I've now given up on Ecce Romani. I found some of the sentences rather strange.
First I switched to the new Assimil. Nice binding to the book but the audio is bizarre. I thought the English version of Latin pronunciation was a bit off but the French pronunciation is even weirder. They seem to have decided to elide some of the final vowels and on top of that they seem to think that if they mumble this will make the language sound more like a living spoken language.
Why do they have people speaking clearly in all the other languages but for Latin, right from the start, it's pretty hard to make out many of the words.
I've reached about chapter nine so I'll keep at it. In the meantime I've decided to give Lingva Romana a try. Apparently it just uses Latin and you're supposed to work out the grammar for yourself - if that's possible.
The great thing is that it has audio and all the sentences appear in the audio. There's heaps of repetition in the text so it's a great way to get a feel for a difficult language that one normally only gets to read rather than hear. And probably it's hearing a language that's essential for getting a feel for it.
First I switched to the new Assimil. Nice binding to the book but the audio is bizarre. I thought the English version of Latin pronunciation was a bit off but the French pronunciation is even weirder. They seem to have decided to elide some of the final vowels and on top of that they seem to think that if they mumble this will make the language sound more like a living spoken language.
Why do they have people speaking clearly in all the other languages but for Latin, right from the start, it's pretty hard to make out many of the words.
I've reached about chapter nine so I'll keep at it. In the meantime I've decided to give Lingva Romana a try. Apparently it just uses Latin and you're supposed to work out the grammar for yourself - if that's possible.
The great thing is that it has audio and all the sentences appear in the audio. There's heaps of repetition in the text so it's a great way to get a feel for a difficult language that one normally only gets to read rather than hear. And probably it's hearing a language that's essential for getting a feel for it.
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