Cattus Petasatus
and Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!
Yes, perennial Dr. Suess favorites The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, in Latin!
I don't speak Latin. I've never studied it. But I love words and language, and etymology fascinates me. The official definition of etymology is: the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language. See, to me, that's exciting! I often pick up connections between words in English, Spanish, or Russian, and a lot of it traces back to the original Latin or Greek or whatever.
So I am having a lot of fun reading through these books and seeing if I can recognize any of the words based on the fact that so many of our English words have Latin roots and foundations. (Thankfully, there's a handy vocabulary list at the back of each book!)
These books are so much fun for language lovers like me! I had a great time reading through Virent Ova! Virent Perna!! this morning. If you like languages, too, learning a little Latin really broadens your "vocabularic" horizons (yeah, I made that word up just now)! And these fun books are a great way to start!
I'm such a nerd!
4 comments:
These look like fun, Sarah! :-)
Nerds are cool. So are geeks. When I pick Colleen up from Greek class, I always ask her "How was geek?" ;-)
Oh, and hey...if you would like to study Latin seriously (grammar and all), there's a good online Wheelock's class I know of starting in the fall. It's mostly for teenage homeschoolers, but I'm thinking of seeing if I can take it too if there's space. Let me know if you'd like details.
Have a great day in the Lord!
~Lynn Heidebrecht
Thanks, Lynn! I should probably focus more energies on continuing to learn Russian at this point...there are some good, free online Latin resources, too, if I want to delve a little deeper. I hope you and Colleen enjoy the class!
Yes, you are, Sarah, but I love you anyway!! :-) Actually, I really enjoy words and languages also (but you knew that). I probably just don't get such a big kick out of it as you do! :-) Love ya!!
Anna - Hey, at least I'm a cool nerd! (Is that an oxymoron?)
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