Because I figured I'd go on to Italian and Spanish from there.

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Jan 24, 2023
12:16:35pm

Blue Print All-American

Because I figured I'd go on to Italian and Spanish from there.

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Blue Print

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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

boardname checks out

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

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

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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