good books teaching how to SPEAK latin?
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good books teaching how to SPEAK latin?
Hi guys. I'm starting to learn latin on my own witht he 'latin: an intensive course' book, and i'm looking for a book to accompany it that will teach me spoken latin. any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
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Re: good books teaching how to SPEAK latin?
I always recommend spending a semester in a Latin-speaking country. You'll be amazed how much your Latin will improve.latinbeginsnow wrote:Hi guys. I'm starting to learn latin on my own witht he 'latin: an intensive course' book, and i'm looking for a book to accompany it that will teach me spoken latin. any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
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I think he was joking. Hehe.
The only place where Latin is official is the Vatican. Though it is said that Italian is used for most ocassions, they still use Latin for all the official things, and of course, mass in Latin.
Not many people who study Latin see the point in learning to speak it like you would any other language, which is unfortunate, at least for me.
If you're wondering about the pronunciation of Latin, this has been discussed on this board before. The Vatican uses a pronunciation based on Italian; in other countries, it is usually pronounced with the phonetic inventory of that country's language; and yet others, follow a Classical pronunciation, but even this one varies in different countries and/or schools.
Here's a post in which Benissimus was compiling sites with spoken Latin:
viewtopic.php?t=3531
The only place where Latin is official is the Vatican. Though it is said that Italian is used for most ocassions, they still use Latin for all the official things, and of course, mass in Latin.
Not many people who study Latin see the point in learning to speak it like you would any other language, which is unfortunate, at least for me.
If you're wondering about the pronunciation of Latin, this has been discussed on this board before. The Vatican uses a pronunciation based on Italian; in other countries, it is usually pronounced with the phonetic inventory of that country's language; and yet others, follow a Classical pronunciation, but even this one varies in different countries and/or schools.
Here's a post in which Benissimus was compiling sites with spoken Latin:
viewtopic.php?t=3531
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I doubt they would be of much help anyway, since the pronounciation of latin would be taught by comparison to english, which would have been pronounced quite differently than it is today. Look at some earlier threats, we can't even agree how english is pronounced today!
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency: Phrase Book and Dictionary
by John C. Traupman, Laurie Haight Keenan, Georgine Cooper
I saw it at the store, but did not really see the point in having it.
by John C. Traupman, Laurie Haight Keenan, Georgine Cooper
I saw it at the store, but did not really see the point in having it.
<a href="http://www.inrebus.com"> In Rebus: Latin quotes and phrases; Latin mottos; Windows interface for Latin Words </a>
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