latin has TONS of little grammatical bits and bobs that other languages have as well. since romance languages all borrow from latin, you train yourself to recognize words better, and learn how words all borrow from one another.
What do you think is the most useful language to learn?
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, Mar 13 2015 06:15 PM
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Posted 06 July 2016 - 10:56 AM
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Posted 06 July 2016 - 07:43 PM
I see your point.
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 01:04 PM
plus all the funniest, best people know latin. it's a sign of sophistication.
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 07:07 PM
plus all the funniest, best people know latin. it's a sign of sophistication.
Dead language is dead.
I had a class on prefixes, suffices and root words when I was in 6th grade. Between being good at english and learning spanish and japanese, I Iearned how to language. Apparently I've got a head for some of the nuances, like the difference between words when at first glance they seem to have the exact same definition.
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Posted 08 July 2016 - 09:15 AM
an entire class? were you in esl? my middle school just had normal things like wood shop
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Posted 08 July 2016 - 11:54 AM
Some of my high school English classes focused on Latin and Greek root words, so I could see a class like that being a thing.
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Posted 08 July 2016 - 06:19 PM
It was in a class that was part of the 'challenge' program for kids who needed more challenge than normal classes could provide. We had a big section on it that I still somewhat remember. And then I think we went on to analogies. Where I remember learning what 'cetacean' means. And cartographer. Because knowing the word cartographer would earn me a free 100 on a quiz of my choice in later years at a different school.odd, the things we remember from way back.
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Posted 09 July 2016 - 10:26 AM
To me I'd like to learn a language so I can actually put it to use. Gonna stick with improving my Spanish and learning more Portuguese and French
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