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Latin thread
« on: April 20, 2011, 10:19:23 pm »
Hic Latine loquamur! (aut Anglice loqui tibi licet si non potes :P)
Quaere omnia quae de Latina lingua cognoscere velis.
Here let us speak Latin! (or you are permitted to speak in English if you are not able :P)
Ask all things which you wish to learn about the Latin language.
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 10:22:28 pm »
I wish I knew enough to speak Latin here. I'm learning but the vocab is hard to get down.

What is the hardest thing to learn in Latin that's not vocab?
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 10:25:58 pm »
Well, the only two main parts are grammar and vocabulary. Being "fluent" to some extent is also rather difficult.
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 10:33:25 pm »
My latin teacher says I'm doing pretty well with understanding the concepts of the language if not the vocab. What is the easiest or best way to learn the vocab?
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 10:35:39 pm »
Different things work best for different people. My teacher likes to recommend flashcards, which help a lot of people. There are lots of other techniques. You can associate a word with a similar-meaning derivative, for example.
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 10:59:28 pm »
You might want to change the title of this thread to Latinus fili. I hope that's a correct translation
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 11:06:55 pm »
I know about 25 words of latin in total :P
I do know Lorum Ipsum Dolor, though. :D
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 11:10:09 pm »
Lorem Ipsum is fake latin... based on real latin.

Also I would love if my school actually gave latin courses. Since Vatican II, Latin is not really useful anymore, so they stopped giving latin courses here.
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 08:29:19 am »
Quote from: juju2143 on April 20, 2011, 11:10:09 pm
Lorem Ipsum is fake latin... based on real latin.

Also I would love if my school actually gave latin courses. Since Vatican II, Latin is not really useful anymore, so they stopped giving latin courses here.
yeah, I knew that...
also:
cattus puel = catgirl
odobenus = walrus
homarus americanus = lobster
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2011, 08:42:49 am »
Quote from: turiqwalrus on April 21, 2011, 08:29:19 am

cattus puel = catgirl


I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with that translation. I don't know what cat is but I know girl is puella.
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 09:16:10 am »
ok, sorry. blame google translate... :P
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 10:29:12 am »
By going to a Catholic school I know a little bit of Latin, but I never took our Latin class.

Mater Dei - Mother of God
Caritas Christi - Love of Christ
Agnus Dei -Lamb of God
Pax Romana - Peace of Rome
Lux Nova - New light

and that's about it :P
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 05:04:51 pm »
I pwn at Latin.  :D

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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2011, 12:51:32 am »
Note to others: don't use Google Translate for Latin; it's horrendous.
yunhua: fail :P
This is supposed to be serious, mind you, as evidenced by it's placement in miscellaneous, not spam ;)
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Re: Latin thread
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2011, 02:02:06 am »
Quote from: calcdude84se on April 22, 2011, 12:51:32 am
Note to others: don't use Google Translate for Latin; it's horrendous.
Machine translation in general is fraught with error. I sometimes use Google Translate to read posts on TI-Bank (French -> English) and have seen some pretty ridiculous translations, e.g.:

Original post: La CX n'est pas livré avec son couvercle
Translation: The CX is bundled with its lid

I can forgive the "cover"/"lid" thing, maybe "couvercle" can mean either of those, but... "n'est pas" -> "is"? Really?
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