[Naris]

Yeah... this is me being bored and procrastinating (well kind of, it is more stress relief) about studying for my Latin exam tomorrow.

So...

Anyone else speak anything dead/obscure/made-up? How is it for you? Why'd you learn it? Has it been useful for you? Do you regret learning it instead of doing something else?

 

[Firam]

Sorry can't say I have except I'm in my 4th year of Spanish in high school but spanish is very common. Thought it would be cool to learn a rare language, just for the fun of it.

 

[Kirosia]

I learned how to talk so fast that my voice becomes fairly incoherent. In spanish class I'd just jumble words together and the teacher assumed I gave the right answer. What can I say, it works.

 

[cwuzer]

i took latin for 3 years in middle school...

all i remember...

my name was crassus.

learned my lesson...now i take chinese in high school...and yeah...i'm chinese.

 

[Naris]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirosia I learned how to talk so fast that my voice becomes fairly incoherent. In spanish class I'd just jumble words together and the teacher assumed I gave the right answer. What can I say, it works.

If only that worked in Latin. My class at least is about 70% writing and translation...

 

[Salt Peanuts]

I learned Latin for 3 years in high school. It filled the graduation requirement and it was whole lot more interesting (for me) than other options I had. Of course, I've almost completely forgotten anything about it after not using it for over a decade.

 

[mysticaldodo]

I speak Elvish

 

[YamiTenshi]

I speak English and Chinese, are they dead yet?

 

[PSmith08]

An tu putas neminem loquatur Latinam in hoc loco?

I am a Classics major, so I get to deal with quite a bit of Latin right now. In fact, in class today we started Horace's Odes. I had a semester of Greek, and can probably fumble my way through some really basic stuff.

Given my professors so far, I am considerably better with the philological side of things than the actual fun of translation and composition. I can go on at length about why various forms of the subjunctive are needed in various clauses, but couldn't sight-read to save my soul.

Illa vita est.

 

[IstariAsuka]

Taking 2nd semester latin right now...

I'm liking it way better than Spanish back in high school.

 

[HeadphoneMafia]

Taking latin right now in HS.

Normally, I love it, but my new teacher just sucks the fun out of it.

 

[Czilla9000]

I took 3 years of Latin in HS. Bad decision.

 

[JahJahBinks]

Mesa tinks hard.....

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I would like to learn Latin, just so that I can (correctly) make up words.

I used to read "Stari Slavyanski" (old Slavic), back when I was an alter boy. Other than in Russian Orthodox churches, that is definitely one dead language.

T-3

 

[00940]

I've had 6 years of latin and ancient greek in high school (4 hours/week each). I can read a bit of both (I've lost quite a lot of my greek though) but I could never say I speak them