3 Reasons to Study Latin (for Normal People, Not Language Geeks) 

Same lol

Lmfao same here. I was having doubts but this made me feel better

Is studying a waste of time for you?

I want "waste my time" like that.

as long as one haves fun w it its not a waste of time being able to understand something new because youve learned it is so euphoric imo. latin will be my third learned language, second is english

you are one of the few who understood the meaning of the video

This guy doesn't pronounce Latin correctly though Cicero would be pronounced Kickero not Sisero!

​@@fenthedog English pronunciation for when speaking English duh

But...they're secrets...

You want to know the secrets of the universe? Okey dokey then. Nothing is real. Everything that exists is just a bunch of mathematical expressions created by sets of potentials, which overlap to make energy and matter. This is no different than the way a computer uses ones and zeroes in binary code. All of reality is indistinguishable from a computer simulation.

42?

Lol

Classical Conversations that’s the answer. What is the question to life, the universe and everything?

We thought Latin deserved it.

LOL

YESSIR

@Jaeden. Gray THIS!

Or realize that they're nonsense words slapped together

@@mrhfrc8470 That would be German

Yaassss I sooooooooo noticed that

World's 8th wonder.

well I do it too so I don't find it much interesting and to be praised akhsajdh I also write upside down and backwards upside down, I recomended you to try, it's very funny seeing how your writing may be better in a different position than the right jaja

I’m pretty sure it was mirrored

Another benefit of learning Latin 😂

Excellent! 👍

😂Yeah Great 😂

Interesting. I associate a "classic education" with lots of rote learning.

Well you are incorrect.

@@wintermatherne2524 And you're curt. .

I would ,without any doubt, pay to take a language course with him.

hes my teacher and hes teaching latin in my online school

he's my latin teacher hahahah

@@321cab96 really 😳

He is also cute and bright and good in keeping the attention on what he says. Rare. Me quoque lingua Latina studeo, cotidie, sine magistre... ad nunc. ;)

How’d it go? I’m guessing the grammar drove you off

Charshii oh yeah

Australia Isn’t reAl Starting classes this semester, I’ll let you know haha.

@AnotherDeathEater The grammar is a lot more complicated than any of its descendants

@AnotherDeathEater I'd say that no language is inherently more difficult than another. In latin's case it's because it's just less similar to anything we have experience with.

It has nothing to do with pomp.

We had no choice back in schools in 1950s England. I ended up doing Advanced Level GCE whether I would or not! It has been remarkably useful ,though

Thank you - that is what we were going for!

Also you can read some funny jokes, like “Ursus in tabernam introiit et cerevisium imperavit.”

Free Man It’s in a textbook titled “Latina Prō Pōpulō,” of which I don’t have a copy right now. The English translation goes something like this: A bear walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender serves him the beer, saying “75 sestertii, please.” The bear pays without comment, and the bartender, trying to be friendly, comments “We don’t get many bears in this bar.” The bear replies “At these prices, I’m not surprised!” But the only part of the Latin text I remember accurately is the opening.

Free Man Valē, amīce!

You should do a video about the best reasons for learning Greek!

hi, do you mind me asking what resources you've used to study Latin? i found an app called bluebird languages that im studying with to begin. thanks 🖤

Hi there.Could you please help me out? I really wanna learn.I am polyglot already.But I learn better with a teacher.Could you teach me?

How are you getting on?

I hope you're doing good!! good luck

It's been a year big guy. How's it goin?

@@danielsurvivor1372 yea did you go and learn Latin like you wanted to or did you procrastinate?

Thanks! Please share it with your CC families - the importance of Latin is a message that needs to get out!

Νice greek word fantastic=φανταστικός=φαντασία

Nice to hear but totally not true ;-) Maybe you meant that it's rather easy to learn how written words are pronounced. That is true. Also orthography is at least more regular than French and English, which isn't much of a praise :-)). But our grammer is arguably a mess: 200 of the most basic verbs are "strong verbs" and probably many more nouns (haven't found the numbers here) are "strong nouns" meaning they are conjugated or declinated very irregularly. They have been in the language for a long time and have evolved from a more regular form many centuries ago to what they are now. E.g.: Ich laufe, er läuft, wir liefen; ich habe, ich hatte; ich sende, du sandtest; du rufst, du riefst. Vater, Väter. Frau, Frauen. Vogel, Vögel. Haus, Häuser.

Germans are direct. They call birth control "anti - baby pills" .

A colour tv is called a 'colour remote viewing device' - Farbfernsehgerät.

i guess you never actually lived here

​@@MrTalkingzerolmaoo epic

You are welcome! I am in a way - I make films professionally for Classical Conversations. Some more like this, on Classical Education and Socrates, are on their way eventually.

Its because of his latin wisdom Im sold.

Yeah Spectrum sempra ( that’s all the latin I know 😓)

And how are you doing now?

what resources do you use to learn, and how is your progress coming along?

@@anna-wt2tz well it's hard to say how is my progress, but I'm satisfied. I used several website and videos here on RU-vid, plus Duolingo. I cannot say that my knowledge of Latin is great, but it's enough for me. Ego linguam latinam amo et laetus sum! Hahaha

@@luizcarvalho7597 can't complain I have to say.

Your inference couldn't be more obvious.

High praise from someone whose username is in Lingua Latina.

Can you speak Flemish? I heard Flemish prose is great.

@@franciskai4155 Well, Flemish is a dialect of Dutch. So yes, I understand Flemish, though I do not speak the dialect myself.

@@VRSVLVS Ave Frankia Nederlandica et Roma Italica

I dont know what it is about the sound of Dutch to my ears but I love it. I study very little daily, because I study Spanish first and foremost, but I cant stop myself from learning Dutch. it just sounds so beautiful to me.

Dominus vobiscum!

Marshmallow it is though, Hellenism was thoroughly blown the fuck out, get rekt

Liberty ok. not gonna mock your... i just won't. however, i think you may be getting two excellent classic languages confused? :]

that’s why i want to learn! i also want to teach it to my kids once i know

@Marshmallow Languages doesn't have "sacred religions".

Thanks, Rebecca!

Thank you ! please pass it along to friends who are asking "why."

We're glad you liked it!

Please do! The importance of Latin is a message that very much needs to be spread!

I was a practicum speaker, and showed it in the afternoon to the parents -- huge positive response. I included the hybrid language part in the morning session, and pointed everyone to the video. The discussion around this really seemed to make an impression on the families. Thank you!

Well, English is definitely more of a mixed bag than a romance language. Your English here is better than most native speaker's Internet comments, so congratulations!

@@desanipt Ele falou que acha fácil e não difícil. Hahaha

If we're not entertaining, we're skipping the art of rhetoric - it's as simple as that. :) Please share at practicums - this is a message we want to get out!

yo its been almost a year since you posted this. You still have no regrets? And also bro, HOW?? Im in my first year of latin in school and i hate it so much its literally ruining my whole school days. You got any advice or tips for me?

You're welcome! I hope everyone can be inspired to study Latin!

Huzzah! I enjoyed the video, and I look forward to brushing up on Latin! (-Had it in high school, and a bit in college.) There are many good reasons; my biggest reason for learning Latin is to read the theological writings of my church. Thanks for the video!

Drexel Mildraff ikr this video is kinda genius

ok boomer.

Wow, thanks!

Shucks, you're sweet.

Five years latin and ancient greek during high school and I don't regret it

how developed are your reading/writing/speaking skills after those 2 years?

What's your point? Not to be rude of course, but I'd like to see a language that completely articulates the infinitely variable thought process of the mind, flawlessly. Almost, is better than the inconsistency that we find today. That's just my perspective, what's yours?

REMEBER THE SPECIAL VERBS!

@nikto nic It's not fair to compare a constructed language to a natural language

Well explained with humour. When you study Latin you study Latin you take in every aspect. You never permit yourself to say in medical school "I don't need to study cadavers " . You can tell in Law school who will not be a cultured Lawyer , when they say to you " I don't have to speak Latin to you". It is better to learn some Latin and be appreciated by educated subcultures.

@nikto nic 😤

Language, thinking =/= tool

@@neuronneuron3645 Fair enough.

@@sprayink641 what does that mean

@@neuronneuron3645 It means that I mostly agree with you.

As someone who has a deep running appreciation for, and fascination with, steam engines; especially locomotives, but hey, that's what happens when you take your two or three year old child to see one and it becomes one of their earliest recollectable memories in life; this analogy hammered that point home even further. Good on you for that.

Thanks. Collab?

Sure. What were you thinking?? I do more with organization, homeschool organization, etc.

and mesa from Latin "mensa" - meaning table.....super + mensa ......above/over table, which is the _literal_ meaning of "sobremesa"

There is if you are hiding under the table, in the shadow of the table.

Thank you! We only hope to move forward from here!

Abel Holguin lolol i love how the video about why you ought to learn latin convinced you to learn italian XD

Thanks, Curtis!

hilarious

@@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge okay tough loser

Welcome aboard!

Same with me...nice vdo,to accelerate the urge to learn Latin..Hope I learn and speak Latin fluently one day, perhaps...

Thank you!

Me :(

What demon did you summon? How many?

Myler Wilson six hundred sixty-six? :D

Me lmao.

Lookup the youtube channel called ployMATHY

Also get the booked called "Lingva Latina"

Matatron is a pretty cool and useful channel as well.

@@zacharyconner9319 Thanks alot

Which seminary has Latin?

u absolute legend

Thanks, Stuart! We think you're pretty cool, too.

yeah I'm choosing between Latin and Spanish, and even though I'm being told Spanish is more useful, I want to know Latin.

No offence but this is typical propaganda from Latin teachers is there a single example of how thinking is improved by learning Latin surely one should study physics a science in order to develop ones ability to think and express oneself clearly

The whole language is based on latin and greek and our hole culture.