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A splendid little book... Filled with handy quotes for all kinds of occasions. --'Daily Telegraph'
An extraordinary cultural cocktail... splendid stuff. --'New Society'
Fun it certainly is. --'The Teacher'
An extraordinary cultural cocktail... splendid stuff. --'New Society'
Fun it certainly is. --'The Teacher'
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Who says that Latin is a dead language? Anyone can learn to speak it like a native. Containing hundreds of useful expressions and phrases from everyday life, from breakfast to dinner, chatting at the bus-stop to cheering the Queen, Latin Can Be Fun is an up-to-date conversational guide. It adds a new dimension to learning Latin, making it more relevant for language teaching and is fun for any student.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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It should be on the national curriculum.I wish this had been in use when I studied Latin.
If you're a teacher...and that includes you Liz, then you won't regret buying it. The only problem you might have is the curious looks from your colleagues when they hear the laughter coming from your Latin classes.
If you're a teacher...and that includes you Liz, then you won't regret buying it. The only problem you might have is the curious looks from your colleagues when they hear the laughter coming from your Latin classes.
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A Pleasant Surprise. Useful for Teachers and Students
15 April 2005
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I almost did not even look at this book, because the title and cover art seem to scream: "Another quaint book for people who want to enjoy an occasional chuckle looking up bad Latin equivalents for English phrases." However, I am glad that I got past the cover. It turns out that the author "Capellanus" was a schoolteacher in Germany who produced this, as well as a similar volume in ancient Greek, as an aid to his students.
Because of this goal, many of the expressions are rendered in sound Classical Latin, sometimes with the actual references included in parentheses. Later editors have followed the author's lead in producing colloquial expressions which are rooted in the literary tradition. One editor even cited the lexicon for difficult words by Vatican Latinist Antonius Bacci. The editor of the English edition is Peter Needham, who recently translated the first Harry Potter book into Latin. All in all, the book maintains a healthy balance between fun and scholarship, which is great for teachers and students.
Although the book is not meant to be a course in itself, it would be a great supplement to any Latin course, by providing useful phrases for conversation and composition exercises. Includes additional sections on geographical names, proverbs, and "curious" verses.
Because of this goal, many of the expressions are rendered in sound Classical Latin, sometimes with the actual references included in parentheses. Later editors have followed the author's lead in producing colloquial expressions which are rooted in the literary tradition. One editor even cited the lexicon for difficult words by Vatican Latinist Antonius Bacci. The editor of the English edition is Peter Needham, who recently translated the first Harry Potter book into Latin. All in all, the book maintains a healthy balance between fun and scholarship, which is great for teachers and students.
Although the book is not meant to be a course in itself, it would be a great supplement to any Latin course, by providing useful phrases for conversation and composition exercises. Includes additional sections on geographical names, proverbs, and "curious" verses.
Not what I expected
8 May 2011
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I expected an actual guide to Latin conversation, including grammar notes, vocab, etc. Instead, this is no more a "guide" than it is a book full of bad British humor rendered into Latin. There are worthwhile Latin expressions and conversational elements, but they are offset by the ludicrous phrases that are included in this book. Most of the questions, phrases, and expressions are laid out in an ongoing conversation, which can be helpful, except that a lot of the responses are inane and frustratingly stupid. For example, in the section "Other Expressions of Time," the first question is "How many years ago?" The response underneath it is "Years? Hardly ten months ago!"
When it isn't the bad humor that gets to me, it's the stuffy, overly-formal English translations. For example, in the section "Requests and Thanks," there are such questions as "Be so kind as to give me a fork," "May I ask you for a spoon?," "You would be doing me a great favour if you lent me this book." Who speaks like that??
It'd be great if this were a short course in Latin conversation--or even if it were something along the lines of the Dover series of travellers' language guides. But if one is to get anything out of this book, it's to memorize a plethora of inane phrases that are so rife with terrible humor as to make the reader question if any of the material could be seriously utilized.
When it isn't the bad humor that gets to me, it's the stuffy, overly-formal English translations. For example, in the section "Requests and Thanks," there are such questions as "Be so kind as to give me a fork," "May I ask you for a spoon?," "You would be doing me a great favour if you lent me this book." Who speaks like that??
It'd be great if this were a short course in Latin conversation--or even if it were something along the lines of the Dover series of travellers' language guides. But if one is to get anything out of this book, it's to memorize a plethora of inane phrases that are so rife with terrible humor as to make the reader question if any of the material could be seriously utilized.
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