Latin for Dummies
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- Create Date：2021-11-01 06:54:20
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Clifford A. Hull
- ISBN：076455431X
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Reviews
Ed Barton
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As with most Dummies books， it’s long on entertainment and cultural information and light but informative on Latin language information。 Well written， interesting and decent for background information， you won’t walk away reading or speaking Latin， but you will have a better basis for learning it。
Jason
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Tiring of needing a parental shot。
Patricia
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While I could not really study with this book， it actually really helped me figure out the WHY I need to study the language as it ties it rather nicely the Latin language to （Roman-）Christian culture/faith。 I'd recommend the book to those of you who want to start getting into the language， though it is more beneficial to learn about the culture that comes with Latin than with the language itself。 The book discusses both， though: the language and， especially the culture。 While I could not really study with this book， it actually really helped me figure out the WHY I need to study the language as it ties it rather nicely the Latin language to （Roman-）Christian culture/faith。 I'd recommend the book to those of you who want to start getting into the language， though it is more beneficial to learn about the culture that comes with Latin than with the language itself。 The book discusses both， though: the language and， especially the culture。 。。。more
Riobhcah
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I was quite disgusted that in this book， the macrons over the long vowels were not used。 Even the Ancient Romans used them and the beginning student certainly needs to learn them as a part of the spelling of a word， just like in French， for example， one needs to learn the words with the accents。 If the macrons had been included， I might have considered giving this book four stars， but without the macrons， it is not possible for me to do so。 It is so much easier to learn to do something right the I was quite disgusted that in this book， the macrons over the long vowels were not used。 Even the Ancient Romans used them and the beginning student certainly needs to learn them as a part of the spelling of a word， just like in French， for example， one needs to learn the words with the accents。 If the macrons had been included， I might have considered giving this book four stars， but without the macrons， it is not possible for me to do so。 It is so much easier to learn to do something right the first time then to learn， go back and unlearn what you were taught and then learn it all over again。 For beginners who are serious about learning Latin， I would suggest getting started with "Wheelock's Latin" and learn in correctly the first time。 。。。more
DrosoPHila
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Somewhat different from a traditional Latin textbook such as Wheelock's Latin。 Instead of containing pedagogically badly presented material relevant to its irrelevant subject， this instead mostly consists of irrelevant （or at least tangential） material， with a few grammar tables thrown in， maintaining the long tradition of awful pedagogy in Latin instruction， albeit in a slightly innovative manner。 Somewhat different from a traditional Latin textbook such as Wheelock's Latin。 Instead of containing pedagogically badly presented material relevant to its irrelevant subject， this instead mostly consists of irrelevant （or at least tangential） material， with a few grammar tables thrown in， maintaining the long tradition of awful pedagogy in Latin instruction， albeit in a slightly innovative manner。 。。。more
Ann Keller
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Excellent resource！ I learned a lot about how the Romance languages are related to each other and derived from Latin， as well。 Very informative about Roman culture and customs， too。
C。 R。 Powers
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Nice overall， really cool。
D。J。
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After having studied Latin language for eight years I bought this book as a refresher course。 It is not a bad deal for $11 from Amazon。com。 However， it leaves a lot to be said and explained。 I think the author could've included more written examples of Roman classic prose and poetry。 This book is basically perfect for those that have never taken any Latin courses and are not familiar with the Latin language at all。 After having studied Latin language for eight years I bought this book as a refresher course。 It is not a bad deal for $11 from Amazon。com。 However， it leaves a lot to be said and explained。 I think the author could've included more written examples of Roman classic prose and poetry。 This book is basically perfect for those that have never taken any Latin courses and are not familiar with the Latin language at all。 。。。more
Wendy Joyce
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Far too much of the book surrounds using Latin in casual conversations--which most people aren't looking to do--and far too little of the book addresses Latin's use in medicine and law--which would have been beneficial。 Far too much of the book surrounds using Latin in casual conversations--which most people aren't looking to do--and far too little of the book addresses Latin's use in medicine and law--which would have been beneficial。 。。。more
Alex Kartelias
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If you're looking for a way to introduce your self to basic latin vocabulary and grammar， this is a necessary book。 What I've always loved about these， "dummie" books is that they can spur a lot of interest in a subject that can very well be dry and methodical。 This book is filled with quick facts from roman history， quotes from famous latin philosophers and poets and illuminating translations of latin words- used in church， law， anatomy， botany- that are within the arsenal of the english langua If you're looking for a way to introduce your self to basic latin vocabulary and grammar， this is a necessary book。 What I've always loved about these， "dummie" books is that they can spur a lot of interest in a subject that can very well be dry and methodical。 This book is filled with quick facts from roman history， quotes from famous latin philosophers and poets and illuminating translations of latin words- used in church， law， anatomy， botany- that are within the arsenal of the english language。 Probably the biggest advantage of learning latin- especially from this book- is that it sets a foundation for future language learning- primarily from the romance languages。 It will never replace any 1000 paged- textbook， but this is the best way to start。 。。。more
Jenine
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Maybe another time。 Couldn't commit to learning declensions。 Enjoyed the pronunciation guide even though I will not retain it。 Maybe another time。 Couldn't commit to learning declensions。 Enjoyed the pronunciation guide even though I will not retain it。 。。。more
Jeremy
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Read in preparation for my Latin course in 2013 summer。 Lots of spelling/punctuation errors （average of about one glaring one per chapter）。
Ariana
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Life-saver。
Regina Hunter
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Pretty easy， and it actually works with things you already know and goes from there。
Kbord
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I learned a few things from this book--mostly concepts （such as declensions） more than actual vocabulary。 I get the feeling that this book would do much better as a refresher for someone who actually studied Latin in school than as a textbook of sorts for the absolute beginner。I finally gave up on the grammar stuff （after about chapter 2） and flipped through the book reading the historical and cultural side bars， which were interesting to me。 Heck， I even enjoyed some of the inside jokes for Lat I learned a few things from this book--mostly concepts （such as declensions） more than actual vocabulary。 I get the feeling that this book would do much better as a refresher for someone who actually studied Latin in school than as a textbook of sorts for the absolute beginner。I finally gave up on the grammar stuff （after about chapter 2） and flipped through the book reading the historical and cultural side bars， which were interesting to me。 Heck， I even enjoyed some of the inside jokes for Latin students。Perhaps if I'd given myself several days to go over each section of each chapter， the information would have sunk in and made more sense in practice （the book has examples to practice on） rather than just in theory。However， I must say， my Classical pronunciation is much better than it used to be。 。。。more
Adam82
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After watching the movie The Exorcism of Emely Rose， I was inspired to learn Latin， Greek， and Hebrew。 This was the best way at the time to learn。 It has a lot of historical facts that I would strongly recommend reading。
Dori
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This is an on going usage - wonderful guide to have if you write alot of botany based and medical based articles or just love languages。
Alexis Nguyen
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I usually find the Dummies books too elementary， but this one was nice。 It's a good brush up on latin if one hasn't had to deal with it in many， many years。 I usually find the Dummies books too elementary， but this one was nice。 It's a good brush up on latin if one hasn't had to deal with it in many， many years。 。。。more
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