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Funny, i was thinking about Latin as well...
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Funny, i was thinking about Latin as well...
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- If you have Japanese down, Latin grammar shouldn`t be a problem.
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- If you have Japanese down, Latin grammar shouldn`t be a problem.
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- Latin gives you an incredible amount of word-stems for: French, the four major spanish languages, french, portuguese, contemporary italian and romanian, as well as for English and German, to a way lesser degree Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. (Can`t say much about slavic languages, latvian, lithuanian or estonian, finnish or hungarian tho, i do not speak any of those.)
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- Latin gives you an incredible amount of word-stems for: French, the four major spanish languages, french, portuguese, contemporary italian and romanian, as well as for English and German, to a way lesser degree Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. (Can`t say much about slavic languages, latvian, lithuanian or estonian, finnish or hungarian tho, i do not speak any of those.)
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If
you
are
ever
going
to
be
interested
in
medieval
sources,
there
is
no
way
around
Latin
(
although
that
requires
medieval
Latin,
which
is
even
more
"exotic"
as
it
significantly
differs
from
ancient
Latin.
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[q] Obviously they are completely useless for any purpose other than being a Catholic or Orthodox priest, [/q]
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- Or you study philosophy and need to read Plato, Aristoteles et cetera...
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- If you are ever going to be interested in medieval sources, there is no way around Latin (although that requires medieval Latin, which is even more "exotic" as it significantly differs from ancient Latin.)
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About german:
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About german:
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does anyone use German to communicate with non-germans? TBH when i read the Topic, i plain thought: English.
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does anyone use German to communicate with non-germans? TBH when i read the Topic, i plain thought: English.
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I think standart spanish or french are way more useful in a broader context.
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