From 66eaf35ca2c574975d1a1f2097404d17725576f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: muflax Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:24:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] draft work --- content_blog/languages/latin-tools.mkd | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content_blog/languages/latin-tools.mkd b/content_blog/languages/latin-tools.mkd index 6b2ac5d..812b13a 100644 --- a/content_blog/languages/latin-tools.mkd +++ b/content_blog/languages/latin-tools.mkd @@ -19,9 +19,18 @@ This brings us the other rule: *every single step along the way must be doable*. Fortunately, there are plenty of such systems. Here is mine. +Anki as ratchet. + +Grammar as ease guarantee. + +You should learn just enough grammar to recognize the general structure of a sentence. Don't bother memorizing any rules or, heavens forbid, conjugation tables, just get the structure. + +Noun, verb, modifier, glue. + + So what's important? -First, we want to understand the sentence. That's the whole point of this journey after all. Not to brag how large our vocabulary is, or how we know what an ablative is, or how intelligent it would makes us look when we tell them we're fluent in Latin. No, *we want to actually read texts*. People forget that, sometimes. +First, we want to understand the sentence. That's the whole point of this journey after all. Not to brag how large our vocabulary is, or how we know what an ablative is, or how intelligent it would makes us look when we tell our friends we're fluent in Latin. No, *we want to actually read texts*. People forget that, sometimes.