Day 5: Rehearse This week, we recited Latin, listened to
Latin, tailored Latin to our own needs, and memorized Latin. In this
fifth and final installment, we’ll put it all together and rehearse what
we’ve already learned, specifically our mini-script from Day 3. Now
that we’re comfortable (or starting to become comfortable) with the
mechanics […]
Day 4: Memorize Yesterday we began working on content,
specifically figuring out the sorts of words that will serve you best in
Latin conversation. We’ll return today to working on fundamentals.
We’ve already started to get used to listening to longer passages of
Latin as well as reciting them out loud. Today we’ll focus on […]
Day 3: Your Latin You’ve been through a few years of Latin
and yet there are enormous swaths of vocabulary you have never been
exposed to. If you happen to be Cicero pleading cases in the Forum or
Caesar on the battlefield, you’re covered. You know 10 ways to say “die”
but you have trouble […]
Day 2: Listening Yesterday we got started with getting used
to the sound of Latin and producing it for longer stretches than usual.
Five minutes is still not that long but my guess is that most people,
especially those new to spoken Latin, when they find themselves at an
event like Living Latin in NYC, […]
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