Carpa Diem

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

So today as I changed my school schedule I noticed that there is an AP course called Latin:Vergil
I'm assuming this is a Latin language class, my question is, had anyone here taken Latin? Is it worth taking/ is it a useful language to learn?

Deadsolid · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 1789 **Location:**

Dead language. Completely useless unless you are a linguist.

iGod · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 3728 **Location:**

I had it for two years, don't remember shit, but I can flaunt it around to sound smart to hill billies.

TheDrop · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 7150 **Location:** uefa2012

very hard, i don't get why people take latin unless they already know like spanish or french.

/Pi · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4592 **Location:**

You already failed the class. It's Carpe, not Carpa.

I took it 2nd year in university for one semester. It's not so bad as long as your really good at memorization and have your declensions down.

As for functionality, it somewhat helped me in my biology courses when it came to taxonomy and anatomy.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:11 pm

Makes you more cult. :sohappy:

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

Dead language. Only useful if you're trying to sound like a pretentious prick. Exempli gratia, Hank Moody-wannabes.

We still use it for medical terminologies but whatever.

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

I'm taking latin. It's stupid.

It'll help a little w/ words you don't know - But come on how often is that.

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

I completely agree, wtf are you going to use it for? no one uses it but the vatican. I mean its nice to learn something for the sake of learning but why latin out of all the other things more interesting like biology or astronomy.

LaloHao · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1987 **Location:** Mexico

Learn chinese

Nick Invaders · **Joined:** Apr 2009 **Posts:** 1105 **Location:**

LaloHao wrote:

Learn chinese

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

Ror wrote:

carpe diem noob

Your mom is a carp

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

I had Latin for 5 years and Ancient Greek for 1 year. I can tell you, it's not what you expect it to be. It's a dead language, so you don't get to hear it, you don't get to speak it and you don't get to write it. The only thing you do is learning all the grammar (which is a f*cking lot) and translating Latin texts. It's completely useless and it takes alot of time or else you'll fail it.

So unless you like to memorize a thousand grammarrules and translate a thousand of Latin texts, I'd suggest you leave it alone.

And it's Carpe Diem and not Carpa Diem.

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

heroo wrote:

I had Latin for 5 years and Ancient Greek for 1 year. I can tell you, it's not what you expect it to be. It's a dead language, so you don't get to hear it, you don't get to speak it and you don't get to write it. The only thing you do is learning all the grammar (which is a f*cking lot) and translating Latin texts. It's completely useless and it takes alot of time or else you'll fail it.

So unless you like to memorize a thousand grammarrules and translate a thousand of Latin texts, I'd suggest you leave it alone.

And it's Carpe Diem and not Carpa Diem.

Yeah and a lot of the different rules tend to make a lot of words exactly the same, making it a bit frustrating at times in longer sentences. I think English is more simple imo.

aznronin · **Joined:** Jun 2008 **Posts:** 1393 **Location:**

Nick Invaders wrote:

LaloHao wrote:

Learn chinese

Take AP Chinese, AP Spanish, AP Chemistry, AP Bio, AP Macro or micro, AP Computer Science, AP Calc AB or BC, AP Physics (I forgot there was a B and C?), or AP Environmental Science. Those seemed to be the important ones I think, I might be missing some.

McLovin1t · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 1825 **Location:**

This

LaloHao wrote:

Learn chinese

and

Ror wrote:

carpe diem noob

dom · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:10 am

McLovin1t wrote:

This

LaloHao wrote:

Learn chinese

and

Ror wrote:

carpe diem noob

this

cin · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:17 am

I've been told that it can be useful to study latin because it can give
a better understanding of french, italian and other roman languages.
However, if you're never going to use it then it is pretty much useless.
I took it for a year and decided i didn't need it.

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

Even in the medical (nursing, pharmacy, psychiatric, etc), where Latin terms are widely used, it really doesn't serve that much of a purpose. Mainly because most of the Latin words used keep repeating themselves and are pretty much used as an official "English" term to describe body parts or diseases ("Angina Pectoris," "Lateralis," etc)

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Don't take AP.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

ExSoldier wrote:

Don't take AP.

wut

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

Squirt wrote:

So today as I changed my school schedule I noticed that there is an AP course called Latin:Vergil
I'm assuming this is a Latin language class, my question is, had anyone here taken Latin? Is it worth taking/ is it a useful language to learn?

I have, and it's not directly useful BUT it helps you learn other languages so much easier

poehalcho · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:47 am

had it for 2 years. completely useless for me.
and I only remember the bad words |o|

vacca fueda: stupid cow
passer futuensis: jacking sparrow

http://www.latinsayings.info/

Doron · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:55 am

useless language, even if you were to become a doctor, since in med school you will only get the medically useful words, not the rest.

If I were you I'd pick up spanish/italian/french because hey, girls always wanna go to Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Venice, right? Impress them. Think of your future.

Why did you think I'm running 4 languages and picking up some home courses for myself soon?

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

It could be usefull in history or theology studies I guess. But then again I have no experience about this so...

Pinoy_Archer · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 937 **Location:** Home

inky wrote:

Even in the medical (nursing, pharmacy, psychiatric, etc), where Latin terms are widely used, it really doesn't serve that much of a purpose. Mainly because most of the Latin words used keep repeating themselves and are pretty much used as an official "English" term to describe body parts or diseases ("Angina Pectoris," "Lateralis," etc)

And its still taught until now. i dont know if its still being used in the Board Exam. @_@.

Mark. · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 672 **Location:** Italy

cin wrote:

I've been told that it can be useful to study latin because it can give
a better understanding of french, italian and other roman languages.
However, if you're never going to use it then it is pretty much useless.
I took it for a year and decided i didn't need it.

Of all the comments, this one.
I'll just quote every single word cin said, 'cept for the last sentence. :p

I've been studying Latin for six or seven years now, but it's not simply learnin' the grammar and translating stuff. We also read original works for a better understanding of our language (that is, Italian).

But if you're gonna take some scientific AP, it's not much of handy, except for what inky said.

Also, not only it is carpe diem instead of "carpa diem", but it was Horatius (Horace) who said it and not Virgil. >_>

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