Learning Latin

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I just went to my first Latin Mass this morning and it really opened my eyes. I was wondering if anyone who regularly attends the Latin Mass has studied Latin, if so did you use books, Rosetta Stone, etc. Anyone have any tips or pointers?🙂
 
AJB328 said:
I just went to my first Latin Mass this morning and it really opened my eyes. I was wondering if anyone who regularly attends the Latin Mass has studied Latin, if so did you use books, Rosetta Stone, etc. Anyone have any tips or pointers?🙂
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Conjugating verbs is one thing, but you ain’t lived until you get to noun declension.
 
I come from the generation that learned Latin in school, although I learned a lot before then by Mass attendance. Latin beyond the responses in the Mass is well worth learning and your command of English and romance languages (Italian, Spanish, French) will improve because so many words have Latin roots. The recent introduction of a few Latin phrases into the English Mass will help, too, in learning Latin.

The simplest way to start is to get a Latin-English dictionary and a first year Latin text (you might find free ones on line). Also you might try this website:
latinliturgy.com/id18.htm

It contains the Latin text and the English translation of the Mass.

If you need more help, don’t hesitate to write me back.

LaRue
 
LaRue said:
Latin beyond the responses in the Mass is well worth learning and your command of English and romance languages (Italian, Spanish, French) will improve because so many words have Latin roots.
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You must have read

*Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages * [Paperback and Kindle] by Joseph Solodow

which demonstrates your point very well. 🙂
 
I just memorized the Order of Mass verbatim, and I continue to read the Latin Proper prayers (collect, etc.) and their English translations, and now I can recognize probably 50% of each Proper (changing every day) prayer just from that. I cannot speak Latin or anything, but the Latin used in Mass, even the changing parts, is extremely repetitive.
 
YoungTradCath said:
I just memorized the Order of Mass verbatim, and I continue to read the Latin Proper prayers (collect, etc.) and their English translations, and now I can recognize probably 50% of each Proper (changing every day) prayer just from that. I cannot speak Latin or anything, but the Latin used in Mass, even the changing parts, is extremely repetitive.
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Same with me. I feel like I understand more from the Propers every Sunday. I always try to read the Latin column first, without looking at the English.

I’ve been starting to actually study the language though so that hopefully within a few years I can pray the 1961 Divine Office (Matins is what’s really holding me back…) I’m using Henle’s Latin series and an early-20th-Century German text which the FSSP has available free on the website of their German-speaking apostolate (petrusbruderschaft.eu).
 
I think we need a learning Latin forum or a subforum or something. People can go there to get things translated, help with Latin homework or Latin grammar, etc. We can have someone translate and comment on the grammar structures in the ordinary and maybe every Saturday night someone could post something similar for the next day’s propers. I’d volunteer too to help out here and there because my Latin’s pretty damn good if I do say so myself.
 
This sounds like a wonderful way to learn Latin: hieronymus.us.com/
A PEACEFUL AND JOYFUL WEEK
where Latin will be our common language. For the Latin language is even today the living language of the Church; it is a key which opens the spiritual treasury of the entire Christian era. During this week we will have a unique opportunity to speak and understand Latin better, and to strengthen our love of God and our Catholic Faith.
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Using the living Latin language will not be difficult for you, because we proceed in a different way. (If this is the first time you are coming to a Cenaculum, a small dictionary might be helpful.) Come without the fear of making errors. There are no critics among us. In the company of others you will experience Latin as a truly living language, completely suitable for the times in which we live. With practice you will learn useful expressions for cultivating Latin conversation. By speaking together, listening, and laughing, the Latin we knew from our previous studies will be liberated and transformed into a real means of communication.
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Liturgical celebrations: Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Liturgy of the Hours; Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic Benediction.
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Witty lectures about Catholicism dealing with such things as the Faith, prayer, history, the Saints, the Popes, and other matters of great interest.
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Lighter diversions in Latin, especially for beginners, but also for all those who have a sense of humor.
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Discussions on better ways for learning, teaching, and speaking Latin.
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Visual presentations, wherein by the aid of pictures you will more easily understand Latin as a living language
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YoungTradCath said:
I just memorized the Order of Mass verbatim, and I continue to read the Latin Proper prayers (collect, etc.) and their English translations, and now I can recognize probably 50% of each Proper (changing every day) prayer just from that. I cannot speak Latin or anything, but the Latin used in Mass, even the changing parts, is extremely repetitive.
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Repetitio est mater studiorum (Repetition is the mother of learning.)
 
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