I hope that there are some folks here that can help me with some research. I am taking up the latin language again after a hiatus of a year during which I spent a lot of time trying to speak and write in Spanish. Now I would like to know what are the standard texts for learning latin in the Spanish speaking world. I would be interested in a standard progressive type grammar with exercises as well as a text that takes a more conversational or perhaps even “neolatin” approach. Thanks in advance.
I started my latin studies with a Spanish-Latin textbook, but I quickly abandoned it --it wasn’t very good. Its name was Gramática Latina, by O. Riemann & E. Goelzer, adapted to Spanish by Leopoldo Lara Torres. I highly doubt you’ll find it in any bookstore, as it is very old (1909). Regardless, I’m with Iacobus, buy Lingua Latina, because it’s all in Latin. But if your aim is to kill two birds with one stone (to learn Spanish and Latin), then you might find this website useful: http://www.culturaclasica.com
I have Lingua Latina and the follow-up volume. I am interested in both languages and am interested in comparing them closely. In the past I have studied them separately. When I am in a period of Spanish study, the latin seems to be driven out. On the other hand, when I am in a period of Latin studies, the Spanish grows dim.
We have many excellent materials to choose from when we study Laitn in English. Does anyone know what the standard texts used in Spain, say, would be? There are elite academies all over the world I imagine. What resources do they use in Spanish speaking world when LL is not the preferred text?
Thats great .. it seems like you have found a great resource.
But what I am specifically looking for are standard texts for learning Latin but written in the Spanish language. In other words, what are the Spanish language equivalents to Wheelock and Latin: An Intensive Course? I wholly support the “target language only” approach. But there is also something to be said for traditional approaches and in this case I am specifically interested in books that will help me compare the two languages more closely both in terms of grammar and vocabulary.
Amazon has a site in France but I can’t find it’s equivalent for the Spanish speaking world. Anybody know? Perhaps that’s the way for me to go.
This one is for the Spanish version (I think) of Cambridge’s Latin method. http://tinyurl.com/wntgs
And this one’s for the Asociación Andaluza de Latin y Griego. You can contact them to find out if there’s one standard Latin-Spanish method. http://www.aalg.org/
I was able to take the author info and the ISBNs to abebooks.com through which NUEVA GRAMATICA LATINA can be ordered. It’s a little pricey though at $36 plus international shipping .. thanks lots of the links… I guess I gotta think it over inasmuch as I will be strangled by my wife if I follow through on this impulse to learn latin in Spanish …
Hello All,
I’ve been reading all the postiings about the book Lingua Latina. I want to buy it. Is the author’s name Hans Orberg Thanks for any responses
“I would be interested in a standard progressive type grammar with exercises as well as a text that takes a more conversational or perhaps even “neolatin” approach.” —Quinito
That was funny! You’re more likely to find that book in Mongolian!
(Things cannot be buenazos. A buenazo is someone who is good in a naif way.)
Thanks for any responses