Is it hard for English native speaker to learn latin?
In school I studied about three years the subject latin. It's really difficult in my opinion.
I'm from Germany so I understand the cases like genitive and dative, etc. but students from other countries without cases (like English) may have problems how to translate latin.
What do you think? :)

Question

Is it hard for English native speaker to learn latin?
In school I studied about three years the subject latin. It's really difficult in my opinion.
I'm from Germany so I understand the cases like genitive and dative, etc. but students from other countries without cases (like English) may have problems how to translate latin.
What do you think? :)

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Learning Latin is usually used as a tool to help one understand another language better.  Since Latin is a dead language, and it's use is limited to liguistical, historical, medical and scientific purposes.  It is difficult for English speakers to master the use of cases, but it helps us understand our own language better since 60% of English words are derived from latin roots.

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It's all relative, but I'm British and I would say that Latin is not that difficult in the grand scheme of languages. If you study Chinese, Japanese or other Asian languages, then Latin is quite easy in comparison.

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Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I withdraw my answer.

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