Question of the Day - Sunday, January 28th, 2024

[Evadig]

Latin is dead.

I don’t think it’s dead because it’s still the official language of the Catholic Church and all major documents are written in that language; also, it’s making a comeback among classical academics .

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The grade school we had the 2 littlest ones in taught Latin from 4th grade through 12th. It was a core component of the curriculum. It's a good foundational language to learn for most of the romance languages that are derived from it, but unless you go into a science, or history fields, there's not a lot of modern use for latin.

Yeah, I know. Not the first time someone said wanting to know it was just a waste of time. Still think it's beautiful and if I could magically know any language, that would be one I wanted to know.

 

[Evadig]

It's a good foundational language to learn for most of the romance languages that are derived from it,

Including English
When I don’t know what a word means I can often figure it out if it was derived from a Latin word.

 

[are17]

Pennsilfaani Deitsch.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Pennsilfaani Deitsch.

Does that count?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Aramaic, linear elamite, sumarian, hieroglyphics, And of course the symbols on all UFOS & alien spaceships
So I could read and translate everything for myself without someone else's biased opinion.

Of course, as I know that is not possible, I will settle for being able to translate common directions found in anything that needs to be assembled

 

[azurbanclucker]

Of course, as I know that is not possible, I will settle for being able to translate common directions found in anything that needs to be assembled

So either Mandarin or Swedish (if it's Ikea)?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

So either Mandarin or Swedish (if it's Ikea)?

Wiley Coyote interpretations of Acme instructions

 

[sourland]

Mandarin - I'm intrigued by that 'suck mouth'.

 

[notabitail]

Spanish. Why? Turns out I live right next to Mexico and have family members and friends that question my existence when they hear I don't speak Spanish.