Latin Made Simple: A complete introductory course in Classical Latin

Made Simple

by Doug Julius

Latin Made Simple makes it easy to increase your understanding of the language and the many ways it has enriched our culture. The perfect primer for anyone who wants to be able to read classical Latin or learn the basics to enhance their vocabulary, this complete course presents Latin grammar clearly and plainly. Void of all nonessentials and refreshingly easy to understand, Latin Made Simple Complete Latin grammarExtensive vocabularyReview quizzesComplete answer keyPractice readingsExamination of Latin words in the English languageTimeline of Roman History and LiteratureA helpful verb chartEnglish/Latin DictionaryLook for these Made Simple Made SimpleArithmetic Made SimpleAstronomy Made SimpleBiology Made SimpleBookkeeping Made SimpleBusiness Letters Made SimpleChemistry Made SimpleComputer Science Made SimpleEarth Science Made SimpleEnglish Made SimpleFrench Made SimpleGerman Made SimpleIngles Hecho Facil Investing Made SimpleItalian Made SimpleKeyboarding Made SimpleLearning English Made SimpleMathematics Made SimpleThe Perfect Business Plan Made SimplePhilosophy Made SimplePhysics Made SimplePsychology Made SimpleSign Language Made SimpleSpanish Made SimpleSpelling Made SimpleStatistics Made SimpleYour Small Business Made SimpleFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Language, Reference, Nonfiction

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It lied. Stupid declensions.

[Alan Crombie · Rating 1 out of 5]

In thirty years of studying, teaching and researching five foreign languages – including Latin – I have never encountered a textbook worse than this one. I purchased a copy since I was writing a paper on Classics education and I was looking in particular at Chapters 9 and 10. These two chapters were littered with over seventy errors in the language itself. While a handful could be dismissed as typographical mistakes, the overwhelming majority were inaccuracies in case endings, verb endings, tenses, moods, spelling, non-existent forms, and English translations: these are the errors of an elementary student, not an author assigned to teach the subject. I cannot recall ever reading an academic work which contained a single error in the language it was designed to teach, let alone seventy in two chapters. It is an unmitigated disgrace on the part of both the author and the editor that this work has been permitted to be published in its current state. Those who have written reviews prior to this are learners: with respect, it is highly unlikely they would note the staggering number of flaws in these more advanced units. It is utterly inexcusable and will lead to the student’s confusion and frustration.
Authentic texts, while appropriately chosen, are presented with vocabulary lists, but nothing more. There are no explanations of the often complex syntactical features of the language in context, especially word order which, in the last two chapters at least, is not addressed at all. Explanations of more complex grammar, for example conditional clauses and subjunctive, have insufficient examples and, in places, the relationship between explanation and example are poorly laid out and misleading. It does not help that, in one instance, the example sentences contain the most blatant grammatical errors I have ever seen. It also does the author no credit to misspell the subject of one of the texts, and to provide an inaccurate source. Furthermore, there are numerous exercises where the sentences contradict the explanations i.e. they are simply wrong.
I am writing directly to the publishers with a full list of the errors uncovered so far. In the meantime, I would strongly advise against purchasing this book; if neither author nor editor can put in the effort to check what has been written, then do not put yourself in the position – as I have unwittingly done – of requiring to put the effort in yourself.

[Edragone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beaucoup d'erreurs et d'approximations

[Barb · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to Latin, this book works well for self study. The way the chapters are divided allows for a flexible pace. Answers are included at the back of the book. There are also a number of appendices with summaries of Latin grammar.

You will need a Latin dictionary to supplement the readings in later chapters. There are typos in some of the exercises, so it requires active studying.

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was more of reading and writing Latin. I wanted more on how to pronounce the words. To many other books to read right now to sit and study Latin. Good book though.

[Jelly Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really great textbook, and I'm using it as a supplement to my Latin I class this semester. There are a lot of translation exercises.