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| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6329 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes  Speaks: Latin* | Message 25 of 103 19 July 2007 at 9:38am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I will make sure to post a detailed guide to the method I will have used and some sort of assessment of the results... Watch this space!
Which is exactly what I did. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6382 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 26 of 103 19 July 2007 at 9:58am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Will do.
All except Latin? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6329 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 27 of 103 19 July 2007 at 10:57am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
...for truly is written: 'he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow'... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 28 of 103 19 July 2007 at 10:58am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I've been a bit busy lately, but the ones I like are Lingva Latina: Familia Romana for it's simplicity in understanding Latin (as the text is 100% in Latin). I happen to be somewhat of 'code-cracker', which means this particular method of learning grammar is quite fun for me. For example, here's some of the text from Lingva Latina: Familia Romana:
For those of us who speak English and know enough European geography, the above text is comprehensible. Additionally, the context reveals the difference between "sunt" and "est". Basically, this type of text reveals the language itself! I think this is pure genius! It's almost important for me to stress the fact that the audio CD is VERY useful. However, the recording could have been better. It's too muffled, so I used Goldwave to edit the bass, so as to make it more reasonable to listen to. I frequenty listen to the tracks, so as to be accustomed to the pronunciation. Similarly, bilingual texts (including the religious ones) allow the reader to pick up on subtle grammatical features as well as vocabulary. This is where John Traupman's book/cd looks to be very good (I haven't gone through it but I've listened to some of the audio). It has precisely what I want to focus on (i.e. bilingual texts, with audio). Taking advantage of such bilingual texts gives me an understanding of the language very quickly, though I may not necessarily understand all the details. By the way, I stumbled across a translation of the first chapter of Lord of the Rings in Latin and it looks like someone took the time to translate the transcript of Gladiator (the movie) in Latin. By simply comparing it with the English transcript, I am learning vocabulary very quickly and recognizing grammar patterns that I've seen in other sources. In short, Lingva Latina is the easiest for naturally understanding the grammar. Everything else I use is pretty much bilingual texts (with or without audio) which allows me to accomplish more-or-less the same thing. However, the most important resource I should take advantage of is Fr. Reginald Foster's summer Latin Immersion program in Rome, which I'm told was free for the past years, though I wonder if things have changed since he was fired for admitting students tuition-free. Edited by JasonChoi on 16 August 2007 at 11:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 29 of 103 19 July 2007 at 11:05am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Actually, I'm convinced that I will eventually read some Classical literature. The more I learn about Latin, the more I'm somehow stepping into Roman culture. I don't fully understand how, nor can I explain it, but I'm developing a slight interest in the classics, without trying to. I think it's because I want to understand the culture in which Latin was prominent. By learning Latin, I just can't avoid the culture that influenced it ;)
You're reading my mind =)
I agree! That's precisely what I'm doing! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 30 of 103 19 July 2007 at 11:47am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I forgot to mention: One of the reasons why I'm learning this is because, once I gain a certain level of proficiency on my own, I'll be thoroughly convinced that I can learn a language on my own. This is something that seemed impossible to me several months ago, but I believe it is possible. Also, seeing how virtually nobody speaks Latin, I'm literally forced to do it on my own ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6634 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 31 of 103 20 July 2007 at 1:18pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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JasonChoi, what do you think of Assimil's Latin Course? Do you think its a waste of time if you aren't fluent in French (supposely that course is only in French)?
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| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 32 of 103 20 July 2007 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
To be honest, I can't give any assessment because I haven't listened to it except once. The French accent turned me off (I don't want to develop a French pronunciation). I might consider listening to it at a later time, but right now I'm not interested at all. I assume that it might be a waste of time, but perhaps it isn't. I'm just not interested in it, though I'll give it a listen again and I'll get back to you. -Jason 1 person has voted this message useful |
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