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The Latin Influence on Spanish

by waman70 in Languages, March 26, 2012
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The Spanish language, like Italian and French, is called a Romance language. The reason being that it has a marked influence of Latin (Roman) language on its vocabulary like the other two languages mentioned above.

How to Classically Educate Yourself in Only a Month

by Snub Nosed Monkey in Languages, March 21, 2012
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In our modern world, a good education is priceless. Only a few of us are lucky enough to have a classical education, but the perceived worth of such an education is increasing more and more. For those of us who have finished school and are working, should we resign ourselves to living with the education we have? Of course not!

Learn Latin in Five Minutes

by Snub Nosed Monkey in Languages, March 21, 2012
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So you are interested in learning a new language? Traditionally Latin is taught through reciting and memorizing declensions and conjugations, but that is enough to make many people’s eyes water. Here is a way you can read Latin IMMEDIATELY and without all the hard work. Just read the following short passage slowly, and try to guess the meaning of each sentence:

So You Want to Learn Latin?

by Snub Nosed Monkey in Languages, March 20, 2012
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Latin is a great language to learn. It helps greatly with your understanding of English and other romance languages, and there are a tremendous number of classical and medieval works in Latin which are, like anything, better to read untranslated. Further, learning another language improves multiple areas of your brain, helping you with things not only language-related.

Philosophy 101: Professors’ Aims in Assigning Essays

by AmarBadz in Philosophy, March 6, 2012
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As a student in a university or a college, one may face a number of academic papers to write. One of these papers is the essay. The essay is a short, non-fiction and based on facts literary work that revolves around a certain topic.

Book Review: The Autumn of The Patriarch – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

by rowan in Social Sciences, February 24, 2012
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A review of Garcia Marquez’s Dictatorship novel, The Autumn of the Patriarch.

Latin Word Order: An Example Sentence

by vivereque in Languages, January 20, 2012
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A simple sentence to understand elemental Latin syntax.

What’s Behind Blue Ivy’s Name?

by couchpotato in Languages, January 12, 2012
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Crazy conspiracies on Beyonce Knowles’ little princess!

Is Latin Useless to Learn?

by Tree123 in Languages, January 5, 2012
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Is it???

Good to Know Vocab

by erthgy in Languages, December 28, 2011
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Many of these words are fairly esoteric, but you can show off to others with how you know them because it does make you look smart.

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