/lit/ - Literature

You're not /lit/ if you just shitpost like a faggot and whine about capitalism either.

okay what is the most /lit/ language to learn then?

>>17509182
French

Piss off to /soc/ if you want to post pictures of yourself.

>>17509151
You can't be /lit/ if you have shit bone structure

>>17509182
Latin by far

>>17509182
German

>>17509151
that's a really unflattering picture of him. he looked pretty good during his trial

>>17509182
Hebrew

>>17509182
ebonics

>>17509182
Russian

>>17509182
Babylonian

>>17509151
>>17509206
>be ugly
>escape to the internet
>social medias take hold everywhere and kill it
>escape to IBs
>normies trying to ridicule your appearance even here
posting polface should be bannable offense

>>17509182
Ancient Greek

>>17509151
>you're not /lit/ if you read translations and can only read in English
Reading translations is /lit/ as fuck

>>17509182
Farsi

>Want to read things in French, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Latin, and Middle English
>Can't read them because I refuse to read translations and don't want to spend years learning all those different languages
>End up reading less
Wow, how /lit/!

>>17509605
Note: I am aware middle English is significantly easier for an English speaker to learn than anything else on this list

>>17509182
Whatever language you are interested in. I discovered Latin here after reading a thread discussing LLPSI. I fell in love with the language shorty after that. I'd like to learn German because there's a ton of great untranslated philological material written in it. You need a good reason to learn the language. You can't really force yourself to learn a language without doing some kind of trauma to your mind, like forcing a peg through a round hole.

>>17509646
How's your Latin? I'm also doing LLPSI but I'm only at chapter IX. I feel like it'll take an eterenity to be able to read Latin works and even more to read Vergil with a good understanding of rhythm because I keep forgetting which are the long vowels.

>>17509605
t. public school educated and wasn't raised by a polyglot nanny

Reminder that OP is a fag

>>17509669
It's pretty good. I can manage most authors now without much pain. Some authors I'm more comfortable with than authors due to more exposure. I don't really struggle with Cicero anymore because I've spent so much time reading him. Same with Caesar and Seneca. Poetry is naturally difficult but you should keep in mind that it wouldn't necessarily have been perfectly easy to understand for a Roman either, just like Shakespeare isn't easy for us just because he wrote English. It is high literature after all.
>I feel like it'll take an eterenity to be able to read Latin works
I felt the same but if you keep practicing every day the structure will click and you'll find yourself reading more fluently. It takes time but it's absolutely worth the struggle.

>>17509721
I'm gonna go to bed now but just wanted to ask how long did it take you to be able to read Cicero works (I also want to read the Bible in Latin, which I heard is easier than Cicero) and did you do Roma Aeterna too or what else did you do after Familia Romana with tis associated material? Thank you

>>17509777
I guess it took me around a year and a bit before I started to feel truly at ease with the syntax/sentence structure.
>I also want to read the Bible in Latin, which I heard is easier than Cicero
The Bible is much easier, probably the easiest text to read in Latin. The style is direct and straightforward. The only difficulties are vocabulary related. Augustine's confessions are also easy (for the most part) and beautiful reading too
>did you do Roma Aeterna too or what else did you do after Familia Romana with tis associated material?
I finished Familia Romana then got into De Bello Gallico, read around two books and then started exploring other authors. I spent the most time with Cicero because I find his style the most beautiful.

>>17509151
This sounds like something a hylic would say. I've read translations of translations and still been able to see through the language and directly encounter the essence of the work. I would go so far as to say that some translations are better than the original text.

>>17509777
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=A1FC0F90F40FC262BB6630E429BF1408

Check this series out. It goes sentence by sentence with the Latin and English side by side. Helped me a lot in my earlier stages of acquiring Latin via mass INPOOT.

>>17509206
I honestly can't tell if I have the /pol/ face or not. But honestly the guy the meme is based off of is good looking. There's that photo of him in court and he looks nothing like the selfie.

>>17510083
Post the pic

>>17510163

>>17510163
Looks like a normal bloke. Haircut plus good camera angle makes all the difference. Literally every looks like "le /pol/ face" if they take a selfie like that.

>>17510199
i could break his neck with a pool noodle

>>17510083
>>17510199
>is good looking

>>17510219
I honestly see no diference

>>17510219
he's cute. i'd fuck him <3

>>17510199
>>17510219
What the fuck? While focal length really tends to distort selfies, that doesn't even look like the same guy.

>>17509206
this fucking sucks. i dont want to be /pol/ bros....

>>17510308
>>17510311

>>17510331
well first thing is to try some other hairstyle. and some healthier lifestyle

>>17510426
Might I suggest Patrick Bateman's hairstyle?

>>17509206
Some days ago some /pol/tards tried to spin this meme as a projection from "leftists" lol the cope is real

>>17510464
lol yeah ikr. the average leftist looks far worse

>>17510219
Femanon here. He's quite handsome actually. 8/10 I'd say. Tall too

>>17509151
>if you read translations
Translations are the greatest commentary there is on a single work, it is not broad and taking the book as a whole, or by section, or even by theme, it is a commentary done word for word. They are an amazing resource.

Seems appropriate to mention Le Ton beau de Marot.

>>17509151
>>17509206
Why do Americans look like this?

>>17509151

Insulting English monolinguals is like trying to make white guys insecure: it's ridiculous on its face, and doesn't work.

>>17509182
Portuguese

>>17509182
French

I only read for information, why would I waste my time learning new languages when I can already access the information through translations
>MUH PROSE
Useless

>>17509151

I'm learning Spanish, what are some books for a lower-level speaker like myself? Not necessarily looking for literature, just trying to be entertained while improving my grasp of the language.