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How to learn latin?

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  Posted by RainbowFfolly (U3345048) on Friday, 17th March 2006

  Hi all,
  
  Can anybody recommend any books that are suitable for an absolute beginner to latin? Nothing too heavy, and ideally something that I won't lose interest in. Oh, and most importantly a paperback so I can read it in the bath...
  
  Thanks,
  
  RF

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  Posted by Stoggler (U1647829) on Friday, 17th March 2006

  Hi RF
  
  Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin is good non-heavy introduction to Latin which I have used and still dip into from time to time. It's certainly not as heavy as its sister book Teach Yourself Latin. It's paperback too!
  
  S

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  Posted by dwrmatt (U1984005) on Friday, 17th March 2006

  I managed to pick up a very old second-hand copy of Erasmus' mediaeval teach-yourself-Latin book with English help...bit of an oddity, but strangely enough it reflects modern teaching methods quite closely.
  
  No pictures of mice in it though
  

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  Posted by AthenaB (U3616404) on Monday, 27th March 2006

  Hi there,
  
  I learned Latin at 16, and found the Oxford University Press texts absolutely wonderful--they provide an entertaining storyline in which is incorporated new vocabularly, and gradually grammar. Lots of pics too! They are paperback (not too thick either), and I believe there are 3 parts in the 'set' at around Β£15 each.
  
  If you look for 'Oxford Latin Course' books (Maurice Balme et al) on the OUP website, you should find them okay. Hope this helps and 'bona fortuna'!
  
  AB
  
  Hi all,
  
  Can anybody recommend any books that are suitable for an absolute beginner to latin? Nothing too heavy, and ideally something that I won't lose interest in. Oh, and most importantly a paperback so I can read it in the bath...
  
  Thanks,
  
  ΈιΉσΜύ

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