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/lit/, why haven't you learnt LINGVA LATINA?

>> No.3211534

>>3211510
Why? Rome was a bastard civilization assembled by sociopaths. They only began to contribute to the world when they accepted Christianity, but why would you learn Latin for Christianity (unless you were Roman Catholic, I suppose) when you could learn Greek?

>> No.3211531

what a beautiful language

>> No.3211540

>>3211510

I have, for six years. Barely remember any of it though.

>> No.3211550

Rosa
Rosa
Rosam
Rosae
Rosae
Rosa

Rosae
Rosae
Rosas
Rosarum
Rosis
Rosis

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3211561

>>3211534

uh oh looks like we got a master ruseman over here!

>> No.3211571

>>3211534
>Why? Rome was a bastard civilization assembled by sociopaths.
That's actually pretty apt. They were like murrica.

>> No.3211577

>>3211571

I fucking wish America was a pagan pre-industrial republic founded on virtue.

>> No.3211588

>>3211561
>implying

>> No.3211594

>>3211588

he keeps going!

you can't troll /lit/ that easily unless it's over religion

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3211618

>mfw people still think the Rome they learned about through romanticized pun intended fiction exists

>> No.3211621

OP, cur a viris pedicari amas?

>> No.3211627

I took Latin for two years.

All I can remember is the word for door... porta.

That's, uh, first declension nominative singular.

>> No.3211637

>>3211627
porta is really more of a gate, ianua is more like a door

>> No.3211652

>>3211637

or a harbour, no?

>> No.3211679

i'm learning greek. already speak two romance languages. latin seems like overkill.

>> No.3211680

I am OP.

Why so many ablatives? WHY? WHAT THE FUCK?

>> No.3211689

>>3211680
I'm not entirely sure what you mean.

>> No.3211693

I often wonder what the point of learning Latin is. Sure, you can read interesting books, but only if they're copied out in modern font. Reading even the most basic medieval calligraphy just seems near impossible; I'm sure every writer has his fads when it comes to e's and a's as well.

>> No.3211702

>>3211652
Well, porta is gate, portus is harbour

>> No.3211718

>>3211680

Ablative of separation.
Ablative of separation from which.
Ablative of time within which.
Ablative of time when.
Ablative of cause.
Ablative of place from which.
Ablative of Place Where and (haha pleb) the locative case.
Ablative of manner.
Ablative of accompaniment.

How am I meant to know how to translate this? They say English is bad for homonyms, but hey, Latin is fucking terrible for ablatives.

Basic idea of separation my ass.

>> No.3211725

>>3211718

>seriously thinking of a language this way

Just fucking learn it naturally like any sane man.

>> No.3211728

>>3211718

Not to mention the use of prepositions and the ablative or accusative.

Sine + abl
Pro + abl; pro + acc
Sub + abl; sub + acc
And so on.

>> No.3211732

>>3211725

I'm not a child. Funnily enough, the way I'm learning it at the moment is the fastest I've ever learnt a language. I've been doing it for about three months and I'm already pretty proficient. Half way though a Latin course. Should pretty much know how to read it by March.

>> No.3211775

>>3211718
just remember that ablative = by with or from, one of those will usually work

>> No.3211784

>>3211725
this. It may seem overwhelming at first but if you see it enough, it'll just seem like that's the only way it can be. Like the imperative plural for trahere is trahite, not trahete. How do I know? I could sound pedantic and say "oh, well 3rd conjugation verbs switch the e to an i," but the real reason is because I've seen it enough times to know that that's the way it is.

>> No.3211785

>>3211775

Yeah. I usually do this. But the trouble comes when it means 'because of' or 'in regard to'. Those are some bitches. Don't even get me started on ellipsis.

>> No.3211789

>>3211725
>learn it naturally
yeah, he should totally go and live in ancient Rome, he'll pick it up in no time

>> No.3211791

b-because we had it in HS

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3211846

I'm currently working through Wheelock's Latin -which I got out from the library- but I'm realizing that I'm probably going to have to purchase it.

I was debating whether to learn Ancient Greek or Latin but then I found out it takes like six weeks just to learn the sentence "I see" in Greek, so I opted for Latin. There's a wealth of literature (which I don't expect to be able to read with any fluency any time soon) in both languages, so I don't feel like I'm sacrificing one for the other. In the meantime it's fun to read people's letters and piece out some things.

I'm considering taking an Intro to Ancient Greek course at uni next semester, anyone have any experience with such a class?