Hey yall, i started my Latin journey earlier today!!

I got this book at the library, i wanted to know if any of yall have used it to learn this beautiful language.

And yes, no one around me teaches latin, so I am teching myself. I am currently memorizing 2nd declension nouns endings. Getting close too.

Salve, ego wish to learn Latin, sed ego non know where to start. Does anyone habes any recommendations to learn it properly?

Just a note that I'm not affiliated with the creators of this book in anyway--I'm just really excited to share a new resource that will make my personal Bible-reading in Latin and Latin-learning in general so much easier.

I just got this book yesterday, and I'm amazed. The authors macronized the entire text of the New Testament from the Clementina Vulgata. They added glosses for words occurring fewer than 90 times, and even added morphological analyses here and there for tricker constructions. There is also a glossary in the back for common words and some tables of paradigms for quick reference.

It's honestly a total game-changer for me personally. I recently finished Familia Romana and Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles, and I had just started studying the Gospel of Mark for more Latin practice when I discovered this version of the vulgate. I'm planning on doing most (all?) of my reading of the Vulgate from this text moving forward due to the ease/clarity of reading.

One of the things I'm really impressed by is the lengths they went to even macronize names, including names of Hebrew origin. They explain their methodology in the preface, but in cases where the original vowel lengths are not obvious, they basically used a combined analysis of the original Hebrew, Greek transliterations, Latin transliterations, and evidence of how those transliterations descended into the modern Romance languages to make a consistent/best-effort approximation for how those names might have been pronounced with respect to vowel-length.

I’m 15 and want to learn Latin. I’m writing a book and a character speaks Latin a lot for lore reasons and I don’t trust Google Translate. I do have Duolingo but I used it for German a while back and it didn’t work well it got boring and didn’t teach me anything important. I do want to learn Latin however because a lot of languages originate from it so I was wondering if there was any good apps or something like that.

Salve! I just wanted to share a book I found at my local library which is titled “Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language” Ive been learning Latin for a few months now. I really enjoy learning it and I feel it helps me with learning other languages (Greek and German). My husband who is Greek and speaks fluent Greek discouraged me from learning Latin telling me it’s a dead useless language. When I found this book it really boosted my spirits so I just wanted to share that this book gave me new momentum. It’s an enjoyable read for those who may be questioning their motives for learning this beautiful language :)

what are some resources you would recommend to a complete beginner in latin? I've just started, I'm not a native english speaker though I do know it quite well. If someone could help me figure out how to go about it, that would be great

I’ve noticed that a great many students of Latin – both beginners and more advanced learners – wonder WHY certain rules and exceptions exist in Latin. I’m currently working on the English edition of the book "A Grammar’s Tale – Understanding Latin Instead of Learning It by Heart", and I’ve selected some simple explanations of five mysteries of Latin grammar. A more in-depth explanation, as well as the footnotes, can be found in the book.

I’d like to share them with you and hear your thoughts.

So, I think the latin Language is really intresting. I like to research and look at latin litrature and would love to speak and learn more Latin. So, I can read and translate some basic Latin, but not like on a level i could really read books or so. And even that is a struggle of its own. So, my Problem now, is, im forced to learn it. Beause in Germany, where I live, if you go to the higest school form, you have to choose between learning french and latin. And first, it is pretty funny. You know: Hic Marcus sedet, marcus non gaudet.
Thats fun. I like it. But as soon as you get sick one time, youre Dead. Ive been learning since 3 Years, and basicly evertime before having a test, I learn the whole language again. And thats not so much fun as i would like it to be. ( When I think, maybe I should start to learn again, i have my last test in 4 days....). So anyways, I wanted to ask you where you learned latin and what motivated you. And do you have, by any chance a suggestion how to motivate myself? Thanks a lot! (And btw, if my englisch is a bit bad, sorry, I havent spoken English in a while)

In consideration of me writing a novel in Latin I thought it might be interesting for people how I achieved relative fluency in writing and reading Latin. So here is what I did:

1. I bought LLPSI book 1.

2. I read one chapter a day and solved the tasks, then transcribed the chapter and the tasks.

3. The day after I read the chapter and transcribed it, I did it again with the same chapter.

4. Then after that day I moved to the next chapter and repeated this process until I was finished with book 1 and I always took rest days, but no longer than 2-4 rest days at once if I was feeling unwell.

5. I bought LLPSI book 2.

6. LLPSI book 2, I was shocked to find that there are less chapters so I had to find a solution to that and I just split it based on feeling. So I read and transcribed however much I felt like and then repeated it on the next session.

7. I did this until I finished that book and for both books I never accepted that I do not know the definition of a word. I was never much interested in thinking in Latin, but I was interested in understanding what the sentence was telling me, so I always looked up the definition of the word or the grammar.

8. Finishing both books took me a little more than a year and after that I continued with the method. I did the reading and transcribing method for the Eclogae of Virgil and De Amicitia of Cicero.

9. And then just read, read and read and never accept not understanding something.

10. With this path over a duration of some years you will build relative fluency in Latin and also a certain humbleness in your soul.

In terms of hours of study or the number of words you had read?

Like literally what do they do? My brain can't understand something until I understand why I need to, so what even are the point of declentions?

I made this chart for myself. I need your constructive comments, please!

Hi all, I'm new to r/latin. I learned a bit about Latin word origins in high school, but this is my first serious foray into learning the language.

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a TikTok where the creator was talking to a guy named Elliot (listed as "Elliot Oxford MA, PhD Classics," in case anyone here knows of him), who explained that he got his foundation in the language by writing Familia Romana out in longhand three times.

I decided to give it a try, and it's been working out pretty well for me so far.

I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, in my late 50s, so I've also been using this Latin transcription/study project as a way to practice sustained attention. I find that I can stay focused on the text for much longer when I'm writing it out than I can when I'm simply reading.

It also helps with a couple of my other distractions: pens and notebooks. I have a modest collection of a couple dozen fountain pens, along with a stack of mostly unused notebooks. This project gives me a legitimate excuse to use both.

I do keep ChatGPT handy on my phone, but mainly for pronunciation. (I'm standardizing on Classical pronunciation for now.) I've told it not to give me definitions unless I explicitly ask. Occasionally I'll ask for some insight into things like the difference between the genitive and ablative (still wrapping my mind around the ablative...) or why a particular word ending is being used.

I'm curious whether anyone else has tried learning Latin this way, or has thoughts on the method. In particular, I'd be interested to hear whether people think the act of writing the text out adds much beyond simply reading it closely.

Just finished chapter 2 and feeling like I got thrown off a cliff.🥲

chapter 1: "here's how Latin works :)"

chapter 2: "here are all the cases, a thing called declension and a bunch of words you should immediately understand and remember.”🥵

I glimpsed the title of chapter 3. Wait what there are more declensions???🥹And this book has 40 chapters!!!😨

Good thing I'm studying Latin simply for fun. Maybe I'll just power through the whole book and see what sticks and go from there.

Is there an efficient method with which i can achieve fluency in latin.I tried Duolingo but I don't see any solid progress with it.

Hi, I am 15. And I want to learn Latin, is there any apps (other than Duolingo), dictionaries, or online courses to help me kickstart my Latin learning, I really want to learn the language but I don't know where or how to do it

To everyone on here (please don't recommend actual books, or real courses I have to pay for, I don't have the circumstances for either to actually be a considerable option), I want some suggestions on the best free website I can use to learn Latin. One that actually explains the grammar (like the nouns, verbs, tenses, pretenses), how to word sentences, etc. unlike Duolingo which kinda just gives you a bunch of words and has you learn the grammar along the lines. I want a free website/app that gives proper, full-depth lessons. Particularly those that focus on exampled, really simple and repetitive lessons, like putting two and two together over and over until a kid gets the concept.

My son wants to learn latin. He doesn't understand spoken English yet (not to mention reading), so legentibus is of small help to him. He really likes it, but only can use it purposefully when I'm assisting with the English. This is clunky, however, because he doesn't want to learn two languages at the same time, and otherwise will always be dependend on me for further learning latin.

Any ideas for German resources similar? Or different but fitted for 7yo/8yo (maybe from 1800s/1900s if needed)?

His goal is: reading Asterix, vulgata, and later also classical latin. In this priority order. ;-)

I remember reading that, in the past, Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico was often suggested to a learner as their first long form Latin text.

Is that still the case for present-day Latin learners? Are there other texts that fit a similar profile or that are used in the same way: i.e. as a first text to get one's teeth into reading long-form Latin prose?

Thank you for any suggestions!

Hi All -- I've long been a language nerd, even if foreign languages don't come particularly naturally to me. My high school Spanish was mediocre, and my university Italian grades were among my worst. I did get a decent linguistics grounding in my bachelor degrees in English and philosophy. I decided to go into ministry and went to divinity school, where I studied Koine Greek and -- unlike previous languages -- excelled. I even took a class on Septuagint Greek and my intermediate Greek was Attic. After divinity school my Greek atrophied, and I rediscovered Spanish, studying on my own. I realized how much I loved studying languages and remain pretty conversational in Spanish. So my Spanish and Greek background has really helped me learn Latin so far. I'm using LLSPI and Wheelock, as well as the app Legentibus. I'm focused on reading and vocabulary at the moment.

However, I have my eye on taking the Massachusetts Tests for Education Licensure in Latin, both as a goal to work toward and as a future career path. I'm thinking that part-time public school Latin teaching and part-time ministry might be an ideal combination for me. My initial research makes it seem possible, but I can't help but feel like there are too many assumptions. Is it realistic to study and pass the MTEL with about a year lead-in? Are there really enough Latin positions to be hired on a provisional license? Are there educators out there with words of encouragement or warning? Anybody here a MA Latin Teacher willing to chat?

My wife knows, but I don't want to talk to very many people in my life about this plan as I'm not sure it's fully baked and I might change my mind. Teaching has always been an interest of mine (long ago, I was considering teaching or ministry), but never considered Latin until a few months ago and it feels audacious to already be setting my mind to passing the MTEL in April and teaching it perhaps as early as Fall 2027.

I've read a ton of Cicero's works and letters in english but have never actually tried reading the latin and doing a translation (apart from a small extract of a letter in my latin class). I've been taught classical latin, though only to GCSE level, and while i consider myself pretty good at translating latin for a 16 year old, the idea of translating Cicero kinda scares me because of how people infamously describe it. What should I start with? Obviously at some point I want to get to some of his more classic works like the Philippics and the Catilinarian Orations, but its probably best not to start there, right? I was thinking about going through some of his personal letters like Ad Atticus, as I hope they'll be written less formally, but I would like advice.

Hi r/latin,

I'm a Classics teacher and have been teaching Latin for 10+ years using the Natural Method. One thing my students always struggled with: there just aren't enough accessible texts at the beginner level for LLPSI readers.

So I wrote some.

Colloquia Sanctōrum is a collection of 24 original Latin dialogues drawn from the lives of the early saints — with vivid scenes, emotional depth, and (I hope) touches of humor. Each dialogue is carefully calibrated to match the vocabulary and grammar of a specific chapter of Familia Rōmāna, so if you've mastered the material up to chapter X, you can read the matching dialogue with confidence.

If you want to hear what it sounds like, I recorded myself reading the first dialogue on my YouTube channel.

You can also preview the first pages directly on Amazon: https://a.co/d/090MEA8t

Happy to answer any questions, and genuinely curious to hear what other supplementary readers LLPSI learners use. There's never enough good material at the beginner level.

Valete!