How Much Latin Have You Studied?

[Resurrexi]

I've formally studied one year of Classical Latin.

Edited July 10, 2007 by Lil Red
edited to add poll choice 'not applicable'

[Sojourner]

None. My school offered only Spanish.

Although I'm in law school so I'm getting a lot of Latin phrases.

[Maggyie]

Just one college-level course in Latin... Would have taken more, but wouldn't you know it, that stuff costs money! Maybe some day I will go back and learn more. I'd love to get some Greek and Hebrew, too

[Lena]

None, taking Spanish right now though

[Phoenix Reborn]

Nope, I'm just a plain, old uno-languaged American. Maybe someday I'll learn it.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

8 years, variety of both types. HS Latin I, HS Latin II, HS Latin III, AP Latin (Ovid/Catullus), a year of on and off Latin study while learning Biblical Greek, College Intermediate Latin I, College Intermediate Latin II, Roman Comedy (Plautus/Terence), Aeneid (Virgil), Epistolary Latin (letters, both famous and obscure), and now Medieval Latin (mostly Thomas of Celano, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Bonaventure).

[Brigid]

I love Latin! I'm taking the Honors Latin class at my high school, but unfortunately they only have one year AND it's classical. my teacher hasn't taught since first semester, and I really haven't learned anything except how to say the pater noster with classical pronunciation (what kind of teacher would teach her students the pater noster with classical pronunciation?? a non-catholic one, that's who.) however, I really seriously want to learn it, so hopefully someday I'll be able to. we just got new textbooks, so I'm planning on asking my teacher if I could keep one of the old ones. I highly doubt the college I'm planning to attend will have Latin, but I'm going to check it out.

[AccountDeleted]

I took four days of Latin in high school and then switched to Italian. If I had know where I was going to end up - I would have stayed with the latin!!

[Aloysius]

I'm attempting to develop an ability to comprehend Latin-based languages... I took 5 years of Spanish and 3 years of French in high school; I am just about to complete 9 credits of Spanish and 6 credits of French thus far in my college career; and I have signed up for 9 more credits of Spanish, 3 more credits of French, and 3 credits of Latin herself for next semester. I have done private study of Latin with Wheelock's for the past year or so, and of course for the past 2 years I have experienced Ecclesiastical Latin on a regular basis at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I have also often cross-referenced to the original Latin and Greek (sadly, I have no shot at cross-referencing the Armenian and Coptic, YET mwahahaha) whilst reading the Documents of the Ecumenical Councils.

When it comes to generating languages, my skills go: First, Spanish; Second, French; Third, Irish; Fourth, Latin; Fifth, Greek.
When it comes to understanding languages, my skills are in basically the same order, except the race is a lot closer. Actually, I'll put Latin and Greek above Irish when it comes to understanding; Irish is hard to understand.

I don't believe in anyone going to a liberal arts school and not at least taking a couple courses in Latin and/or Greek. I'm just a classicist that way, though I don't mind if the Latin they learn is Ecclesiastical so figure that out lol. But no, I think if you go to a Liberal Arts school, you should be required a bit of Latin and Greek, and definitely be required to master the Seven Classical Liberal Arts

[Starets]

I have taken 2 years of university-level Classical Latin. I loved it but that was a good 15 years ago now.

[Didymus]

my two years were weird. It was ecclesiastical latin, but we were reading from the Gallic War accounts.

[Ora et Labora]

i have taken two years of classical latin. i go to the TLM as well, so, i learn more it seems, every week!

[CrossCuT]

[size=1]There was a point in my life were I could read a latin story and understand what it was saying.
But that was back in like 5th grade.

I cant remember any of it now.
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[uruviel]

I'm about to finish my first year of Latin. I love it.

Edited April 23, 2007 by uruviel

[cathoholic_anonymous]

I studied a five-year Classical Latin course that was sandwiched into two years. This was an option for students in the gifted and talented stream who wanted to take GCSE Latin but who had attended schools where it was not offered prior to their GCSE years. My head is still hurting now, but it was worth it.