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Have you ever wanted learn Latin? Maybe you need to as you study herbs, horticulture, botany, history, the Bible, the development of Christianity, medicine, law or philosophy? After 4 years of studying Latin, as a refresher, I am starting a shorter, more concise course for beginners who need to get the basics down fast. Study with me! I am creating free study sets at Quizlet and the textbook is available for free on archive. You can ask me any questions and I'll help as I can.

Learn Latin with me for free! https://quizlet.com/_bxds3p?x=1jqt&i=26s5sr

Here is the link to the book: https://archive.org/search.php?query=Latin%20Grammar%3A%20Preparation%20for%20the%20Reading%20of%20the%20Missal%20and%20Breviary

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How wonderful that you teach Latin! This thread absolutely made my day. Now I have all kinds of nosy questions for you.

When did you begin studying Latin, and why? What inspired you to begin teaching it? What influenced your choice of this particular textbook? Have you found many interested students over the years? How do you keep students from being intimidated by the immensity of the Latin learning project?

Cheers and best wishes as you share what you have worked so hard on!

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I have to second this for the community. I'm not endorsing anything... haven't looked at the offerings, but Latin itself is awesome. When in high school I had a choice between Spanish, French, and a dead language. Yep. I took Latin for two years. No regrets. I haven't spoken it... in... some time, though it would have been fun to chat with Father Reginald Foster at one point before he passed. BUT. Latin is interesting to use in recognizing the etymology of various words... and as for myself, I find etymology very interesting.

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Curt Cogburn wrote:I have to second this for the community. I'm not endorsing anything... haven't looked at the offerings, but Latin itself is awesome. When in high school I had a choice between Spanish, French, and a dead language. Yep. I took Latin for two years. No regrets. I haven't spoken it... in... some time, though it would have been fun to chat with Father Reginald Foster at one point before he passed. BUT. Latin is interesting to use in recognizing the etymology of various words... and as for myself, I find etymology very interesting.

I should have mentioned that while the book is intended to quickly get seminarians acquainted with the basics of Latin for reading religious works, it is not oriented toward teaching doctrine. It just happens to be a Catholic books. Protestants and non-Christians will find it equally useful and unoffensive. It is much easier than Wheelock's Latin, which is entirely secular. Either are excellent preparation to learn vocabulary and Latin grammar so that one may prepare for botanical Latin, etc. Latin is, as you said, a fun language to learn and very useful!

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For those with a particular interest in Late Latin/medieval Latin/Ecclesiastical Latin, there is the website LearnChurchLatin.com with many free resources including links, printables, and audio files.

“Every human activity is an opportunity to bear fruit and is a continual invitation to exercise the human freedom to create abundance...” ― Andreas Widmer

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