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Can we please have a thread dedicated to those of us who are trying to learn Latin? If we can can we make it a sticky? And how about a separate one for Greek? I am studying Wheelock's now and sure would appreciate some online help.
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Imad
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Wow. Thanks guys.
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Try: [url:dh5v9qy3]http://www.youtube.com/user/TuTubusLatinus[/url]
This is actually how I first learned Latin. Afterward I just started reading and translating Latin on my own. If you want something really easy to read (though definitely not the best in terms of correctness), you could try looking at the Vulgate.
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Ha! Yes. Lol. That's how I started. TuTubus is awesome. I'm eagerly awaiting his next upload.
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Brilliant - thanks for posting all those links. I did some Classical Greek at uni, but I've been planning to do learn Latin by myself, so these sites will be very handy.
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Nova Roma offers free online courses based on Wheelock. You don't have to be a member of NR to join. For more information message me privately. Courses usually start in September each year.
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I too learned Latin from Wheelock (okay I had it in school as well, but I forgot most of it!). For me an indispensible tool is Whitaker's WORDS program. I think there is a downloadable version, but I like the online one just as well. You can type in any word in English or Latin and (assuming they are spelled properly) you will get the definition, as well as case/tense/declension/whatever. It is especially helpful if you don't want to spend the money on a really good lexicon
http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
As for Greek you will have a tougher time. I learned about 50/50 from this really old text book, and my instructor's own program that he made (so not very much help here). I wish there were a Wheelock esque book I could recommend, but I can't think of anything. One thing you might look for however is books in a series which have the Greek text plus the vocab and notes in the back. I have the Univ of Oklahoma Press edition of Xenophon's Anabasis (Books I-IV) and it is great, and very helpful. I have also used the ones from (I think it was) Bryn Mawr's classical library but they aren't as cool, and I feel like for the price you pay, you should at least get something with decent binding.
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Thanks. What do you think of the Athenaze series?
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I've never seen it, actually, so I can't tell you. Like I said, I learned Greek from an ancient textbook and my prof's own notes, basically :mrgreen:
One thing I will say is, don't let Greek daunt or discourage you. It is still an Indo-European language and has a bazillion cognates with English/German/Latin/etc. The alphabet is exotic at first, but you get used to it. There are really only a few things that are really different and weird, but for me, that just makes them easier to remember
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Why the Wheelock exercises don't have translations you can refer to is something I simply can't understand. Feel like pulling out my non-existent hair. :x
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