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Comparative Difficulty of Latin | ||
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| H.Computatralis Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6304 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: Polish*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Latin | Message 9 of 13 17 November 2011 at 10:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Probably Category III or IV.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 10 of 13 17 November 2011 at 11:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I would say Latin can't be very difficult for an English speaker. There are many
cognates, pronunciation can be ignored, the grammar has some similarities with English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| H.Computatralis Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6304 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Polish*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Latin | Message 11 of 13 17 November 2011 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Let's not overestimate the similarities! There are indeed many cognates but just the fact that Latin is an ancient language means that many words have completely different semantics. See Iversen's post earlier in this thread.
Besides, in Classical Latin sentences are often constructed quite differently from English and from modern Romance languages, for example when using the passive voice, and there are some very idiomatic constructions. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 12 of 13 17 November 2011 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
There are unfamiliar constructions even in Germanic languages. There are also false friends. But if we compare Latin with a random language, it is fairly easy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| H.Computatralis Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6304 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Polish*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Latin | Message 13 of 13 17 November 2011 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Having studied both German and Latin I find the latter to be more challenging, but of course YMMV.
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