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| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4852 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 9 of 47 18 July 2012 at 5:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Good luck with the challenge! I will be following along.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 10 of 47 18 July 2012 at 5:47am | IP Logged | ||
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@kujichagulia
With all the support, my determination to see this through grows stronger. Many thanks! Edited by Teango on 18 July 2012 at 5:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sipes23 Diglot Senior Member United States pluteopleno.com/wprs Joined 4875 days ago 134 posts - 235 votes Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Spanish, Ancient Greek, Persian | Message 11 of 47 18 July 2012 at 6:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Ørberg is the man. If you ever want to go on to tackle French or Italian—which a decent bit of Latin will help with—
there are books that look a lot like Ørberg's for both of those. Bonam fortunam tuis in studiis! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 12 of 47 18 July 2012 at 6:38am | IP Logged | ||
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@sipes23
I couldn't agree more, Ørberg was definitely on the ball when he wrote this wonderful inductive Latin reader! If you know of any other texts like "Lingua Latina", I'd be be very interested. The only other books I've found so far that are even remotely similar are "Poco a poco" (Spanish), the latest Italian version of "Athenaze" (Ancient Greek), and some antique Latin readers for students. Surely there must be more out there and in other languages...? Gratias multas (my first attempt at Latin). :) Edited by Teango on 18 July 2012 at 6:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6625 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 13 of 47 18 July 2012 at 7:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I think I would find it hard to stick to just 5-10 minutes a day. Whenever I start a language, I get so excited I want to spend all day studying.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 14 of 47 18 July 2012 at 4:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Brun Ugle
After only 20 minutes of Latin over the last 2 days, this is exactly how I feel, and it's probably the hardest aspect of this approach. Never mind, I've got plenty of Irish to keep me busy throughout the rest of the day... ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4532 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin* | Message 15 of 47 19 July 2012 at 12:09am | IP Logged | ||
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With only focusing on reading, how proficient do you think you'll be in a month from now?
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 16 of 47 19 July 2012 at 3:19am | IP Logged | ||
It's hard to tell at this stage really. I've read that the first part of Lingua Latina ("Familia Romana") normally takes about 2 years to complete if you include all the supplementary grammatical exercises (see FAQ). According to the description on Amazon, completing this already takes the learner up to an intermediate level: Students who have completed Part 1 are already able to read classical texts, such as Orberg's editions of Caesar's Gallic Wars or of Plautus' Amphitryo. In Part 2, students read extensive selections from classical authors, refine their knowledge of syntax, and develop a vocabulary of over 4000 words. Upon completion of the course, students can read the most challenging classical texts with relative ease. Skipping the Pensa and Exercitia and focusing on simply understanding the text, I've been able to read through a couple of chapters on the CD so far and comprehend everything with relative ease. I don't know how steep the learning curve will be, but I hope to have read at least half-way through the first part of the course within a month's time, and hopefully be somewhere around a low A2 level in my reading skills. Edited by Teango on 19 July 2012 at 3:23am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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