I can offer one thing -my friend has created for me a greek polytonic keyboard for android-system, is it interesting for someone? This message and the following letters I printed on my Samsung Galaxy SII:
ἀἁἂἃἄἅἇᾰᾱᾡᾧᾒἢΰῧἳϝϛϟϡϜ…
χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη
gratia vobis et pax
I use Koine Greek for Bible study on a regular basis (Both the NT and Septuagint) and dabble in Ecclesiatical Latin a bit (I also speak Spanish, French, and Italian so Vulgar Latin is familar and intelligible even without having studied it formally).
Hello and thank you for creating and maintaining this site. I am learning ancient greek so that I can read the many wisdom traditions that have been recorded in this language. At the beginning of the year I started learning the alphabet and pronunciation from the Berkeley site. I tried several textbooks on my own but didn’t get traction with the language until I started working with a tutor in person. In addition to on-line and text resources, how about a human resource list? Based on my experience, it is worth traveling to spend a week or so with someone who is able to check pronunciation, answer questions on the spot and guide the learning process.
Hap
Hello, everyone. I’ve been using the site to study Latin for about eight months now, but this is my first post. I am about to start studying Ancient Greek.
Hi, I’m an engineer but i’m interested in latin and greek becuase i like Sir Isaac Newton and he wrote his principle in latin. So i want to read it in original.
Hapm, can you send me to PM a link of the page for learning pronunciation on the Berkeley site?
Προευχαριστῶ σε
Akemdwr: The page with the tutorials is at http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ancgreek/ (just look for the “pronunciation” link)
Hap: I’m glad you found your way here I hope you find the forum a useful place for getting questions answered, although I’m happy to keep working with you in person. I agree that meeting with a live person is the better option if you have the chance. If you don’t get a response here about the suggestion for section of the forum for connecting with study partners/tutors whatever, you may want to post another thread; I’m not sure how many people read the introductions.
Salvete Amici!!! Hello Friends!!!
I’m not here looking for answers but am bored out of my mind and hope to be helpful… that being said I have been accused of being TOO helpful, so I apologize in advance if this happens.
I took 6 years of Latin in College and 4 years of Ancient Greek. My Professor at University was a student of the Pope’s Head Latinist, Father Reginald. “Reggie” would write us postcards – it was tons of fun!
Right now I give private Latin lessons and tutor those struggling in Latin in my area. I think this has helped me to understand the disconnect that occurs between Professor and Student – since I tend to be an interpreter during the tutoring sessions.
Please let me know if I can help in any way!
R. Mansker
P.S. Is there a way to upload files or send files to people? I have been working on some Latin texts and created some very useful charts that explain and simplify the language a lot!
I suspect it means “Libens Merito Dedicat ConsecratQue”, “[he or she, the author] willingly [and] rightly dedicates and consecrates” [Just came across that post here.]
Sic id vult dicere, ut suspicor. Hanc epistulam hîc modò animadverti.
Hi, my first experience with latin didn’t occur until after college life. I always consider that to learn such a classical language as early as high school may contribute great benefits to a person.
I’ll be off to seminary in a little over a year. I’ve been interested in learning Greek for the past couple of years. I’ve dabbled a little bit with Greek. I have “A Primer of Biblical Greek” by Croy and “Elements of New Testament Greek” by Ray Summers.
My main interest is in learning Koine for New Testament and Septuagint purposes. Although, I’m now thinking of learning Attic Greek first because I see the value in being able to read other texts (plus I love to read anyway). I like being able to read original writings because I often find that second hand information isn’t always that reliable.
Hi, I am interested to get advice about Greek, especially for Biblical studies.
Hope to gain something valuable from this forum.
Hello all, Joe Hamilton here!
I don’t really know anything about Latin but I do want to learn it.
I would say my goal is to at least know the basics of the language such as the grammar and syntax. The specific words will come after I guess.
See you around my friends!
[quote=“quendidil”]Welcome to the Textkit forums!
Hey, everyone, I am a junior in China. I began to learn Latin a few weeks ago and have
faced with great difficulty . I hope I can make friends here and study Latin together. Will my
dream come true ?
Hello, I’ve always been interested in Greek and latin. I have found these languages to be a great sucess in my study of Roman and Greek History.
Hi everyone! My name’s Michael and I’m currently studying Latin, specifically Ecclesiastical Latin. I’m somewhat of a beginner at Latin and I’m mostly studying it to be able to read liturgical books. If I manage to become at least semi-proficient in Latin, I’d like to study Greek to expand my knowledge of liturgical languages.
Salvete, and `n (‘hey’ – don’t know how to greet in Greek).
I am a Latin teacher, mostly middle school and high school. I’ve studied Koine Greek in the past and may get into it again, when time allows.
Gratia vobiscum,
Mark Dawson
Minneapolis, MN
Hello friends i m Mike Rick,
i m new at this forum and i hope this forum will b very informatics for us.
Hello, everyone.
The Classical world captivates me enormously, especially the Greek elements. I have been learning Attic Greek for a couple of years, and I am nearly at the point where I can read the Socratic dialogues of Plato in the original with some help from a dictionary.
I love ancient languages and am familiar with the basics of Latin, Akkadian, Hebrew, Old English, Sanskrit and a few others. However, my unequivocal favourite is Greek. I have a few of the Loeb bilingual books, and thoroughly enjoy reading the comedies of Aristophanes. They are not only earthily funny, but have an immediacy of engagement with a Classical Greek mind I haven’t quite found in the more serious plays of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides.
Greek philosophy is incredibly exciting. The “scientific” approach of the Ionic philosophers that survives is a window on ancient minds at the cutting edge. But my ultimate hero is always going to be Socrates. The earlier dialogues in particular, where he knows nothing except his own ignorance, are more than profound. The ones that end in aporia remind me somewhat of zen koans, where one realises that one’s mind is of the realm of language and description rather than of reality. I also find Socrates’ espousal of non-violence even to one’s enemies truly beautiful.
It is my hope that this site will enable me to learn more about beauty of classical languages, and I humbly hope also to be able to help others in this regard.
Best wishes,
Rich
I am both a student and teacher of Latin and Greek and I certainly enjoy a grammatical puzzle. I plan to branch out from Attic and read some lyric poetry, or anything which falls outside of the Xenophon/Thucydides/tragedy I’m teaching this year. As for Latin, my goal is to work on my prose composition, which I haven’t done since leaving university a few years ago, and which has now become a little rusty.
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