Latin Intro 1/4

This is the first of a four (actually five) video series. It has a short table of contents for the videos and what I think is the one reason to learn Latin—not that the other reasons don't make sense either.

I'm not a scholar of Latin, though I am a long time student (tone of Hair Club for Men, no?). While learning Latin may help your vocabulary, spelling and writing, those are their own skills. Latin will help you get a perspective on where we, as Westerners, come from.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• latin
• lingua latina
• latinitas

[pjeaton58]

Please try to put the T in Latin when speaking English!

Regards P J E

[sipes23]

@pjeaton58 P J E, You seem to have discovered an unfortunate aspect of the variety of English I speak that is sadly emphasized by the topic of the video. The only other real alternative available to me is the flapped t, which I think sounds even worse in that situation. Putting in a full /t/ would sound odd to me as a speaker of Inland Northern American English.

[alkantre]

Sermo tuus optimus est

[sipes23]

@alkantre Gratias. Multae ad linguam latininam discendam rationes me vexant. Procul dubio, linguae ipsi studere est emolumentum magnum, sed aliae artes sunt aliae artes. Hac venit sermo.

[warjak100]

I actually found this extremely interesting. I am just starting to take latin in HS now. It is very tricky though XD.

[sipes23]

@warjak100 Thanks. Keep at your Latin. It's tricky, but a lot of fun.

[alkantre]

@sipes23 ego ipsemet linguam latinam disco solum propter pulchritudinem ipsius linguae