How NOT to learn Latin: Using Duolingo. Unless you're interested in forming stupid sentences like "the drunk bird destroys the house" then don't bother.
I bought the book basics of Latin and I am being blessed. I learn the language and I get to know interesting things about the history of the church and the history of Christianity. Thank you.
The same with any of the Romance languages. Even though I never studied any Italian, for example, I find that I can understand a bit of it because of Latin. And there are so many cognates between Latin and Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian. Even with Germanic languages, for that matter.
As a native Czech I can say the same. No articles, three gramatical genders, robust case system and half the vocab I know from English/Spanish, heck even the 2nd. person plural imperative is constructed the same way it is in Czech by suffixing -te and there are surely many things I'm yet to discover as I started just a few days ago.
What a perfectly studied attire!! The jumper goes with the first book right bottom shelf, the watch with the apples, shirt goes with the pictures on the walls and the trousers with the wall behind. Even your hair goes well with the set of four thick books top shelf! HOW Meticulous!
@@shaquille.oatmeal.9623 really hard, i would say especially when it comes to classical literature but i'm gonna study harder next semester and hopefully, i'll catch up
BELLISIME! Thank you for the video about this. The more I listen to these things, the more I am motivated on speaking Latin. As far as I know, the way to learn thoroughly of a language is to practice speaking them, the same as you share.
Latin is very hard to learn honestly. I've been taking Latin in school for 4 years and still don't remember all the vocab and all the syntaxes and grammar I've learned. I can't speak it, and can read Latin at a mediocre level but reading Caesar is pretty hard for me. If I really think about what I'm reading, then usually I can figure it out, but the way that the sentences are structured makes it really hard to tell what exactly is being said in them. I really want to be able to read Latin fluently and maybe even speak it fluently, but it's just really hard for me to comprehend Latin quickly enough to understand it when it's spoken, let alone trying to speak it myself or read a Latin text in a decent amount of time.
Interesting comment, and I can sympathize. I tried to learn Spanish and failed. Now I'm trying to learn Esperanto--widely believed to be the easiest language in the world--and having trouble. I imagine my chances of learning Latin are not good at all, but I'd like to do it. One day I will try.
I took Latin for three years at school about 40 years ago but did not learn much. It is a difficult language. So far the best book I have read (which I am still reading) is Lingua Latina per se Illustrata by Hans Henning Ørberg. It is quite entertaining. I read De Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar last year. Even with the English translation beside me it was difficult to translate.
if you really want to learn a language. memorizing vocabulary and grammar will get you nowhere if you don't try to use the language as much as you can. speaking and listening. I learned Spanish in a year without reading any grammar and only learning the the most uses vocabulary (frequency lists are your friends). it helps a lot if you have someone who already speaks the language that you can talk with.
I learned latin ages ago. That is, I learned how to slowly and painfully translate texts. It was like pulling teeth. But, on the other hand, I have had so much use of Latin in learning other languages, learning biology, medicine and lots of other stuff. Even mathematics. So, I am on the road to relearning latin again. I have not decided on methods yet. But, I have some ideas. Slightly more fun....
I’ve studied French and German. Currently studying Swedish. Once I’m happy with my Swedish I’ll move on to Portuguese and then I think I want to learn either Latin or Russian. I’m fascinated with language as a hobby and maybe someday for work and travel.
I would go for my versio 'Gratia Difundit' - instead of google translate version 'summe diffusivum est sui gratia' that ,dont know , but souds weird...
@@mandibraka8234 This looks a lot like what the Greek would translate by a middle voice (for a reflexive action), which, oddly enough, can be translated in Latin with a passive (e.g. in the Septuaginta, in the Book of Genesis - "Deus ferebatur super aquas"). So it would be "Gratia diffunditur", assuming all the words here are the correct ones (I have my doubts about "diffundere", but that may be because I'd need a refresher. Or you use a transitive verb in Latin, if there are any that have the same meaning.
trying to study for my latin exam atm, I love the ecce romani books but memorising chapter 20-24, the grammar rules and vocab the night before is a bit insane lol
@@agricolaregs you do have to learn something and memorise it before you just know it. It's not that easy. But learning translations are easier for me now, and I'm learning tables faster.
Me, a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker, but also english speaker as 2nd lang, seeing the native English speakers' comments about phonemes, syntax and verb conjugation: Well, welcome to my world ;)
I'm in law school and my professor told me that you used to have to be able to read Latin to graduate since all the necessary books weren't translated into English at the time. But now they are and there is no need for me to learn Latin... Is what they said... I have to memorize all of these Latin phrases and words and meanings and honestly, if I'm able to read the original Roman text, especially Gaius' and Justinian's institute, then I feel like I'll be able to have a much better grasp on the field, after all, this is gonna be my life's work, my career! And I want to be good at it. Also I'd love to read the bible in Latin, I grew up in a Hindu household, but my whole family are atheists, so I'm pretty lost on the whole idea of God. But when I went to the Vatican, it made me feel like maybe there is a God?? I don't know, I just want to understand things and stop being clueless. so we're starting from the beginning: Latin. Maybe I'll find the answers I am looking for there.
I'm not qualified to answer this question but I would say latin. I'm assuming you are a native english speaker so learning latin will be easier, as a lot of our "fancy" words come from latin. It wouldn't be too hard to adjust as compared to greek.
@@higuy8772 I started with Latin because there is more online sources so it is easier to learn and I am in high school, Latin has priority for my uni studies and I can learn the Greek when I'm in uni. btw my mother tongue is Turkish but I agree, thx for your answer.
You may already be familiar with Latin words and not realize it. For instance, in the movie, ‘Transformers’ the leader of the autobots is Optimus Prime. Both words are Latin. Loosely translated, optimus means ‘the best’ and prime means ‘to the highest degree’ so think of it as ‘the best of the best’, which makes sense because the character, Optimus Prime, is the last “Prime”, or leader of Cybertron. The English word optimum, meaning ‘the best’ (among other things) and prime, meaning ‘first in rank’ or ‘highest quality’ translates into the same meaning. Many English words have a Latin origin. Some are even spelled the same, as in ‘prime’. Latin doesn’t always translate to ‘fancy’ English words as someone mentioned. Check the words ‘pale’, ‘pallor’ and ‘pallid’.
I apologize if my comment seemed like I was talking to a kid. I saw the movie and thought it was a good example. Congratulations for doing a great job preparing for college. The second language will give you a much better opportunity to attend the college of your choice.
@@twalsh171 Theres a reason I used quotations when I said fancy, you usually dont use prime in everyday english. By "fancy" I was referring to middle school vocabulary. Stuff you wouldn't really find in a 5th graders writing.
Ok hear me out if I do the podcast how do I learn if I don’t know anything ? Or what there talking about ? I just wish someone could teach me I really want to learn
*the way my brain shapes thoughts would be very conducive to learning latin as i already love reading and saying (or writing) things that diverge as far from cliche' and mundane phrasing as possible*
I would like to learn Latin, but it's so complicated, I'm not really interested in speaking latin. My mothertongue is german and i would like to learn latin just like english with looking up words i don't know but it's not that easy i learned from dipping my feet into it. It seems to me it is necessary to study and go deep with grammar and that i really dislike. :(
I would like to be able to understand and read Latin and pronounce it similar to how Romans would have spoken it and not the way the church speaks it. I am not in a position to speak Latin.
I stopped the video before it reached a minute. 1. There's a lot of ways to learn Latin 2. You have to want to learn Latin 3. You can't learn it without being taught Wow, I had never considered any of those. You did forgot to mention that you can't speak without air.
@@atlantic_love N.1 Chill, because i didn't said anithing wrong N.2 You all guys love latin because it's your choice to learn it, i have to study it at school because i'm italian so STFU
@@gachahellofficial8782 No you need to chill. You're commenting on the wrong video. Nobody watching this video has any interest in what you say. Stick to rivers and streams that you're used to.
@@atlantic_love and you think I have any type of interest on you complaining on how bad I am? You are more childish than my whole community, just shut your mouth you buffon
“In order to learn Latin, you must learn Latin.” Is this dude Kamala Harris’s relative. Title should have been “Considerations before starting to learn Latin” or something
First, I should get fluent in English
*become
Not necessary, learn the Latin grammar in your Latin studies, even your English will get better.
Me too kkk
@@BruTube8 it doesn't matter
@@hetaeramancer isn't English a Latin language
How NOT to learn Latin: Using Duolingo. Unless you're interested in forming stupid sentences like "the drunk bird destroys the house" then don't bother.
wtf?! XD
they have it on mondly.
It’s actually, “The drunk parrot destroys the house.”
Yes this is an actual sentence they use, “Pscittacus ebrius villam delet.”
What are you talking about? That is an _awesome_ sentence.
@@RelativelyBest 😂😂 it would be a sight to see
I'd LOVE to learn both.
I want to learn neither
@@Person-cv9dj y u here bruh?
@@ummmmmlikeeeee because im forced to learn it so im trying to find a good way
@@Person-cv9dj ohhhhhh! Don’t worry, you will be able to do it (and maybe enjoy it) one day!
@@Person-cv9dj Looooollll same. My dad will spank/beat ne if i will not learn latin.
I bought the book basics of Latin and I am being blessed. I learn the language and I get to know interesting things about the history of the church and the history of Christianity. Thank you.
As a native portuguese speaker, my language has a lot in common with latin and that will probably help my way!
Facto
The same with any of the Romance languages. Even though I never studied any Italian, for example, I find that I can understand a bit of it because of Latin. And there are so many cognates between Latin and Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian. Even with Germanic languages, for that matter.
@@ancientromewithamy Indeed indeed. Romanian as well, people tend to forget
As a native Czech I can say the same. No articles, three gramatical genders, robust case system and half the vocab I know from English/Spanish, heck even the 2nd. person plural imperative is constructed the same way it is in Czech by suffixing -te and there are surely many things I'm yet to discover as I started just a few days ago.
Portuguese came from it 😂🤡
Latin is so intriguing to me
What a perfectly studied attire!!
The jumper goes with the first book right bottom shelf, the watch with the apples, shirt goes with the pictures on the walls and the trousers with the wall behind. Even your hair goes well with the set of four thick books top shelf! HOW Meticulous!
i'm gonna do a double major in archaeology and latin. wish me good luck y'all
Good luck!
@@HarryPuzzyLickre thank you!!!
@@a.2020 how’s it going
@@shaquille.oatmeal.9623 really hard, i would say especially when it comes to classical literature but i'm gonna study harder next semester and hopefully, i'll catch up
Very cool, Good luck!! study hard
BELLISIME! Thank you for the video about this. The more I listen to these things, the more I am motivated on speaking Latin. As far as I know, the way to learn thoroughly of a language is to practice speaking them, the same as you share.
Mi Frater Care, Gratias tibi ago propter pulchras lectiones tuas.... Gratulationes 👏....
Latin is very hard to learn honestly. I've been taking Latin in school for 4 years and still don't remember all the vocab and all the syntaxes and grammar I've learned. I can't speak it, and can read Latin at a mediocre level but reading Caesar is pretty hard for me. If I really think about what I'm reading, then usually I can figure it out, but the way that the sentences are structured makes it really hard to tell what exactly is being said in them. I really want to be able to read Latin fluently and maybe even speak it fluently, but it's just really hard for me to comprehend Latin quickly enough to understand it when it's spoken, let alone trying to speak it myself or read a Latin text in a decent amount of time.
Interesting comment, and I can sympathize. I tried to learn Spanish and failed. Now I'm trying to learn Esperanto--widely believed to be the easiest language in the world--and having trouble. I imagine my chances of learning Latin are not good at all, but I'd like to do it. One day I will try.
I took Latin for three years at school about 40 years ago but did not learn much. It is a difficult language. So far the best book I have read (which I am still reading) is Lingua Latina per se Illustrata by Hans Henning Ørberg. It is quite entertaining. I read De Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar last year. Even with the English translation beside me it was difficult to translate.
@@AtariTheAnimator Español was not that fácil for me! All the conjugations and irregular verbs were a nightmare.
if you really want to learn a language. memorizing vocabulary and grammar will get you nowhere if you don't try to use the language as much as you can. speaking and listening.
I learned Spanish in a year without reading any grammar and only learning the the most uses vocabulary (frequency lists are your friends). it helps a lot if you have someone who already speaks the language that you can talk with.
@Jonathan Gervasi While many English words are derived from Latin, it's also a Germanic language.
I learned latin ages ago. That is, I learned how to slowly and painfully translate texts. It was like pulling teeth.
But, on the other hand, I have had so much use of Latin in learning other languages, learning biology, medicine and lots of other stuff. Even mathematics. So, I am on the road to relearning latin again. I have not decided on methods yet. But, I have some ideas. Slightly more fun....
I feel pretty lucky to have a Latin class in 8th grade now
Your extremely lucky
LATIN IN 8TH GRADE? Bro I wish I went to your school, my high school doesn't even have a latin course
i have latin since 6 grade
@@CrucifiedBestia *you're
@@lianeahrez4238 What school do y'all go to? This sounds like a dream come true to me
I’ve studied French and German. Currently studying Swedish. Once I’m happy with my Swedish I’ll move on to Portuguese and then I think I want to learn either Latin or Russian. I’m fascinated with language as a hobby and maybe someday for work and travel.
How do you learn languages? What do you use? I would love to learn languages but don't have the resources or know the resources to do so
@@Someone1O1Books … Just like Polyglots did back in the days.
Plz recommend some podcasts for studying latin.
See my reply to Andrea for a bit of info.
He forgot to mention Philosophy also. Most, if not some of the classic philosophers knew Latin hundreds of years ago. Just saying.
*greek lol
@@gabriel_jahseh231 onggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
@@gabriel_jahseh231 they probably knew both
i started studiying latin pretty randomly and i am italian, i quickly found out that its pretty similar lol
How are you going to trabslate into Latin tnus phrase: "Grace diffuses itself." Thank you so.much.
I would go for my versio 'Gratia Difundit' - instead of google translate version 'summe diffusivum est sui gratia' that ,dont know , but souds weird...
@@mandibraka8234 This looks a lot like what the Greek would translate by a middle voice (for a reflexive action), which, oddly enough, can be translated in Latin with a passive (e.g. in the Septuaginta, in the Book of Genesis - "Deus ferebatur super aquas"). So it would be "Gratia diffunditur", assuming all the words here are the correct ones (I have my doubts about "diffundere", but that may be because I'd need a refresher.
Or you use a transitive verb in Latin, if there are any that have the same meaning.
Translate 🙃
I'm just here because I need to study for the upcoming latin test since I have it as an obligatory subject in my school lol
Great school you’re at. What country?
Lucky
@@severusfloki5778 croatia :)
@@eatplastiic5518 great!god bless
trust me all of us who have latin as obligatory subject are not happy about it lol (im from serbia and yes we have to learn latin in high school)
Can you list some of the podcast, when it gives spanish language podcast.
trying to study for my latin exam atm, I love the ecce romani books but memorising chapter 20-24, the grammar rules and vocab the night before is a bit insane lol
You can’t memorize that, you have to know it.
@@agricolaregs you do have to learn something and memorise it before you just know it. It's not that easy. But learning translations are easier for me now, and I'm learning tables faster.
Me, a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker, but also english speaker as 2nd lang, seeing the native English speakers' comments about phonemes, syntax and verb conjugation:
Well, welcome to my world ;)
I am learning it to write metal lyrics :DD
I'm in law school and my professor told me that you used to have to be able to read Latin to graduate since all the necessary books weren't translated into English at the time. But now they are and there is no need for me to learn Latin... Is what they said... I have to memorize all of these Latin phrases and words and meanings and honestly, if I'm able to read the original Roman text, especially Gaius' and Justinian's institute, then I feel like I'll be able to have a much better grasp on the field, after all, this is gonna be my life's work, my career! And I want to be good at it. Also I'd love to read the bible in Latin, I grew up in a Hindu household, but my whole family are atheists, so I'm pretty lost on the whole idea of God. But when I went to the Vatican, it made me feel like maybe there is a God?? I don't know, I just want to understand things and stop being clueless. so we're starting from the beginning: Latin. Maybe I'll find the answers I am looking for there.
The Vatican are satanic.
There’s God but Jesus is not Him.
I want to do both wish me luck this will be my first year practicing 🙏
Are there any podcasts using Ecclesiastical pronunciation?
teach me da ways
Deus vult
@@hadynbond4510 ok, Being X
I have a month to re-learn Latin and do my Latin homework until my 3rd year of highschool, wish me good luck
Why are people who learn Latin so refined in their speech and gestures?
It feels a bit artificial
I want to learn Ancient Greek also, which one should I start with? I'm completely learn by my own
I'm not qualified to answer this question but I would say latin. I'm assuming you are a native english speaker so learning latin will be easier, as a lot of our "fancy" words come from latin. It wouldn't be too hard to adjust as compared to greek.
@@higuy8772 I started with Latin because there is more online sources so it is easier to learn and I am in high school, Latin has priority for my uni studies and I can learn the Greek when I'm in uni. btw my mother tongue is Turkish but I agree, thx for your answer.
You may already be familiar with Latin words and not realize it. For instance, in the movie, ‘Transformers’ the leader of the autobots is Optimus Prime. Both words are Latin. Loosely translated, optimus means ‘the best’ and prime means ‘to the highest degree’ so think of it as ‘the best of the best’, which makes sense because the character, Optimus Prime, is the last “Prime”, or leader of Cybertron. The English word optimum, meaning ‘the best’ (among other things) and prime, meaning ‘first in rank’ or ‘highest quality’ translates into the same meaning. Many English words have a Latin origin. Some are even spelled the same, as in ‘prime’. Latin doesn’t always translate to ‘fancy’ English words as someone mentioned. Check the words ‘pale’, ‘pallor’ and ‘pallid’.
I apologize if my comment seemed like I was talking to a kid. I saw the movie and thought it was a good example. Congratulations for doing a great job preparing for college. The second language will give you a much better opportunity to attend the college of your choice.
@@twalsh171 Theres a reason I used quotations when I said fancy, you usually dont use prime in everyday english. By "fancy" I was referring to middle school vocabulary. Stuff you wouldn't really find in a 5th graders writing.
Gratias tibi
where r the podcasts?
I want to do both because I want to look like a classy leader. 😀
Any recommendations for latin-spoken podcasts? It would have been nice if you'd included 1 or 2 in the description box.
Where do you find such podcasts?
I want to learn both
1. You need to have motivation
Well I need to learn it because of school so that one is already down.
Where can I found those free podcast?
Sermones Raedarii, my podcast, can be now found here: www.alexanderveronensis.com
Great video, thank you!!!!!!!!
Is this for modern Latin interlingua
I love using Familia Romana.
Gratias tibi.
Zondervan please add more videos of derek cooper of latin
Ok hear me out if I do the podcast how do I learn if I don’t know anything ? Or what there talking about ? I just wish someone could teach me I really want to learn
This goes for any language not just latin
*the way my brain shapes thoughts would be very conducive to learning latin as i already love reading and saying (or writing) things that diverge as far from cliche' and mundane phrasing as possible*
thank you so much
I want to learn to speak and read Latin.
Some people can not talk without blinking really fast.
and some people can watch a video without picking on the youtuber
Maybe it’s morse code
My only motivation is religion, is that a good motivation?
I speak Portuguese and English so it shouldn’t be THAT hard right?
Como você já fala português isso vai te ajudar muito, o que diferencia o Latim é o seu sistema de casos, algo que o inglês e o português não possuem.
I would like to learn Latin, but it's so complicated, I'm not really interested in speaking latin. My mothertongue is german and i would like to learn latin just like english with looking up words i don't know but it's not that easy i learned from dipping my feet into it. It seems to me it is necessary to study and go deep with grammar and that i really dislike. :(
First i need to learn Italian and then Roman (Latin) and then french
How is it going so far?
@@alexanderiii.9100 I am not finding good vids...
I have heard that Italian is very difficult, as it has many irregularities. Perhaps learning Latin would help you with the Italian
Well English was learned but who thought it? Maybe the powers that be?
I changing school and i need it for 11th grade (Germany)
I would like to be able to understand and read Latin and pronounce it similar to how Romans would have spoken it and not the way the church speaks it.
I am not in a position to speak Latin.
I love latin before am a Catholic
I really need this now, I suck at latin and my teacher is an asshole, she is so arrogant, she doesn't help.
I am here because all the scientific name are in Latin language
im a kid but im realy into rome
tell me am not the ony one who wants to learn latin for the aesthetic
whyyyyyyyy are there so many cases. Eddie Lane fessa est.
cartigo ergo sum 🤓
the only phrase i know in latin
Cogito ergo sum?
Salve!
I stopped the video before it reached a minute.
1. There's a lot of ways to learn Latin
2. You have to want to learn Latin
3. You can't learn it without being taught
Wow, I had never considered any of those. You did forgot to mention that you can't speak without air.
There’s always the priesthood. lol.
If it was any other lenguage, you know one that is actually spoken in any corner of the world i would be sooo mich more motivated
You can leave now. The video is for people interested in learning Latin. Unless you're another one of those "YT algorithms" trolls.
@@atlantic_love N.1 Chill, because i didn't said anithing wrong
N.2 You all guys love latin because it's your choice to learn it, i have to study it at school because i'm italian so STFU
@@gachahellofficial8782 No you need to chill. You're commenting on the wrong video. Nobody watching this video has any interest in what you say. Stick to rivers and streams that you're used to.
@@atlantic_love and you think I have any type of interest on you complaining on how bad I am?
You are more childish than my whole community, just shut your mouth you buffon
My motivation: bad grades
“In order to learn Latin, you must learn Latin.”
Is this dude Kamala Harris’s relative.
Title should have been “Considerations before starting to learn Latin” or something
anyone wanna learn Latin with me?
Why do you want to learn Latin? If I may ask?
@@thomasappelflap4433 because it's a cool language 😅
I wanna, do u have whatsapp or instagram?
Dude,dont make it difficult
Better title:Best way to summon satan
duolingo, witkionary and the latin vulgate
Failed at the first step, thanks public school
Don,t *sum* demons basically speak latin
Idk why they call it nonesense
demons can speak english so don't speak english
No we don't i have learnt languages my self Russian Hebrew all we need is tap recorder.i dont like latin not to study people or history .
This is absurd, our forefathers in the autodidact community would disagree with you.
"From the Christian Tradition"? I think I will look elsewhere.
Your watch really clashes with your outfit bro
Hahahaha random drip check
Vinum rubrum velim. I find Latin very easy to learn and I really don't know why, but I guess it's because I speak Spanish.