Latin for Beginners

Usborne Language for Beginners

by Angela Wilkes, J Shackell (Illustrator)

Humorous illustrations demonstrate hundreds of everyday phrases with tips on pronunciation and grammar. Ideal for complete beginners, it includes rules of grammar, pronunciation tips, vocabulary lists and puzzles to encourage further practice, plus links to recommended websites with video clips and activities.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Textbooks

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1990

Reviews

[Chadi Raheb · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few words that I remember from this book that instantly caught my attention:

- albus = white (Dumbledore!)
- niger = black (the country Nigeria?)
- malus = apple ('mal' means 'bad' in French. Makes me think of the story/myth of Creation where eating apple caused something 'bad' happen afterwards)
- natālis = birthday (Does the name 'Natalia/Natalie' mean birthday as well?)
- sinistrōsum = to the left (Sin? Sinister? The Left party?)

[Kristen Fort · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book for the young crowd, getting them to talk in Latin about various subjects. It is rather dated (1995) but enjoyable enough. Illustrations are sort of strange.

[Cecile · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not what I was looking for: this would only help if you are having a conversation with the pope.