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My wife and I are planning a trip to Italy. I thought it would be cool to be
Blue Print
1/24/23 12:08pm
No offense, but wouldn't it make more sense to spend your time learning Italian
Sea Chicken
1/24/23 12:11pm
If you can read Italian, you can read 99% of Latin inscriptions.
RossoNeri
1/24/23 12:14pm
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d-coug
1/24/23 12:15pm
Because I figured I'd go on to Italian and Spanish from there.
Blue Print
1/24/23 12:16pm
The point is you’re doing the wrong order. Learn Italian and/or Spanish first &
RossoNeri
1/24/23 12:18pm
I disagree but he isn't going to have time to learn that stuff in time probably.
No touching
1/24/23 12:20pm
Great point. This is why the MTC teaches Latin before Italian/Spanish
RealTaysomHill
1/24/23 12:32pm
They don't teach Latin after Spanish/Italian either.
No touching
1/24/23 12:33pm
Of course not, it's a dead language. But the point is, if it was better to
RealTaysomHill
1/24/23 1:07pm
This is right, Latin will fall into place as you learn the Latin-based languages
RossoNeri
1/24/23 1:15pm
I learned Latin first and the other Romance languages are a breeze. Doing it the other way I'm sure makes Latin
No touching
1/24/23 1:20pm
Yes Latin is much more difficult to learn than the Latinate languages, so
RossoNeri
1/24/23 1:25pm
Which Latin-speaking mission did you get called to back in the 1300s?
RossoNeri
1/24/23 1:00pm
Learn Latin if you want to learn Latin. But not as base for learning the others.
ReiUrso
1/24/23 12:46pm
Romanian is even better for both Italian and Latin.
Doogal McCougar
1/24/23 1:04pm
RE: My wife and I are planning a trip to Italy. I thought it would be cool to be
OPINIONS
1/24/23 12:16pm
Schoolhouse Rock
Ducougar
1/24/23 12:16pm
Even knowing Latin the inscriptions are frequently tough to decipher as they contain a lot of abbreviations.
No touching
1/24/23 12:18pm
Wasn't Lucius was the kid in Gladiator?
Sea Chicken
1/24/23 12:21pm
Probably. There were only about a dozen common first names - so few that they abbreviated them.
No touching
1/24/23 12:32pm
And it wasn't even built by Agrippa. It was built by Hadrian.
Blue Print
1/24/23 12:40pm
Yep. Original was built by Agrippa and Hadrian later built the dome.
No touching
1/24/23 12:44pm
Built in stages over many years but the dome was the engineering masterpiece.
Forzaitalia
1/24/23 1:05pm
yep
No touching
1/24/23 1:17pm
P.S. Thanks for the advice about things I didn't ask for...
Blue Print
1/24/23 12:56pm
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No touching
1/24/23 1:11pm
You didn’t ask for us to make things easier for you, but we tried!
RossoNeri
1/24/23 1:16pm
Turns out you're the only Latin speaker on the board! 😉
ReiUrso
1/24/23 1:47pm
Actually careful reading would indicate I need an ENGLISH remedial primer
Blue Print
1/24/23 3:06pm
i haven't done latin, but this one is amazon's best-seller; looking through the table of contents & reviews, it seems
BYUtiful
1/24/23 3:19pm
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