Hey everyone, junior in college, hoping to be a classicist one day. The program is small at my university, so I’m studying hard on my own. This site is incredibly encouraging. Thanks.
Hi! I spent two years on Biblical Greek (Mounce, then Wallace) though I’ve lost a lot of it since, and am now trying to teach myself Latin with Lingua Latina. I’m finding I really like puzzling things out that way- I also have Wheelock, but I think I’ll go through that after I’m done with LL. I’m studying to be a Lutheran pastor, and I don’t have a natural gift for languages other than English when it comes to composition, but my comprehension can get okay with enough effort. I’ve poked around this site before, but have never used the forums.
Evidently I jumped straight into the Latin forum, so hi 
. I am a graduate student in classics, with interests in epic narrative and literary theory.
Hello. I’m a fifty-something year old English literature graduate who never got round to learning Latin at school and have always had a bit of a hankering to try it. Ideally, I’d like to get to the level of doing some reading of some classical texts, but it remains to be seen if I can invest enough time and effort to achieve that.
Hi! Im a person who would like to try to learn Latin and Greek as I would like to travel to Greece one day and I would like to learn Latin because I like learning about history and I think learning both Latin and Greek would help me accomplish my dream inbecoming a historian(Plus, I think it will be fun!) 
I’m Nick. I’m an Englishman living in the Netherlands. I’m in my fifties and a literature graduate who never got around to learning any classical languages. I’ve always been conscious of so many authors having classical educations and making references to classical literature, that I’d like to do something to put that right, and ideally I aspire to get to the point of reading some Latin literature..
Hello, I am a 46 yr old who has come to realize that I need to know and understand the ancient languages to have a better und3erstanding of the Bible
Hello there, my name is Mick, I live in Ireland. I studied Latin in school many moons ago and went back to it a few years ago with “Latin For Today” book 1 and now I’m on book 2. They’re ancient books but then it is an ancient language! Anybody else out there still using then?
Hi,
My name is French (really…that’s what it says on the birth certificate). I speak a couple of modern languages, and was always interested in trying the classical ones (Latin and Greek). I tried both on my own…but between work and family…I always seem to run out of time to keep it up.
I took an intensive classical Greek class at UCLA and loved it…but again couldn’t keep up on my own after the class was over…and each time I start…or restart… I feel I have to start “from the beginning” or risk getting hopelessly confused.
Now it looks as if I am finally headed into retirement…I teach school and cutbacks in California’s school systems appears to be about ready to eliminate my department…and even if something is still kept, employment will be only a small part-time affair…so for sure I now have time to pursue my study of classical languages.
I’m starting with Greek…because those were the first books my fingers found the other day.
I enjoy trying again…but it does sometimes get a little lonely or frustrating…and I thought at least reading what other people say who are working on similar interests would be a good inspiration for me.
I think that probably sums it up.
French
Yes, it’s been quite a while since I’ve last logged on. I first joined textkit.com in 2003 I think. Anyhow, I am returning to the forum for questions about Latin syntax etc. Cheers everyone!
Hello all - new here, though lurking for a while. Love ancient history, and ancient writers, and basically, tired of reading the latter through the prism of English, so I am trying to wend my way through both Wheelock and Pharr (have made a post about the prospects of doing this, awaiting moderation). Fairly fluent in modern French. I write, and read, a good deal. Currently, reading a nice book on the rise of Rome, part of Michael Grant’s Mediterranean surveys; Montaigne; The Quick and the Dead, by Thomas Wiseman - concerns interwar Vienna, two polar views; on the bedstand speedrail, re-reading my likely most beloved authors, John Fowles, Lawrence Durell, Virginia Woolf, Stendhal.
Former French chef, martial arts instructor (Aikido, Japanese swordsmanship - former live-in apprentice to a Japanese master), academic. C’est tous, plus ou moins.
Restless. Tired of the city (Chicago), envision a greener life for myself and my family, coming up soon.
A fantastic site - looking forward to more!
Hello, I’m an art historian working mainly on medieval manuscripts. I’ve studied latin for a number of years, but I no longer have a latin teacher whom I can bug with random questions. I’d be very grateful for whatever help I can receive from the forum. Thanks!
Hi,
I’m Steffi. I’m starting to learn Latin and Greek over the summer because I intend to study at least one as a module whilst at uni should I get the grades and get in! I’ve applied for ancient history, so knowing the languages would be a huge help. I’ve only studied modern languages before and have recently completed my German A level (and am currently stressing over the wait for my result!). This website seemed like the most comprehensive place to start learning the languages and I love the fact that it has a forum, so I figured I’d sign up!
Hello.
I’m a soon-to-be university student (hopefully…) who will possibly have a Latin course in a few months and wants to learn at least the basics of the language over the summer holidays, to gain a at least little advantage over other students/my future teacher before starting studying it in a real, uncomfortable, unfriendly academic environment. 
My current goal towards Latin is to memorise all possible suffixes and infixes (very superficially, though; I’m not going to care about exceptions, short and long sounds, vowel changes, etc. yet), and then just start reading elementary Latin texts, hoping that it will fill up all the missing details and inflections that I have omitted during the “memorising” phase. That’s not a very refined plan, but it is the best I got.
I’d like to understand (if my meagre intellect allows me that, this is), however, what, for example, causes the difference between various declensions and conjugations, or variance between declensions/conjugations themselves. Googling, I came across a post by benissimus that seemed to cover about these very matters. So I decided that I’d register and read his other posts, hoping that I’d possibly learn something more on the topic.
That’s the story. Hope you won’t delete my account.
I’m Nicole. I like Latin, though I’m horrible at it. I took it for 4 years in college and am trying desperately to gain the motivation of self study. But when there’s pretty moving objects to watch, or books that I don’t need a dictionary to understand every other word, it’s really difficult.
I also studied Japanese for 4 years and Korean for 2. And though being from different language families, they’ve all helped me learn each other over the years. Latin especially helped when it ignited my love for grammar – that helps in learning a language. haah.
I’m currently an English teacher at an Elementary school in Korea. I act like a clown all day, the kiddums laugh and it’s awesome.
I’m a bit of an Ovid and Plautus mega fan. They make me laugh in a smart way which is my favorite. I thought Catullus was whiny when I read him but I might like him more now. I liked Horace more 'cause he has the warm your heart words of wisdom. And I’m hoping to read Tacitus soon.
Hi Everyone!
I’m new on these forums and just registered. I’ve never taken Latin or Greek before, but I plan to take an introductory Latin course this fall and would love to really learn the language. Unfortunately, I probably won’t have time to take the entire year of Latin (due to being a biochemistry major), but I wanted to get started and take at least one Latin class while in college. I love anything that has to do with classical civilization (so I’m minoring in it), and I decided last quarter that I would take at least one class in either Greek or Latin to better immerse myself in my classical studies (I decided on Latin in the end). I hope to use these forums as a place to learn more about the language even if I can’t take a full year of formal Latin classes. Hopefully, I’ll be able to self-study some of it after taking the class!
Hi!
I’m an adult learner and hoping that studying Greek and Latin will both help with efforts to learn other languages better (Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek as well as Spanish).
Thanks for making so many excellent resources available here!
I’m excited to get started!
Randy
My son is just starting Latin II in high school, and he’s struggling. I would like to be able to help him (and should, theoretically, be able to since I took 4 years of Latin in high school), but my skills are rusty at best, since I haven’t studied the language in about a thousand years. So, I’m here to help myself help my son.
My name is Alex, and I’m 18 years old. I decide to teach myself Latin a few months ago, but never took that first step. so here I am now. I don’t really have alot of experience, so help would be much appreciated.
hi, my name is felippo, i’m 18 years old. i got some Greek lessons in school about a year ago and now i’m trying to restart learning, and found this site
maybe i will try and see a little bit of Latin as well!