convey meaning, not word order like English (good to know before getting into Cicero).
3. You must have a great memory.

You can find these books anywhere on the web very cheap.

Good luck!

Salvete! Latina sacrosancta lingua gaudiumque est!