Should i take greek or latin

Improve this question. Fivesideddice 2 2 bronze badges. Nacht Nacht 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. You already know the Roman alphabet.

Do you already know the Greek alphabet? I personally found Latin easier to start with because I already knew the alphabet and many words have similarities with English. The Greek alphabet didn't take long to pick up, but there was a definite learning curve with the letters which I didn't have with Latin. If you intend to learn hundreds and thousands of vocabulary items, I thunk learning twenty odd letters should not be a barrier to entry, even if letters are mostly visual whereas words should be foremost audible.

So, if reading the words out loud is supposed to help with the words, then actually writing down the letters will surely help re learn the letter forms.

This should not be underestimated. Greek is more complex than Latin, having an additional voice medium , number dual and tense aorist. Whether that means it's better to learn first or second I don't know. OrangeDog And mood optative. Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Glorfindel Glorfindel 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Add a comment. I found it best to learn Latin first. This had a number of benefits: It helps keep the languages separate.

Shootforthemoon Shootforthemoon 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. SmartJanitor SmartJanitor 31 1 1 bronze badge. I personally share your preference for Greek literature, but Latin shouldn't be written off so quickly. In prose there are more interesting writers than Caesar and Cicero e. Not to mention medieval Latin literature which is a world in itself. And, by the way, Virgil did not copy Homer. And of course, he produced other notable works besides the Aeneid.

You say "Catullus is wonderfully perverted but one isn't allowed to read him until college. Catullus was taught in English secondary schools in the s. I was there. The textbook was "Two Centuries of Roman Poetry". It naturally used the less explicit poems. Asher, you're taking my words too literally, presumably so you can quibble.

When I said "one isn't allowed to read C. While most of the answer to this question is subjective, I'd answer analoguous to shootforthemoon, except that it's conceptually nigh impossibly to start learning both literally at the same time, When you say: "During my initial research, I have encountered some people saying Ancient Greek is much different than the modern version.

Greek has been spoken in the Balkan peninsula since around the 3rd millennium BC or even earlier. Still, the changes are big enough so that someone who knows modern Greek would not understand ancient Greek.

Or would only understand some words in a sentence. Focus on whatever Greek you need to know either ancient or modern without any expectation that by learning one you will easily understand the other. Are you looking to do more with your life? Setting long-term personal goals is a pretty good way of doing that.

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Watch this video on YouTube. Which one do you prefer? Vote Back to vote. Tags: latin skills. Broaden Horizons Shareable Quotes. My favorite quotes are the ones that make me stop and think twice about what I just read about. Inspiration Life Goals. Shareable Quotes Skills Wallpapers. Many concepts in government, religion, art, literature, and economics are shared. When one is aware of the rich and varied culture of the Greeks and Romans, one is more likely to accept the differing customs and values of other people today.

This holds true because through the study of ancient civilizations, one encounters exotic and extreme customs which were not static, but evolved over the centuries.

Students who study Latin in high school consistently score higher on the verbal portion of the SAT college entrance exam than both students who have not studied any foreign language and students who have studied other modern foreign languages. Studies conducted by the Educational Testing Service show that Latin students consistently outperform all other students on the verbal portion of the SAT. Come see for yourself what makes Parnassus unique and discover all the possibilities that are here for your children.

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Ancient Greek vs. Thread starter yk2 Start date Sep 16, I wish to learn one of the two classical languages of Western civiliziation. Could someone tell me which is easier? Also, which is more useful? I tried to learn Sanskrit, the language of my religion, but gave up pretty quickly because of the sheer difficulty.

In some respects both are quite similar in that they are inflected languages. The Greek script is not that difficult to learn but that may be a problem. One needs to know quite a lot of the grammar before one can really get off the ground as it were. Both have very rich literary traditions. Latin is complex but fairly regular.