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and what are declensions? |
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In English: The rocks fly. The boy throws the rock. As you can see, in English (as in Spanish), we only change the form of the nouns to adjust for number (i.e. pluralizing). Thus, in both cases, the noun "rock" looks basically the same. This is also true for Spanish nouns. On the other hand, in Latin, we learn nouns along with "declension charts" much like one might learn Spanish verbs with conjugation charts. The forms within the chart (called cases) define the use of the word within the sentence. For example: "Amicus" is the basic word for friend; it is the nominative form of the noun, meaning that this form is used when the friend is the subject of the sentence. "Amici" is also the word for friend- it is the accusative form of the noun, meaning that this form is used when the friend is the direct object of the sentence There are 5 cases along with their plural counterparts within each declension (and there are 5 declensions). So! After all that rather long-winded post, the point is basically that Latin nouns are declined similarly to how Spanish verbs are conjugated. With Latin, the noun's form defines its use in the sentence.
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Irmamar. The language Latin is harder than the English or Spanish inclusive.
I mean, I want to know if there's the possibility to learn the language and use it in someplace. I know that it's a language very old, but I find interesting the mix up of the language.
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In this case it's can't because any always corresponds with the negative and will not allow you to make the sentence positive. For instance we can say: I can't see any difference(you can thow hardly in there as a adverb) but I can see any difference(it's bad English) Hardly is a adverb that can be used with both negative and positive sentences --but mostly negative.
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lots of languages i would love to learn.
Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, German, etc. |
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Poli and jchen, can't I say "I can hardly...?" = Apenas puedo (I meant: I'm able to remember some declensions, but not all of them, so there is the possibility to remember something, not everything)
Crotalito, Latin is more difficult than English and Spanish, at leas for me, above all because you have to learn those declensions and the sentence structure is quite different to Spanish: for instance, usually the verb is at the end of the sentence, and you have to distinguish correctly the functions of the elements in a sentence. A small example, compared to Spanish: Errare humanum est (errar es humano) Verb: at the end of the sentence humanum: acusativo (I don't know in English), Direct Object But if you want to study Latin, don't hesitate and do it |
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I see, the words are some hard than Spanish. But well , I don't believe that the Latin help me much in the labor world. Thank you.
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I can hardly remember any... I can only remember some...
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The phrase I can hardly means duramente, or Puedo duramente.
Which one?
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