Is Latin still useful?

[eits]

Latin is only useful if you're Catholic or want to be intelligent and get into a good college.

 

[Crono]

I used it every time I visit the early Roman Empire.

As far as dead languages go, it is pretty useful... though I'd rather learn Greek.
The benefit of learning any second, third, etc language is that you understand your primary one a little better. Parts of speech, conjugations, participles, tenses, etymology when dealing with related languages, etc.

 

[Silver Prime]

Roman empire? See any leones y tigre contra there?



lol

 

[eits]

Roman empire? See any leones y tigre contra there?



lol

Isn't it "et," not "y"?

 

[Silver Prime]

Isn't it "et," not "y"?

Oh? Then I'm a bit rusty on me latin mate..ya kno?

Any way, you familiar with latin? If you are, was just wondering if you knew any latin history of el leones un tigre. I know latins as in people from greece was heavy with incorperating them in there amphitheaters.

 

[amicold]

Latino checking in.

As in the way the US uses the term latino?

 

[Silver Prime]

What? I thought latino was mexicans an latin just latin america? I'm confused...oh wells since latino is latin you all mind translating word for word what this is saying...

 

[Crono]

What? I thought latino was mexicans an latin just latin america? I'm confused...oh wells since latino is latin you all mind translating word for word what this is saying...

Looks like Portuguese.

 

[Silver Prime]

Looks like Portuguese.

Oh? you know portuguese? I'm a little lost here...mexicans as in latinos are from mexico which is in the united states area, Latin is in europe, where like the romans an greeks are...right? So how sure are you sure this writings are porterican...because basically I only know of mexicans using the word que? as in what?

Dam, I really have to catch up on some history of nationalities.

I"M MIXING THEM ALL UP!!!

 

[Crono]

Oh? you know portuguese? I'm a little lost here...mexicans as in latinos are from mexico which is in the united states area, Latin is in europe, where like the romans an greeks are...right? So how sure are you sure this writings are porterican...because basically I only know of mexicans using the word que? as in what?

Dam, I really have to catch up on some history of nationalities.

I"M MIXING THEM ALL UP!!!

I know enough Spanish from school to know while that looks similar to Spanish, it's actually Portuguese.

 

[Silver Prime]

I know enough Spanish from school to know while that looks similar to Spanish, it's actually Portuguese.

awww so you cant translate it? Bummer, so how similar are we talking about...lets say similar like a Taitian, samoan, an Hawaiian type similar? Because ploynisians have almost the same languages, the samoans most of there words have the S...the Tahitains the T, an the hawaiians...well very fading language mostly pidgeon english but some have fluentness that incorperate the the H with older kapunas ome of the T's.

 

[preCRT]

A computer language or a popular language just seems a lot more useful.

Did that too, learned PPL, LISP, Assembly, COBOL, FORTRAN...

Yep, loads more useful.

 

[mmntech]

Unless you're a scientist, doctor, or Catholic priest, it's irrelevant. Though I would assume knowing Latin would make learning other Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian) easier.

 

[CottonRabbit]

Much less useful than knowing another spoken language. Even as a doctor, would you rather be able to speak directly to a Spanish speaking patient or would you rather know the original meaning of some jargon that's easily memorized or looked up?

 

[ultimatebob]

You bring up a good point...

Since high schol I have never used cursive. What was the point in teaching me that?

I liked my latin class because it was fun and the teacher taught us difference of 2 words that looked almost alike.


"Dominus means master....Domus means house.... Thankyou."

You need cursive to come up with your signature, don't you?

 

[Lazarus52980]

Not to derail my own thread, but since the concensus is that Spanish would be more useful, does anyone have advice on teaching it if I do not speak it/know it? Hire a tutor?

 

[Silver Prime]

Geez I would have translated the words of that pic, but this key pad dosent have all the nessisary symbols to type in google translate. The pictures kinda show whats going on though.

Its probably saying

1 the tiger is longer an faster

2 the lion is taller

3 the lion is protected by his heavy mane.

4 the tiger is more acrobatical

5 the lion has more fighting experince

6 stamina leads to the victor of the lion...

I dont know but thats what the pictures show. To bad no one speaks portugese.

 

[Drako]

Not to derail my own thread, but since the concensus is that Spanish would be more useful, does anyone have advice on teaching it if I do not speak it/know it? Hire a tutor?

Go down to the Home Depot parking lot, and start talking to the guys hanging out

 

[Silver Prime]

Speaking of porterican...jeres one of my good friends jamming his nationalties jamz...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMON0eVaxU

we always party down when we here braddah Darren rippin.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Geez I would have translated the words of that pic, but this key pad dosent have all the nessisary symbols to type in google translate. The pictures kinda show whats going on though.

Its probably saying

1 the tiger is longer an faster

2 the lion is taller

3 the lion is protected by his heavy mane.

4 the tiger is more acrobatical

5 the lion has more fighting experince

6 stamina leads to the victor of the lion...

I dont know but thats what the pictures show. To bad no one speaks portugese.

Acrobatical? Is that like more better?

 

[Silver Prime]

Acrobatical? Is that like more better?

Thats why I said I dont know, it could be implimenting more skilled in acrobatics...they can jump a little higher, swim a little better, climb a little better, so that all fits in acrobatical...right?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Thats why I said I dont know, it could be implimenting more skilled in acrobatics...they can jump a little higher, swim a little better, climb a little better, so that all fits in acrobatical...right?

I was alluding to "acrobatical" not being a word.

 

[Silver Prime]

oh?....Ha ha haa, I geuss.

 

[saratoga172]

I almost always write in cursive. Not sure why but it's always felt more natural and I don't like having to lift my pen off the paper if I can help it.

Since you all hate it so much I'll just be writing in code in 20 years when none of the younger generation can read it.

 

[Silver Prime]

So no one knows portugese?