Wednesday, August 7, 2024

08.09.24: The sepak takraw approach to learning Latin

It’s my favourite sport and they play it a lot where I stay. Take a look at the video: what those players are doing are called rollspikes, they’re breathtaking and, when you see them in slow motion, sometimes they are almost doing a 360 degree turn.

But that is the end point – there are also videos online showing you how, from when they’re kids, they learn it slowly, mastering the basics and, with practice, they eventually reach the standard you see here.

And the same applies to learning Latin:

[1] Vincent’s video:

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/08/080924-quid-in-caelo-videre-potes-1.html

He introduces a few words on the theme of what you see in the sky.

[2] Follow-up [1]: some more vocabulary without grammatical comment

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/08/080924-follow-up-on-previous-post-1.html

[3] Follow-ups [2] – [4] (coming next): looking at the vocabulary in a little more depth, [i] seeing how the words change according to their declension, [ii] starting with the easier declensions and moving up to [iii] more challenging concepts and [iv] adding some phrases that are more at level 2 and expanding on the basic ideas.

It’s all about finding your own level: if you’re just starting out then take a look at [1] and [2]; if you want to explore more then move on to [3].

In short, you won’t be able to perform rollspikes in Latin until you first learn to kick the ball 



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