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I have recently decided that I wanted to learn Latin and would like to discuss ways and materials to help me learn more effectively, faster, and hopefully cheaper. I was hoping that somebody here could give me a few hints.
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Hehehe, no! We aren't making fun of you. But if it makes you want to learn Latin then 'hey'! That's what you asked for ... 'how can I learn Latin faster?' - by wanting to learn it is the answer.
I was just complaining in Latin that Episocopus' way of telling you to download d'ooge remined me of maths . (I'm a bit sick of it at the moment, cause I have my maths and physics finals in 2 weeks and so I'm basically revising maths all day long ).
I was just complaining in Latin that Episocopus' way of telling you to download d'ooge remined me of maths . (I'm a bit sick of it at the moment, cause I have my maths and physics finals in 2 weeks and so I'm basically revising maths all day long ).
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Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper ran a series about eight years ago that was the most basic introduction to Latin that you could imagine. The series is now available in book form - it's called Learn Latin, by Peter Jones, and you can buy it from Amazon.co.uk.
By the time you get to the end of the book you'll know whether or not you'd like to learn the language properly or not. I myself, after being delighted by Jones' book, am now fighting my way through Wheelock, and it's not easy. But then, as Jones' remarks in his introduction to Learn Latin, Latin is not for cissies.
Best of luck to you in your endevour, I hope it goes well for you.
By the time you get to the end of the book you'll know whether or not you'd like to learn the language properly or not. I myself, after being delighted by Jones' book, am now fighting my way through Wheelock, and it's not easy. But then, as Jones' remarks in his introduction to Learn Latin, Latin is not for cissies.
Best of luck to you in your endevour, I hope it goes well for you.