Selfstudyclassics
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3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
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Useful supplement with interactive exercises
From 2 comments
Wow, this is great. Thanks for the link. I hope to take Selfstudyclassics a little farther than this one goes over time, but this would be a great place for anyone to start.
jthnews on HNThanks! Excellent text and excellent channel.
jthnews on HN
Objections
Some drill questions have ambiguous or incorrect answers
From 2 comments
> Select the English phrase that correctly translates the Latin. > Fīliae aquam agricolae dant. > 1. The daughters give the farmer water. > 2. The farmers give (their) daughters…
thaumasiotes on HN> You don't need a user account to use the practice tool, but you're progress may not be saved if you're not logged in. Distressing to see errors like this in a language text.
carabiner on HN
Navigation and course structure are confusing
From 1 comment
Some feedback: Have some link in your header clearly named "Course" or "Lessons" as it is right now it is totally confusing. Embed the videos in your site. Include the text in…
cambalache on HN
Requests
Embed videos and include the text on the site
From 1 comment
Some feedback: Have some link in your header clearly named "Course" or "Lessons" as it is right now it is totally confusing. Embed the videos in your site. Include the text in…
cambalache on HN
Interlinear Latin-German text
From 1 comment
I'd love to have an interlinear text Latin–German. There are such texts in Latin–English, but if someone klnows about a German one, please tell me.
Tomte on HN
Questions
How to teach Latin pronunciation and whether classical pronunciation matters
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It's a pity English speakers are often taught the wrong (English based) pronunciation. For self study I also suggest reading Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, it's a book…
tomcooks on HNOne of my Latin teachers (the one who was under 60) did try to teach us a proper pronuncation once, but quickly gave up. But i wonder, what is the point? I think the use cases…
twic on HN
Alternatives named
Cambridge Latin Course
From 1 comment
As an aside, I'd like to recommend to people the Cambridge Latin Course (https://www.cambridgescp.com/) This was the course I followed learning Latin in school. Whilst it may be…
jbarrs on HN
Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata
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It's a pity English speakers are often taught the wrong (English based) pronunciation. For self study I also suggest reading Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, it's a book…
tomcooks on HNI have been studying Latin by my self for the past couple of years, and would recommend anyone looking at this to instead consider learning Latin by the Dowling Method. It is…
frodetb on HN
Duolingo
From 1 comment
Also Duolingo has had a latin course since some time, worth checking it out if you want to get a feel of latin.
billfruit on HN
LibreLingo
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Are you interested in helping with the LibreLingo project? https://github.com/kantord/LibreLingo Although the concept is a little bit different and the book content cannot be so…
kantord on HN