Hi i am 20 years old and about to start University. I am looking for ways to start learning Latin and the best way to go about studying it. I have a lot of free time and ive always wanted to learn multiple languages basically becoming a linguist. I want to learn Latin as a starting point to learn Spanish, French, and Italian and maybe a couple of Acient languages such as Greek and Sumerian.

Hello, everyone! 😄

This is a topic I haven't really delved into until recently, since most of my academic work is not really tied in with this topic and I have time for little else these days but work and more work. 😅 Basically, I've always been intrigued by efforts to translate more modern (in a loose sense) literature into Latin. I've found the end products of those translations to be an interesting and worthwile pedagogic tool. Unfortuntely, I know of only two (somewhat) widely read and discussed translations like that — The Hobbit and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. If anyone knows of any other, I'd love to hear about them! And, besides, what do you think of translations of more contemporary books into Latin, do you find them good for engaging students?

Okay so like the title says, I’m taking 201 in September because I desperately need the credits and can’t afford to fit literally anything else into my schedule. Any tips or resources to learn quickly?

I’m shooting for the stars on this one and would like to know enough to be able to pull through and get an A

Mi interessa molto la lingua latina, tanto da aver intrapreso un percorso di studi universitario dedicato. Il problema è che, come da molti riconosciuto, lo studio necessario mi ha allontanato dalla pratica traduttiva e dallo studio della grammatica. Mi spiego meglio: durante gli anni dell'università, i corsi vertevano maggiormente sull'approfondimento letterario, a volte accompagnato dallo studio di testi in latino che, data la brevità dei tempi e la mole del testo, non permetteva un vero e proprio approfondimento.

Ora, però, vorrei recuperare l'abilità nella lingua arrivando a tradurre fluentemente. Mi rendo conto che riprendendo anche per qualche ora torno a muovermi con sicurezza nel testo. Non nego, ovviamente, di avere qualche lacuna...

Potreste consigliarmi un modo per ricominciare con lo studio e affinare i metodi traduttivi e il riconoscimento dei costrutti, i differenti tipi di periodi ecc...?

Grazie in anticipo