Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865166226 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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'Traupman has given us a well-designed textbook in English for spoken Latin, which exploits a wide range of subject matter.' -- Terence O. we can quickly and successfully kill the 'dead language' albatross.' --John Starks, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill . Tunberg, University of Kentucky'With Traupman's work
Callie said Five Stars. Great book for beginners looking to do some Latin speaking/immersion.. audio cassette "edition" is a supplement to the book only A Customer I have the audio cassette edition of "Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency," and it's not a stand-alone product. It has pronunciations of all the Latin phrases inthe book, but not the English translations. You really have to have the book for the audio cassette edition to do you any good.. this book is wonderful for all those of you tired of endlessly having to translate sentences like "famous consuls, don't use all your wealth to fill the forum with statues of impious men" -- and of not ever learning how to say "yes" and "no" [!!] -- this book is it. it shows how latin would actually have been spoken [or at least as best as the author can reconstruct].there are sections on every conceivable aspect of daily life: greetings, basic colloquial expressions, food, clothing, animals, the weather, the calendar,
Latin is the language that gave birth to the modern romance languages; it can and should be spoken to enhance the learning experience. Conversational Latin includes: Multi-level dialogs with authentic Roman expression Facing English translation Accent marks for all words over two syllables (new to 3rd edition) Macrons for all words (new to 3rd edition) A variety of contemporary and ancient topics (enlarged for 3rd edition: sports section and classroom commands), including 9 songs and The Pledge of Allegiance in Latin (new to 4th editio