Want to learn Latin

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It it is an exceptionally beautiful language. I recently had the opportunity to hear some hymns sang in Latin- very breathtaking.
 
Rosetta stone has a latin course :eek: Not sure how that works, but there you go.
 
excubitor said:
I asked the same question as you six months and did a huge amount of research. I looked at all the things mentioned here in this thread.

In the end I have selected Latina Lingua

lingua-latina.dk/index2.htm
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I agree: Lingua Latina is a great way to go. In a word, it’s the approach that works. However, to be fair, I will admit that I use many other books, too.


  1. *]The Dowling Method, more or less confirmed by William Harris. [NB: My daughter has started taking Spanish in middle school, and I notice that her teacher’s approach is very similar to the Orberg + Dowling + Harris approach.]
    *]Lingua Latina Pars I and Pars II
    *]The great, indispensable William Whittaker’s WORDS, online or offline.
    *]Memorize Latin prayers
    *]Dive in and read other Latin books.

    ASD​

    Traditional Latin Mass: Translation and Grammar
 
excubitor said:
I asked the same question as you six months and did a huge amount of research. I looked at all the things mentioned here in this thread.

In the end I have selected Latina Lingua

lingua-latina.dk/index2.htm

The entire book is in Latin. There is not a single English word in the book. The idea is that it presents really straightforward situations so that you can learn new words because they are obvious from the context what they mean.

The only adjunct I believe you need for this is the Latin-English word translator which can be downloaded free off the Internet. This has all the words translated from the Latina Lingua book so that you are not having to wade through an entire dictionary.

So this is my goal. Average 30mins-1 hour per day. After 1 year (6 months to go) I should have mastered this first book. Another year later I should have mastered the second book. After that I should be able to read the psalms and the Latin Mass and other Latin books.

I tell you this is incredibly rewarding and interesting but horrendously difficult. My brain is not what it used to be. I urge younger men to do this now while you still have that bright spark in your mind. There is an element of truth in the saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Although I am fighting that adage tooth and nail.
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I have the Familia Romana books from the Lingua Latina series. I was surprised that everything, even the helps and margin notes, are in Latin. But I was also incredibly surprised at how much Latin I understood without ever realizing it. The first sentence is “Roma in Italia est.”, which I’m sure almost everyone understands. It then builds from there (‘Roma oppida est. Roma oppida in Italia est. Tiberus fluvius est.’, etc), gradually introducing new words and their endings. It’s very intuitive because we learn our native languages the same way.
 
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