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Hi from new member

Hi everyone here. I've just joined this forum, to meet people from everywhere and to clarify doubts regarding Latin, too.
For now, just wanted to say hello!!

15 Comments

Comment by Mattheus on February 16, 2009 at 9:39pm: I noticed there's also a person from Argentina here! Maybe we could discuss Latin together!

Comment by Maximilianus on February 21, 2009 at 1:42pm: Hello... Anyone alive herabouts, other than Mat and me? Not even a "welcome" or something? Are we alone?

Comment by Lepus on February 24, 2009 at 6:05pm: Hello! I just joined. Thought I might say hello. I am really in the very earlier stages of learning latin...but we have to start somewhere.

Comment by Maximilianus on February 24, 2009 at 6:19pm: Finally somebody communicating here. Hi Lepus. Be welcome. I'm also new with Latin, though my friend Mattheus is quite an expert. Everytime I ask something, he has an answer, so he's a great learning resource.
I see you are from Canada. I never talked to a Canadian lady before. This is one of the many advantages of Internet. I hope you visit us on a regular basis, so we can talk about Latin and whatever you want.

Comment by Mattheus on February 28, 2009 at 5:46pm: Great ! Good to see someone else joined the discussions! You really flatter me, Maximilianus. But thank you for considering me an 'expert'! Although I have to tell you, I'm also a beginner, albeit an advanced one. This is only the beginning for me. One day I want to read, speak, and write my own Latin texts, not just translate existing material.

Comment by Mattheus on February 28, 2009 at 6:18pm: And I think it's cool we have three people now discussing from the Americas! One from Argentina, Canada, and USA! Thanks to the internet. Lepus, if you know anyone interested, or who might be interested in Latin, tell them about this forum. The more the merrier!

Comment by Maximilianus on March 1, 2009 at 2:24am: An advanced beginner who resembles an expert!! That leads me to my next humble conclusion: expertise has different stages. I don't have anyone here in my homeplace to talk about Latin. Gladly the Internet lets me talk to advanced beginners, as these humble fellows regard themselves (hehe!!, kidding with due respect for my good friend).

Comment by Mattheus on March 2, 2009 at 4:31pm: I call myself beginner for I still heavy on the grammar and syntax. A true Latinist can read, speak, and quote poetry fluently. Something that takes years of practice.

Comment by Maximilianus on March 3, 2009 at 4:39am: I totally agree, and this is equally true for every language and for everyone trying to master it, even being native speakers. There are those who believe they master their mother tongue just because it's the language they've mostly spoken from the very beginning. They should be informed that they are wrong. They have little contact with literature, if they ever had any. Thus they think they know enough, but enough is not enough, is it?

Comment by Mattheus on March 3, 2009 at 4:47pm: How can you believe you have mastered something if you don't learn something new of it every day? You said it, Maximilianus!

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