Salvete et Khairete

Hello everyone. This is just a standard introductory thread, so a bit about myself:

I’m a soon-to-be sophomore mechanical engineering major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County with an interest in the classics and history. I took three years of Latin in high school, then Intermediate Latin last year for my language requirement. I also took Latin lyric poetry this last semester.

I found Textkit a while ago, while exhaustively searching the web for information about Latin and Greek, but never actually registered until recently. It’s a great forum you have here - it was here that I discovered Lingua Latina, which I’m currently using to complete my Latin education (I’m on Pars II, Capitulum XXXVI). It isn’t perfect, but I owe a lot to it and its method.

I’m also learning Greek from Clyde Pharr’s book (on lesson XXV), and I have to say that the Homer-first approach has a lot going for it- the Ilias is simply amazing in the original.

Lastly, I’m starting a Latin-language conversation club at my school this fall. We already have a few students and two professors from the Ancient Studies department involved, and I’m quite excited to bringing Latin back to life with them.

Farewell!

Edit: Changed “Khaire” in the title to “Khairete”
Edit 2: misspelled “sophomore”

Welcome to Textkit! That Latin conversation club sounds like fun!

Greetings, Hu! It sounds like you and I have taken parallel courses. I’ve also begun a Latin conversation club at my school, and I congratulate you on your efforts and achievements. Hopefully someday we’ll have the chance to collaborate.

Vale atque uale!

Hello! With effort and little luck, you may finish reading the entire unabridged Ilias in Greek in two years :wink:

Salve!

with little luck, or with a little luck, GGG?

The meaning changes a little (or does it change little?)

David

δι’ολίγου δή!