Showerthoughts_Mod t1_iuhkmob wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:59 AM

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CheeseNBacon2 t1_iuhkwrf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:02 PM

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I'd imagine the romance languages would have an even easier time.

luxtabula t1_iuhkxlw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:02 PM

#379,101

Big no on this one. Most of the loanwords are used for academic or industrial reasons, not for common conversation. They also have equivalent English words that get the point across better. English still is a Germanic language in every aspect and Latin is a huge curve.

zahhax t1_iuhkyad wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:02 PM

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I found Latin really easy to learn, especially since I know Spanish too

LOL_Murica t1_iuhlrto wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:11 PM

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Other way around. I took one year of Latin in high school and it made learning French, Spanish and German a thousand times easier.

ComplexMoth t1_iuhly0e wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:12 PM

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As a native Spanish speaker, absolutely not. It's apalling how most English speaking people find words with a latin root weird, difficult to pronounce and just magically difficult to understand and write. Go figure

[deleted] t1_iuhlyyg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:13 PM

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AxialGem t1_iuhmw3o wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:22 PM

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Well, you're presumably an English speaker. Go find literally any Latin literature and find out...

EvenSpoonier t1_iuho9lv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:35 PM

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Ecce! In pictura est puella, nomine Cornelia. Cornelia est puella Romana quae in Italia habitat...

[deleted] t1_iuhsak4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:10 PM

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Banana-Louigi t1_iuht5ry wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:17 PM

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Replying to luxtabula (#379,101)

Holder of a degree in linguistics and speaker (ranging from intermediate to very poor) of two romantic and two Germanic languages and I 100% concur.

Latin is a dead language, dead as dead could be. It's killed off all the Romans and now it's killing me!

luxtabula t1_iuhtiot wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:20 PM

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Replying to ComplexMoth (#379,404)

Because English is not a Latin based language and most of the words and the way they're conjugated simply don't match up with standard English. I see the same thing with Spanish, French, and Portuguese speakers struggling with some Germanic words on first try.