Learn to Read Latin

by Andrew Keller, Stephanie Russell

One of the most popular Latin texts on the market, Learn to Read Latin helps high school and college students acquire the skills to read and appreciate the great works of Latin literature. It not only presents basic Latin morphology and syntax with clear explanations and examples, but also offers direct access to original, unaltered Latin texts. As beginning students learn basic forms and grammar, they also gain familiarity with patterns of Latin word order and other features of style.

This second edition—which now combines the first and second parts into a single textbook—improves upon an already strong foundation by streamlining grammatical explanations, increasing the number of syntax and morphology drills, and offering additional short and longer readings in Latin prose and poetry.

Genres: Language, Reference, Nonfiction, Linguistics

688 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Zack Hudson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a really miserable time with this book, but I think that's the point.

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst Experience Of My Life

[Justin Bird · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

loved the extensive vocabulary notes and the HUGE workbook accompanying. This was super massive and asserted the issue of ever having problems fully understanding grammar and how it would work.

this is a FANTASTIC beginner's aid at fluency of composition and understanding Classical Latin with extreme ease.

would have been perfect if they offered an intermediate or an almost-intermediate edition to bridge the gap of what you will go on to read in readers and more complex grammar, prose- poetry etc etc.

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairly good grammar-translation course. How I cut my teeth on Latin grammar.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thorough, but painfully tedious. I've read some dry grammar books, but this reaches new heights (depths?).