Okie, im a highschool student and I'm really ambitous but I must say I have the ability.. lol. :) I love langauges and I am learning French. I would want to learn Latin just beacuase it sounds interesting and somewhat challenging.. I want to take a Latin language and Literature major. Am I just gonna waste my time. I mean what jobs use this language( no not a priest).
2007-12-01 17:54:24 · 9 answers · asked by jusdenise 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Commanding a Latin army?
Only joking. I did Latin at school (one of my favourite subjects). As a source for the romance languages I later found it invaluable for helping through learning. Sometimes it was just the sheer joy of finding Latin buried deep in the culture and still prevalent today.
You could major in it or keep it as a real side interest whilst you pursue other study. I see it rather as a useful tool. make sure you study is useful as well as enjoyable, today's world unfortunately can't afford the luxury of study for pleasure.
Best of luck.
2007-12-01 18:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my gosh, I LOVE LATIN too! I took it in high school and now I'm a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) major. If language is what you love, go for a Latin major or a linguistics major, or a French or Spanish major at that! If I were you, I'd just pick something and after your first year or so of school you'll know what you like. I took zero Spanish in high school and I might get a double major with that. If you do decide on the Latin major, you could be a teacher or if you go on to grad school (which is what I'm planning on doing), you can be a professor or write books or if you learn a modern language- be a translator. Good luck with everything, and really-- don't worry about rushing into anything. Whatever you do your freshman year is not going to set your future in stone. Have fun and I hope you find something you love at college!
2007-12-01 18:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by Bristol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, Latin has given me a lot of help in performing Shakespeare. He uses latin as well as anglo-saxon terms in different situations; it helps on some level of analysis.
If you're going to write in English, having some Latin under your belt can really give you a better feel for the language. You better understand word origins and their more specific usage. Plus it's a very good thing to practice any language with a million cases (such as Latin), because it teaches you to think a different way about grammar. There aren't too many jobs where Latin is used straight no chaser, but if you go into the field you will find plenty of places to use it. When you're in high school they never tell you just how many kinds of jobs there are out there...
2007-12-01 23:41:50 · answer #3 · answered by green_sprout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing Latin gives you a key to many other languages as French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Even English has been influenced by Latin. You ask about jobs using Latin, but that´s not the right way to think, but as you took it up, for instance medical doctors and archaeologists have much use of Latin.
I´m 100 % sure that you will be grateful some day that you chose Latin. GOOD LUCK with your choise!
2007-12-01 20:51:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin will improve your English no end. It will turn your medium range sportscar English into Ferrari English. Besides, it will, assuming you get good enough to read in it, open up the past to you, so you can walk with Cicero and Seneca, not to mention Lucretius.
I suggest you get a head start with Latin, and see if you like it: there are a few places for starting to learn online. Head over to http://latinum.mypodcast.com if you are interested in a free online course. A Google search for Latin Tutorial will also throw up a lot of leads, there is some good stuff out there for online learning.
2007-12-02 03:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
till now giving an answer, we would desire to define what you recommend by using classic.while you're touching on the classical area of progression of the latin language, it covers the era going from the 1st century BC (around eighty BC) to the initiating of the 2nd century advert (ending decrease than the emperor Trajan). there are such a number of of authors, subsequently figuring out on a call relies upon on your brother's pastimes and on despite if he's comfortable analyzing a textual content fabric with or devoid of English translation. yet an selection selection would desire to be finished between the type: poetry, (Virgil, Catullus, Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius just to indicate some) prose (Cicero, Sallust, Caesar, Lucretius, Seneca). in case you rather use the be conscious classical as a familiar term, then the alternative covers the finished literature (from the origins to the Christian era) to no longer exclude present day latin.
2016-09-30 10:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had several interesting jobs over the last 38 years and found that my knowledge of Latin has helped tremendously in deciphering and/or understanding unfamiliar words specific to the places where I worked (editor, legal assistant, medical reception).
Also you'll become a wizard in crossword puzzles and game shows!
2007-12-01 18:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Sunny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could teach the language or you can be a translator for archeology. translators get paid alot of money. you never know if archaeologists come pass a ruin, sculpture, or and other artifact the needs translating.
2007-12-01 18:24:13 · answer #8 · answered by kevin_x_dragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... u can actually teach latin. im a langauge major also... spanish though. im fluent. yes you can try latin and i had a teacher who taught it... he was fluent and he was a history major as well.
and i hate french... its so wierd
hahaha!!! <3333
good luck
2007-12-01 18:01:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋