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Everything posted by Dunther
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(splitted because it was too long)
Anyway isn't totally senseless the idea of better learning italian by studying those two dead languages, but it's not simple to explain.
If you see a (for you) unknown italian word, you can maybe use your knowledge to get to the meaning without knowing it, using etymology. Like...neologismo (neologism), "neos" stands for "new", though in italian would be "nuovo"; and "logismo" stands for "speech", though in italian would be "discorso". So it's still a bit complicated, but I think that's the main reason...
Anyway I think that it's not THAT necessary.
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Oh I...I really don't know o.O
I searched on the English wikipedia and seems that is the "Contemporary Latin":
"Latin grammar has been taught in most Italian schools since the 18th century: for example, in the Liceo classico and Liceo scientifico, Latin is still one of the primary subjects. Latin is taught in many schools and universities around the world as well."
I did the Liceo scientifico, but in the classico they teach Ancient Greek as well :S and for the same reason I think.
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Maybe would interest you that here in Italy, some kind of schools teach latin (to know better Italian, they say :S ), but I've always hated it with all myself
except for music (you know, Liberi Fatali, O Fortuna, SSBB Main Theme).