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How do you speak latin?

Postby latinloverfolife » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:27 am

I want to learn to speak Latin. Does anyone know how? Please tell me. I really want to know. :twisted:
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Postby Lucus Eques » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:50 pm

I got to speaking Latin after reading Lingua Latina and Conversational Latin by John Traupman.
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Re: How do you speak latin?

Postby bedwere » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:32 am

latinloverfolife wrote:I want to learn to speak Latin. Does anyone know how? Please tell me. I really want to know. :twisted:


I learned from the Cursus Linguae Latinae Vivae. It uses the Ecclesiastical Italianate pronunciation I prefer. :)
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Re: How do you speak latin?

Postby thesaurus » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:08 pm

bedwere wrote:I learned from the Cursus Linguae Latinae Vivae. It uses the Ecclesiastical Italianate pronunciation I prefer. :)


Those are some wonderful looking resources. I wouldn't mind having "De Imitatione Christi" to listen to. How do you find the quality of recordings? Are they cassettes? It's probably too much to ask from such a small group, but if they were to offer digitized versions of their texts/recordings I'd be more willing to buy them.
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Re: How do you speak latin?

Postby bedwere » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:14 pm

thesaurus wrote:
Those are some wonderful looking resources. I wouldn't mind having "De Imitatione Christi" to listen to. How do you find the quality of recordings? Are they cassettes? It's probably too much to ask from such a small group, but if they were to offer digitized versions of their texts/recordings I'd be more willing to buy them.


Yes, they are cassettes. I digitized the whole course for my own benefit, since I wanted to listen to it during my commute to work. The quality is mostly OK, some parts are not so great but I can always understand the words.
By the way, the best way to learn to speak Latin is ... to speak it! :D
That's why I attended the Cenaculum last year and I've already booked for this year's Cenaculum in Mobile, AL. (The Cenaculum is the meeting of the Familia Sancti Hieronymi, where we speak in Latin).
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Speaking Latin

Postby metrodorus » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:41 am

You need to listen to lots of spoken Latin.
Adler's textbook is possibly the best resource still for conversational Latin.
There is also a new resource of video conversations from the University of Kentucky.
My latinum podcast might possibly interest you as well - it has had over one million audio file downloads to date, so some people do find it helpful.
http://latinum.mypodcast.com
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