It's because some languages simply speak to you, no pun intended. I personally couldn't care less about Latin but the idea that Latin excites some people to the point that they want to learn, speak, read, and write it is totally conceivable. You also become way better at learning and understanding languages anyways. I learnt Sanskrit for 7 years in school, and while I don't speak it, my Hindi has improved drastically and I was able to become fluent in Japanese fairly quickly as grammatical concepts and jargon was super easy for me to deconstruct and apply. It makes total sense that learning Latin will greatly improve one's english and allow them to learn the romance languages with ease.
Learning a dead language is very much an academic pursuit but just enjoying the journey to me is the fun part. Personally I would much rather learn a language that is in need or speakers to perserve it for the future like Occitan, Catalan, Frisian etc which are slowly losing speakers.
Both those countries are in economic decline at least according to Peter Zeihan. UA-cam his name and you'll see what I'm talking about. Basically it has to deal with population decline and de-globalization .
Well, have you thanked Heavens today for Fr. Matteo Ricci having made up the first Western grammar of the Chinese language, all in Latin?! If not, start now to.
People spoke Latin most of the time it was taught, it is only as it fell out of regula use that it became taught as a read-only language (from 17-1800 onwards, depending where you were) So this is a return to tradition, rather than something wholly new.
Aeroplanum an avio? Ego dico "avio". Some people may learn Latin so that they can correctly decline "Ambystoma" (a salamander called "axolotl" in Nahuatl) or "Pongo" (which I'd put in the second declension as if it were "Pongus", because the subfamily is Ponginae). They may also want to stress the right syllable in "Camponotus" (an ant) but for that you need Greek as well. Can you figure out "Cachicāmus dīcet morrocōgi «conchūte!»"?
So impressed with her passion for teaching Latin! I’d want to be in her class.
still don't get the point of speaking a dead language, why not learn Chinese, German, or something that makes more economical sense?
It's because some languages simply speak to you, no pun intended. I personally couldn't care less about Latin but the idea that Latin excites some people to the point that they want to learn, speak, read, and write it is totally conceivable.
You also become way better at learning and understanding languages anyways. I learnt Sanskrit for 7 years in school, and while I don't speak it, my Hindi has improved drastically and I was able to become fluent in Japanese fairly quickly as grammatical concepts and jargon was super easy for me to deconstruct and apply. It makes total sense that learning Latin will greatly improve one's english and allow them to learn the romance languages with ease.
Learning a dead language is very much an academic pursuit but just enjoying the journey to me is the fun part. Personally I would much rather learn a language that is in need or speakers to perserve it for the future like Occitan, Catalan, Frisian etc which are slowly losing speakers.
Both those countries are in economic decline at least according to Peter Zeihan. UA-cam his name and you'll see what I'm talking about. Basically it has to deal with population decline and de-globalization .
Because it's fun and enriching. Not everything in the world has to make "economical sense".
Well, have you thanked Heavens today for Fr. Matteo Ricci having made up the first Western grammar of the Chinese language, all in Latin?! If not, start now to.
Glad to see that Latin is being spoken in the classroom.
Thank you for this video.
People spoke Latin most of the time it was taught, it is only as it fell out of regula use that it became taught as a read-only language (from 17-1800 onwards, depending where you were) So this is a return to tradition, rather than something wholly new.
If more people are speaking Latin, then modern media, such as new
books, podcasts, movies, etc., should exist. I wonder how common this
is.
It is not a dead language!
It is too bad they never met Father Reginald Foster.
One of the foremost revered teachers of Latin.
R.I.P. Father Reginald Foster
If you want french spanish italian portuguese or romaniam enjoy learning latin otherwise skip to sanskrit or Chinese.
Need spelling acquisition too..
Aeroplanum an avio? Ego dico "avio".
Some people may learn Latin so that they can correctly decline "Ambystoma" (a salamander called "axolotl" in Nahuatl) or "Pongo" (which I'd put in the second declension as if it were "Pongus", because the subfamily is Ponginae). They may also want to stress the right syllable in "Camponotus" (an ant) but for that you need Greek as well.
Can you figure out "Cachicāmus dīcet morrocōgi «conchūte!»"?