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Jan 24, 2023
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Sea Chicken
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No offense, but wouldn't it make more sense to spend your time learning Italian
and use google translate or some other translator for the Latin?
The inscriptions aren't going to help you find your way back to your hotel.
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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
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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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