Amo, Amas, Amat and More: How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others (Hudson Group Books)

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A witty and entertaining guide to the use of Latin expressions for one's own advantage in the modern world. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I like birding, reading, writing, organic gardening, singing, playing guitar, hiking, the outdoors, and books. Would be of interest to those who did latin at school and for those who are interested in learning latin.

So, in the contemporary age of cultural chaos and multi culturalism, it is well to dwell on the language that helped to establish the cultural identity of Western Europe for more than one and a half millenia. The full thing goes like this: Louise: “Why didn’t ya let me know you were coming I’d have met you off the train. There are also gross oversimplifications and Mount's enthusiasm for translating sense rather than literal meaning results in some 'translations' that are downright inaccurate. While Harry Mount's engaging little Latin primer isn't likely to be much help to those for whom hic, haec, hoc is the result of a night in the pub, it will succeed in reminding the 'Latin lovers' of its subtitle just how elegant and versatile the language is. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

If you know someone who missed out on Latin at school and wants to live a happier life, you could do no better than give them Harry Mount's entertainingly educative Latin primer. In the last chapter, the author discusses the lack of interest in latin and the classics in contemporary culture. This book, however, is not a grammatical Latin book, but a collection of phrases that deal more with grammatical themes- prepositional phrases, etc. But I do want to redo it because I realised, much later on, how useful it is for understanding so many different words, by using the Latin origins as a filter.

Know Latin and - mirabile dictu - you will know Wilfred Owen's misery, Catullus's aching heart and the comedy of a thousand bachelor schoolmasters. I never let it get out of hand, I just… have a dealer and… he sells me Latin transcripts, and you know, “Okay…” (mimes effects of Latin) so that late at night you just feel like translating Latin for a bit, upstairs, smoking in the coats’ room. There’s also the passives in all these tenses, and numerous other forms of verbs such as subjunctives, gerunds and god-knows-what.Highly recommended, especially if you have or have ever had any interest at all in Latin, or in raising your learnèd English to a new level!

Well, you’ve also got all the other tenses which have not been included, and if you really want then you can find out by LEARNING LATIN. I may decide to attend evening school if I can find one that still teaches Latin as a standalone course. Every Latin scholar or instructor learns Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Amant pretty much first thing. once put into context with the rest of the sentences around it, it translates a bit like this: others, i believe truly, shall with softer mould beat out the breathing bronze, coax from the marble features to the life. I just used Google Translate on this, and it came up with “Excudent morleus some breathing air, I believe equident marble the living features” Obviously, it didn’t translate all of it… InterTrans came up with: “Excudent alii spirantia morleus era , to believe indeed to live ducent about like marble vulture.I think it is sad that Latin persists in being a subject which is only taught at a small number of schools, and year by year that small number gets even smaller. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. This seller has been dependable and prompt for multiple transactions now, furthering my trust in them.

I have a dear hubby who designs homes for a local home builder and who is the worship pastor of our church. In fact it was more of a reference manual indicating virtually every commonly known and misused Latin phrase, abbreviation, and statement as well as their intended meaning and origins. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Round Table Books specializes in Rare, Antiquarian and Collectible Books, particularly in the areas of History, Art, Arthurian History and Literature, Napoleonic Biography and History, Poetry, and illustrated editions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.The language was fascinating, but sadly the Master who taught it was the meanest teacher in the whole school. The fact that such upper class twatness can still sell in a country of chavs and council states is a matter of profound puzzlement for me and, may I add, joy at the fact that I have left such strange place once and for all.