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- Latin and Spanish I'm thinking about putting my Spanish study on hold for a time until I (hopefully) get a basic grasp on Latin. I have heard/read that understanding Latin is immensely helpful to understanding other languages, especially the romance languages, such as Spanish. Apparently a huge amount of Spanish is derived from Latin. ( I have heard figures as high as 90 percent.) In addition, Latin can help English-speakers increase their vocabulary and give them a better handle on their own native language, which is very important to me, as I would like to write one day. In the meantime, I still plan to pick up a little Spanish here and there as I am able to, and return to it with all my energies once I have a good foundation in Latin. But my free time is very limited, and I don't see how I can realistically do both at the same time. If anyone has studied Latin and has any information on the subject of whether this has helped increase their grasp of other languages, I would be very interested in what you have to say. Thank you!April 28, 201230
First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Hi, my name is Maricel. I'm Colombian, and I'm learning English because it's the universal language. Wherever you go, it's more easier to communicate in english. I want to listen to music, read books, and watch movies, all in English. and I want to understand everything.
I like the animals, especially the dogs and cats. I love my parents, and I have a young brother. I'm an environmental manager, and I have a postgrade (post-graduate degree?) in sanitary engineering.
Well, this is all for now. I hope to learn English and meet people. Bye.Buena suerte, Marciel. :)
0 votedApril 21, 20122I tried to keep it as close as I could to what I thought you were trying to say. Forgive me if I misunderstood anything...
Political Philosophy
When I was younger, I wasentirely believing believed entirely in Socialism. It was a really innocent idea to equally distribute wealth among all people, and - of course - the state is the only power which can manage the complicated process. But applying that on idea to the land failed. that give This provided a golden chance for the capitalism to spread, as it gave the people wealth and a comfortable life. For years and years Over time, capitalism become so wild and rich (widespread? wildly successful?) that rich people now gain more unreasonably high profits when while poor people gain nothing. so now Therefore, we need to revise our concepts about everything. Should we think differently? If the answer is "definitely" , why? not
0 votedApril 21, 20120- Aprendizaje En escuela yo aprendí sólo el tiempo presente. No tiempo pretérito, y no tiempo futuro. Tambien, un pocuito del vocabulario. (la iglesia, los zapatos, etc.) Por ejemplo, Hablar = to speak Tiempo presente: habló = I speak hablas= You speak habla = He/she talks/ you speak (formal) hablamos= We speak hablan= They all/you all speak Ahora habré empezado aprendar el tiempo pretérito: hablé =I spoke hablaste =you spoke hablo= he/she talks/you spoke (formal) hablamos= we spoke hablaron=they spoke Ayer, a la biblioteca, hablé con una mujer que habló Español, y ella habló muy pocuito Inglés. He entendído muy pocuito, pero yo entendí las palabras "tres años," y "agosto." Tambien, yo estoy tratando aprendar Latin. Dicen es mas difícil que español. Pero, muchas palabras son similar en Español y Ingles. Es muy interesante. Por ejemplo: español: escribo= I write latin: scribo = I write (I think!*) english: to inscribe= to write, print, or engrave on a surfaceApril 20, 201253
