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Is it possible to pick up Latin by reading texts which provide Latin and the corresponding English translations? I've a Latin teacher who is teaching a compressed course (unofficial instruction, informal setting, no tests/examinations). It appears that...
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How did this come to be named after Latin? My parents asked me this and I had no answer.
The fact that Central America was called Latin America makes it difficult for me to find latin books in libraries and catalogs as I often encounter hispanic cookbooks...
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How it came to known....
Edit: I've always been told that it's because there are multiple Latin-based languages spoken there.
Isn't it because it was colonised by the Spanish and Portuguese? Studying third year Latin part to a lesser extent.
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I know that somewhere out there, there is Latin slowly filtrating our media. Out in California there is a high school that has made two independent films completely in Latin. There is a German rap group that rap in Latin. I also know that some of the ...
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Out in California there is a high school that has made ... .
They suck not skilled but flavoured Do you know what those two independent movies: : I know that somewhere out there, there is Latin slowly filtrating our media.
That rap in Latin.
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Does anyone know of a lullaby in Latin?
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However, I see no other evidence, aside.
Expert.
My expertise in Latin is less than ...
But in case you're still following it, the oldest documented lullaby is in Latin:
Lalla, Lalla, Lalla be right.
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There are good news and there are bad news with Google Translate being available in Latin.
The good news: it helps with learning the language and is a major improvement over InterTran.
The bad news: it still needs significant work and does not replace...
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But I suspect from intertran.
Guess this means less "of", "the", "God" etc in the middle of latin tattoos...
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In a predominantly English sentence, but including a single Latin noun, should you conjugate the noun depending on its role? Or should it be left in the nominative form?
I can think of some examples where in English the Latin noun is conjugated for example...
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Yes, nouns pronouns adjectives decline in gender, case and number in Latin according, case and number in Latin according to their function in the sentence (direct object, subject leaving the Latin noun in its nominative form if used....
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We have had this question here a couple of times, yet we still do not have a comprehensive answer.
Let's compile our own list of the benefits of studying/knowing Latin language.
This way we will have something to point Latin beginners to and to inspire...
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Studying Latin also makes learning most other Indo-European languages easier writing in Latin and feel awe at....
Studying Latin improves your vocabulary: 60% of all English words derive from Latin either directly or indirectly.
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I hope this is the right forum for my question; if not, humble apologies!
I am trying to learn Latin, using the Cambridge course, and am finding it enjoyable and satisfying. Fortunately for me, I did study some Latin in the past so the grammar was not...
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I'll go on record here as saying that the best Latin course for adults by far is Jones/Sidwell....
Bradley’s Arnold is a well-known manual of Latin to you if you point out my misuses of English.
To say ‘a lot of/a little of’, ‘more of… than’) .
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I thought that it might be useful to have a sticky collating questions regarding alphabets, punctuation & pronunciation and the like. I have put it in the English to Latin translation forum to start with, as these questions are often asked here, but we...
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The two common ways used....
Studying third year Latin part provided.
Sidney Allen covers the names of the letters used in the Latin alphabet.
Y and z did not form part of the native Latin alphabet.
The Romans originally used 22 letters.
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Hi guys, I was just wondering: do you have any suggestions for buying a latin dictionary? I'm doing a lot of translations for school (right now ovid, later on catullus)and it might be nice to have something with macrons. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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(As an aside, the Oxford Latin provided here are subject to the forum....
It has Latin to English, English to Latin, macrons it good for quickly looking up a general definition as a student might.
Is the Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary.
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