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<blockquote data-quote="jamiec" data-source="post: 76606415" data-attributes="member: 429609"><p>No. The thing is, to persevere. I have found it very helpful to read in Latin a book I already know very well in English.</p><p></p><p>Grammar and vocabulary, and the “habits” of the language, can be picked up only by constant and thorough immersion - to know what words mean, is not knowing Latin; one must get used to thinking in Latin.</p><p></p><p> My recommendation: any Biblical book you know very well. Psalms might be a good choice, because most Psalms are fairly short.</p><p></p><p>If you want pure Classical Latin, the three great models for Latin prose are Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Livy. I suggest Caesar, De Bello Gallico as probably more straightforward than the others - Cicero’s Latin can be rather involved.</p><p></p><p>If you want poetry, try a Book of Vergil’s Aeneid - Book 1 or 4 or 6 would probably be best. 10 lines a day thoroughly understood is far better than 20 or 50 or 100 not clearly understand.</p><p></p><p>There is a vast body of Christian Latin - not all of it RC. The Reformers might be worth a look, like their Catholic opponents. Latin was the international language of learning well into the 19th century.</p><p></p><p>For some modern Latin, you can read <a href="https://la.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Praefatio" target="_blank">[PLAIN]Vicipaedia:Praefatio - Vicipaedia[/PLAIN]</a></p><p></p><p>- this article and the links: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini" target="_blank">Nuntii Latini - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>For books in Latin: </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org" target="_blank">www.archive.org</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.books.Google.com" target="_blank">www.books.Google.com</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://thelatinlibrary.com/" target="_blank">The Latin Library</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jamiec, post: 76606415, member: 429609"] No. The thing is, to persevere. I have found it very helpful to read in Latin a book I already know very well in English. Grammar and vocabulary, and the “habits” of the language, can be picked up only by constant and thorough immersion - to know what words mean, is not knowing Latin; one must get used to thinking in Latin. My recommendation: any Biblical book you know very well. Psalms might be a good choice, because most Psalms are fairly short. If you want pure Classical Latin, the three great models for Latin prose are Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Livy. I suggest Caesar, De Bello Gallico as probably more straightforward than the others - Cicero’s Latin can be rather involved. If you want poetry, try a Book of Vergil’s Aeneid - Book 1 or 4 or 6 would probably be best. 10 lines a day thoroughly understood is far better than 20 or 50 or 100 not clearly understand. There is a vast body of Christian Latin - not all of it RC. The Reformers might be worth a look, like their Catholic opponents. Latin was the international language of learning well into the 19th century. For some modern Latin, you can read [URL='https://la.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Praefatio'][PLAIN]Vicipaedia:Praefatio - Vicipaedia[/PLAIN][/URL] - this article and the links: [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini']Nuntii Latini - Wikipedia[/URL] For books in Latin: [URL="http://www.archive.org"]www.archive.org[/URL] [URL="http://www.books.Google.com"]www.books.Google.com[/URL] [URL="http://thelatinlibrary.com/"]The Latin Library[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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