I wanted a quick and accessible broad overview of how basic Latin functions, and this helped meet that end. The book consists of 134 lessons with some interludes mixed in explaining some Latin expressions in use today. Each lesson has a vocab word or grammatical point and contains 10 exercises for translation.

I did the translation work for the first oh, 10% of lessons, then decided I wanted to just read through it first because again, I wanted that big-picture overview. You'd need to make your own flashcards or means of review to be able to do the translation work.

You'll learn about present tense forms of verbs, five cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative), infinitives, direct and indirect objects, noun declensions, and a few adjectives.

This book only scratches the surface, however I do think it can provide a reasonable entry foundation before digging in with a more intensive Latin course.

I would recommend this book for older students or adults who are already familiar with basic English grammar, as I think it would make the book more accessible.

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A Great book for beginners, I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in Latin.
As I was trying to translate, I felt as if I am solving a puzzle trying to connect the words.

I want to do the exercises again.

Deus Vult!
Deo Gloria!

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A Great book for beginners, I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in Latin.
As I was trying to translate, I felt as if I am solving a puzzle trying to connect the words.

I want to do the exercises again.

Deus Vult!
Deo Gloria!

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A very useful introductory text covering the first and second declensions (both nouns and adjectives) and verbs in the active present indicative.

Each lesson adds only one more element so it allows you to build knowledge at your own pace.

It should be noted that this book only covers a very limited area of Latin, but is a good introductory volume as it makes the language a lot less daunting than starting with the more popular texts (id est Wheelock). ( )