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1487566 No.1487566 [Reply] [Original]

If I want to learn latin, do I have to look for classes at some academy or being self taught is enough? Experiences please.

Pic kinda related.

>> No.1487577

I'd recommend classes. Textbooks won't help you actually being able to use the language with other people, and textbooks don't tell you if you've written something incorrectly.

>> No.1487576

>>1487566
I'm going to learn latin at college this semester. :D

>> No.1487600

For a basic understanding I think you could teach yourself. I took two years of it in college and it was mostly a matter of memorizing vocabulary and all of the conjugations. It's a dead language so there's no need to speak it or write fluently in it. If you're able to translate some shit you know you're getting it right and that's all you really need.

>> No.1487601

>>1487577
>use the language with other people
Who do you know who speaks Latin?

>> No.1487610

Holy crap OP image is fuckin' rad what is that from

>> No.1487612

>>1487601
trolled hard

>> No.1487641

>>1487610
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, it's kind of a comedy anime but the girl in the pic has been abused hard.

>> No.1487644

>>1487641
is it a nas reference.

>> No.1487647

>>1487601

The Pope... The Pope's wife?

>> No.1487679

The main character in the book I'm reading learned Latin on his own, and he can't pronounce any of it correctly. The moral? Teach yourself if you have to, but study under someone if you can.
As a side note, this moral is very similar to my motto towards sex.

>> No.1487683

>>1487644
What is nas?

>> No.1487688

>>1487683
Nas, man, nas. The rap artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_srvHOu75vM

"Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne"

>> No.1487698

>>1487601
People who take latin classes.

Hey, I'm not the one learning latin here.

>> No.1487716

Go find a copy of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata. It's a Latin textbook written entirely in Latin. There's a native language study guide (with tapes) that explain pronunciation and offer native language review of more difficult points.

The cool part about the book is that you learn to read fluently without having to translate into your native language in your head. By the end of the second volume you are reading unedited, raw, ancient Latin from the best authors without breaking a sweat.

>> No.1487729

Rosa Rosa Rosam Rosae Rosae Rosa
Rosae Rosae Rosas Rosarum Rosis Rosis

Dominus Domine Dominum Domini Domino Domino
Domini Domini Dominos Dominorum Dominis Dominis

U jelly? Guy-who-was-forced-to-study-latin-for-4-years reporting in. If English is your first language, there's no way latin will be usefull to you other than for pretentiousness. My first language is French and it helped me a lot, but English is not a Latin language so yeah...

>> No.1487734

>>1487698
Many (if not most) Latin classes do not have a speaking requirement. It's a well-recognized quirk.

>> No.1487788

I thought the original anc correct pronunciation of latin has been lost in time.

>> No.1487797

>>1487788
people have reconstructed a pretty good guess of it

like church latin, but hard c and w instead of v

>> No.1487808

>>1487729
herp, unless he wishes to learn latin based langues, derp