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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:54 pm
In case any of you don't know the language and think it may help with magiks(summoning and whatnot), I have found a site that will give you a really good understanding of the language for free right here. Note that it teaches classical Latin, not Biblical. Also, if this is the wrong section, please move it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:24 pm
I have a basic understanding of Latin but the declensions ******** me every time when it comes to me writing or speaking it.
Thanks for posting the website.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:51 pm
This site is fantastic and I'll be endeavoring to teach myself Latin using it. Bravo, let's see how far we can get on this, and what mundane and magical use we can develop of an basic grasp of Latin, and when this thread is dead it's going to be moved to be a permanent resource.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:04 am
I honestly couldn't tell if that was sarcasm or not, Josh. >_>
Declensions?
As in nouns?
Only took me about an hour to understand first and part of second declensions.
I got a 75% on my first phrase translation test and an 83% on my first noun type(vocative and whatnot) singular/plural test...
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:44 pm
Dark_of_Niwa I honestly couldn't tell if that was sarcasm or not, Josh. >_> Declensions? As in nouns? Only took me about an hour to understand first and part of second declensions. I got a 75% on my first phrase translation test and an 83% on my first noun type(vocative and whatnot) singular/plural test... My first experience with Latin was Classical Latin at a university. I've yet to look the site over any further than the homepage because it was late last night, but I'm sure it will help me understand Latin better.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:29 pm
Not a bad site from the quick look I gave it. The conjugations take me back to Spanish class. Gah, now I need to repress that atrocity which my school district thought was wonderful... My eighth grade spanish teacher couldn't find her a** in the fog.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:53 pm
I've just spent about an hour and a half studying the first two lessons and I can say that I understand things a bit better as far as conjugations all that s**t. Supposedly Latin is more concise than English, but that doesn't make it any less confusing. xd
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:58 pm
Well lets take a look at your sig, Obscurus.
Of course, YOU know what it means.
But some people don't.
But looking at the words and grabbing their English roots helps.
Terra means land.
And thanks to my lessons, Terrae(Although, I think its supposed to be terre, no a...) means lands.
And there are a few other words.
Maybe not an English root.
But other roots as well.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:28 pm
Dark_of_Niwa Well lets take a look at your sig, Obscurus. Of course, YOU know what it means. But some people don't. But looking at the words and grabbing their English roots helps. Terra means land. And thanks to my lessons, Terrae(Although, I think its supposed to be terre, no a...) means lands. And there are a few other words. Maybe not an English root. But other roots as well. I can usually decipher Latin; my problem lies in when it comes time to form my own sentences because the grammar confuses me. I'm working on that though. And my signature is an alchemical axiom. Let me know if you figure out what it means. xd
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:42 am
Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem
Visita reminds me of visit or the Spanish word for view, which is vista.
Interiora reminds me of interior which is... I honestly don't know? The inside?
Terra has been stated.
Rectificando reminds me of rectify.
Invenies reminds me of nothing.
Occultum of occult.
Lapid of nothing.
Meh.
As for sentence forming-
Make sure you try the activities and everything.
They are huge helps.
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:51 pm
Dark_of_Niwa Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem Visita reminds me of visit or the Spanish word for view, which is vista. Interiora reminds me of interior which is... I honestly don't know? The inside? Terra has been stated. Rectificando reminds me of rectify. Invenies reminds me of nothing. Occultum of occult. Lapid of nothing. Meh. As for sentence forming- Make sure you try the activities and everything. They are huge helps. I've been doing all parts of the lessons. I find this easier than university learning. And you're close on a lot of those. Visita means "to enter" or "to visit", Interiora means "the inside" or "interior", Terrae in this example is literally "the Earth", Rectificando is "to rectify" or "to make things right" as you said, Invienies means "to discover" or "to find", Occultum means "hidden", and Lapidem is "stone". All together it means "Visit the interior of the Earth; make things right to discover the hidden stone," or something to that effect. You get the idea. Also, the first letter of each word put together spells VITRIOL, which is significant in its own right.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:37 pm
hmmm, it's ok, but it has two glaringly obvious flaws right off the bat. One it is run by the gov't. Two, it compleatly fails to address the passive periphrastic tense.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:16 pm
Im Nick hmmm, it's ok, but it has two glaringly obvious flaws right off the bat. One it is run by the gov't. Two, it compleatly fails to address the passive periphrastic tense. I don't think compound tenses are within the scope of "Beginner's Latin." But hey, we both know the government are compleat (sic) morons. Apparently.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:37 am
Mitsh Im Nick hmmm, it's ok, but it has two glaringly obvious flaws right off the bat. One it is run by the gov't. Two, it compleatly fails to address the passive periphrastic tense. I don't think compound tenses are within the scope of "Beginner's Latin." But hey, we both know the government are compleat (sic) morons. Apparently. Haha. Agreed.
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