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Best of luck. I wish I had the time and/or the remaining brain cells.

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Great link, Auris. Thank you.

 

There have long been two gaps in my knowledge to the better understanding of Ancient Roman history: Latin and Ancient Roman numismatics.

 

Over the last several years I've worked hard to learn about Ancient Roman numismatics (although I don't collect coins).

 

Learning Latin, however, has been a real struggle. I function very well in Spanish, using it nearly daily at work for more than twenty years. My Italian, another Latin-derived language, is more than adequate to communicate with my relatives in Italy on a regular basis.

 

Learning Latin, however, has been a nearly impossible task. I lose my motivation as soon as I hear Latin,

 

Maybe my brain has ossified. Maybe Latin is so foreign to my ears. I would much rather review my Dutch (a far more guttural and harsh-sounding language) before my next trip to the Netherlands than review my Latin so I can speak Latin with...no one. At least when I practice my Dutch, I can annoy my Dutch friends and...I can pretend I am speaking the tongue of some Ancient Germanic Batavian tribe.

 

 

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I have always wanted to speak Latin too, but I tend to find it hard to get motivated as it's essentially a lot of hard work and there's virtually no one you can speak to outside of a classics department. One thing that does motivate me is the ability to be able to read a lot historical texts, not just Roman, that were written in Latin.

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Great link, Auris. Thank you.

 

There have long been two gaps in my knowledge to the better understanding of Ancient Roman history: Latin and Ancient Roman numismatics.

 

Over the last several years I've worked hard to learn about Ancient Roman numismatics (although I don't collect coins).

 

Learning Latin, however, has been a real struggle. I function very well in Spanish, using it nearly daily at work for more than twenty years. My Italian, another Latin-derived language, is more than adequate to communicate with my relatives in Italy on a regular basis.

 

Learning Latin, however, has been a nearly impossible task. I lose my motivation as soon as I hear Latin,

 

Maybe my brain has ossified. Maybe Latin is so foreign to my ears. I would much rather review my Dutch (a far more guttural and harsh-sounding language) before my next trip to the Netherlands than review my Latin so I can speak Latin with...no one. At least when I practice my Dutch, I can annoy my Dutch friends and...I can pretend I am speaking the tongue of some Ancient Germanic Batavian tribe.

 

 

guy also known as gaius

 

Hi Gaius,

 

Maybe you could try this one with your Dutch friends. Translate this sentence: "Caesar ad liver aspergus as augurques".

 

It's made-up Latin. When they don't know the answer, let them read it out loud.

In dutch it says: "Caesar prefers to eat asparagus rather than pickles."

 

Auris

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