/lit/ - Literature

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>>22884573
>I will not make another language my new year's resolution
can't say I blame you. at a certain point it becomes too time-consuming and, especially if you are studying harder languages (relative to your native language(s)), you will not be able to maintain your level across all languages. if you can manage it with your particular languages and the time available to you by all means, but there is a portion of polyglots who seem to more so be interested in the allure of the title of 'polyglot' and ignore the fact that they know maybe a few languages at a native/near-native level, a few to a moderate degree, and the rest at a very basic level. and if you can hardly do anything with your ability at that point, I see no reason in trying to maintain it.
>What are your language-based (or not) resolutions, /clog/?
I would like to really dedicate more of my spare time to studying Greek and Latin. I am already doing so in grad school, but I really want to deepen my abilities past what I am learning in school - in part because I'm a competitive person and want to excel beyond my peers, but also because I intend to find a career in classics and should know the material and the languages. I'm currently reading Plato's Crito and plan to read more of his corpus (Phaedo, Symposium, etc.) I'm also going through Virgil more thoroughly and would like to be able to recite some of his poems by heart. other than that I am trying to approach a basic fluency of French. my reading is better than my listening ability, but I have been making good improvements in the latter as of late.

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>>22654838
>do something productive
>decides to pose a question about a trivial hobby
not even saying your point doesn't have any validity, but I don't see why you would care. people have different reasons for learning a dead language, some more earnest than others, but it's mostly just a hobby at the end of the day (though some are involved professionally with the dead language(s) they study). what does it matter to you personally?

>>22654838
>do something productive
>decides to pose a question about a trivial hobby
not even saying you're point doesn't have some validity, but I don't see why anyone like you would care. people have different reasons for learning a dead language, some more earnest than others, but it's mostly a hobby at the end of the day (though some are involved professionally with the dead language(s) they study). what does it matter to you personally?

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