[Owl] Lesson 1

Studying the ancient tongues allows us to hear our ancestors talking and thinking.
We cannot return to their day and age; we can, however, still share their education.

- E. Christian Kopff
(author of "The devil knows Latin")


* Carmina Burana

* Why learning Latin?

* Language chart

* Romance languages

* Latin during the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages

* Gregorian chants & calendar

* Names of days in a week

* Some Latin words used in English

* Some English words derived from Latin

* Latin used in computer language

* Phonology

* Alphabets

* Assimil

* Dictionary


** Recommanded Readings **

* Latin conversation

* Latin survival phrases

* Grammatical functions - a test

* Understanding English grammar - Prolegomena to Latin - Prof. William Harris

* Speech by Mark Antony (83BC-30BC)


** Recommanded Websites **

* Aung San Suu Kyi

* Google Translate

* NoDictionaries (Novifex) - Lee Butterman

* Perseus Word Study Tool - Search Inflected Latin Words

* Latin-to-English & English-to-Latin - W. Whitaker