/lit/ - Literature

Yeah its pretty cool. Learn ancient greek

>>12601434
Don't people learn Ancient Greek in high school

>>12601465
It takes on average 3 years of full time study to properly learn a language. No one learns any language in high school

>>12601473
I learnt Latin at school, and was reading the Aeneid by 14

>>12601476
I said high school, faggot. The younger you are, the quicker you pick up a language

Has anyone ever made a transliteration? I am weirdly having a hard time finding one.

>>12601484
14 is high school faggot. At least I think it is, I was educated properly

>>12601434
It's not worth it.

>>12601495
Most children will be in their second year of highschool when they're 14. Are you telling me you learned Latin, properly, intimately, in under 2 years?

>>12601434
yes and yes
was it worth majoring in classics in college, maybe not

>>12601473
>No one learns any language in high school

What shithole country are you from

>>12601553
the shithole known as North America

>>12601503
No, that's middle school.

>>12601553
North and west Europe, you don't learn anything here until last 2 years of "high school"

>>12601499
butterfly showing its pseud badge again. yes its worth it, but not necessary to enjoy it.

>>12601553
Any country where the native language is English

>>12601503
>anglos think learning a new language is some vast accomplishment

>>12601676
>>12601553
>>12601495
>>12601476
>>12601465
>being forced to learn the language of a superior country at school

pathetic

it's another season of anons trying to look smart to other anons
this board is a goddamn joke

>>12601434
I envy them
you can retreat to a foreign language when you’re upset
and Ancient Greek is very different from English
it’s the cradle of civilization

>>12602011
Haha no

>>12602117
no what?

>>12601989
>Anglo still unable to comprehend how its possible to know more than one language

>>12601503
>>12601495
It's not far fetched at all. If he started learning in middle school, especially with the assistance of a good teacher, he could've been reading by 14. Most US public schools start language classes in high school, and even then the teachers (and the students) suck.

>>12601473
>It takes on average 3 years of full time study
>this is what lazy IQlets actually think
If we aren't talking about moon runes languages you can learn one well enough to read (with the aid of a dictionary for less common words) in 6 months or less.
It's a lot about how do you immerse yourself in the language and how much you are motivated. That's why ppl who go to live in foreign countries learn a language way quicker, because they are exposed to it and need it on daily basis.

Lmao I learnt both Latin and Ancient Greek in High School

>>12602966
You're one of those faggots that thinks he "knows" a langauge becuase he uses duolingo lmao

I’ve taken a class on Homeric Greek, but I still don’t read it as fluently as I like. That said, I think it is true that you probably can’t get a good sense of Homer’s rapidity and plainness if you read it in translation (Matthew Arnold famously devoted two lectures to this topic). It’s good fun and I recommend it.

>>12601495
yes but you learned latin before high school and read the aenid at 14, the beginning of high school. you didn't learn latin in high school