Colloquia Personarum (Lingua Latina)

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata

by Hans Henning Ørberg

A valued supplement to Hans H. Ørberg’s Lingua Latina Pars I: Familia Romana, Colloquia Personarum offers carefully graded Latin-language texts that follow the progression of Familia Romana and offer additional stories about the fictional Roman family introduced in that volume.

The Second Edition offers full-color versions of the illustrations that appeared in the First Edition. Also included is the text of Ørberg's Colloquia Personarum: Latin–English Vocabulary.

Genres: Language, Linguistics, Reference, Textbooks, School, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Marconi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hic fuit meus primus libellus cuius omnes partes lectae sunt in linguae latinae. Colloquia quae hoc libello continentur legenda sunt post singula capitula (usque ad capitulum vicesimum quartum) libri "Familia Romana". Eum legere [hunc libellum] haud difficile esse putavi, quamquam oportet totam grammaticam ac multa vocabula scire ad bene intellegendum.

[Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, which is a perfect companion text to Pars I: Familia Romana. The skits are funny and usually end with a bit of a joke or humorous twist. They add more depth and background to the stories of the main textbook. I have used them in my classes as quizzes and recommend them to any Latin teacher!

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of these characters have a special place in my heart.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good learning tool although less charming than Familia Romana, with some rather nasty incidents and dialogue.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bonus liber quia facile est.

[Cole Whetstone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unity: Tu quoque linguam Latinam sine alia lingua discere potes! Iterum!

2 Prompts:
1. Quomodo LLPSI optime extenderi potest? LLPSI modo deest magis fabularum, ad fortiorem vocabulum facendum et ad profundioras personas facendas.
2. De quibus personis decet narrare? Diodorus et Dorippa prima personae harum fabularum sunt, ut decet. Diodorum clementior esse invenimus quam in ludo videtur, et fabula Dorripae de Medis et Lydiae fuga optime narrat.

1 Implications:
1. Fabulis de quibusdem personis narratis, verba et vocabulum facilior docentur. Hans Orberg semper de quibusdem personis narrat (et in "Familia Romana" et in eodem libro). Facilior et melior per personas docemus.

Rating: 4/5
* Totum hoc librum Lingua Latine legi. Hae fabulae formōssissimae bellissimaeque sunt, et additio bonum ad LLPSI faciunt. Omnes hi personae in his fabulis augerunt et profundiores fiunt. Utinam modo longiorae essent!

[rogue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charming companion to Lingua Latina. However, only goes to Chapter XXIV. Is there something wrong with my edition?

[Joe Hay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is brilliant learning material. If you've completed the corresponding lessons in Lingua Latina, you can read these little dialogues pretty much fluently. This is invaluable both as a way to cement what you've learned and to build serious confidence, and I don't know why other curricula don't have materials like this (other than the fact that it was probably difficult to craft).

The scenes aren't great literature, but that's not the point. In fact, I'd say the author did a good job of making these at least mildly clever and charming, and definitely lighter in tone than the actual textbook.

My biggest complaint is that the length of the pieces is a bit erratic, and at least one was long enough to be a lesson on its own. I just got extra practice that day, I suppose.

[Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect companion book to Familia Romana! Each chapter is meant to correspond with a chapter in the other book. It's the same characters having conversations about what's happened in the main (Familia Romana) book. It's a great way of reinforcing the material & getting to know the characters better. Each chapter becomes gradually more difficult, building on grammar you've learned in the previous chapters.
It's a boon to have beginner level reading material available in latin that's not just the Aesops fables & over and over again.

[Gerrit G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Additional stories for "Familia Romana" (FR) of the LLPSE series. There is one story corresponding for each of the first 24 chapters of FR (which has 35) chapters, thematically close sometimes with some lag so you automatically train freshly learned vocabulary. They are also fun to read.

Additionally, in the end there are 3 pages of ultra summary of the grammar, though I think "officially" you do not have everything contained in there such as every form of passive construction (and some infinitive constructions). But I could be wrong here.

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a valuable extra resource for anyone going through the Lingua Latina per se Illustrata series. It is graded to go along with the main reading of each of the first 24 chapters of Familia Romana and does a good job reinforcing what is learned in the main book. In the later chapters covered by this book, I used it after I felt comfortable with the reading in LLPSI to test my comprehension, and it was very useful in that regard. Worth every as.

[AndersBenders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Valdē mē dēlectant hae fābulae, quīs certē latinitāten meam amplificāvī.

Great supplement to Familia Romana to train your Latin reading skills. Furthermore, for listening practice, check out Luke Ranieri's audio reading playlist on his ScorpioMartianus channel on Youtube, where he reads Familia Romana and Colloquia Personarum in their entirety!

[Jūdās Dālachus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bonus et bonus comitans, sed hic liber nimis brevis est. Habet vīgintī quattuor capitula tantum, sed liber "Familia Rōmāna" trīgintā et quīnque. Utinam habēret plūra capitula cum modō conjūnctīvō!

Good and a good companion, but it's too short. It only has 24 chapters, but "Familia Rōmāna" has 35. If only it had more chapters with the subjunctive mood!

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

The key ingredient that makes this book great Latin reading practice is interestingness. The stories are fun to read, and I found myself imagining them as short comedic plays in my head. My only complaint is that I believe they should be included in the main Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata book.

[Stefanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

IMO a bit of a cash-cow extra, mostly repetition that's not really needed for learninf if you've got the original, but the original book (familia romana) is so supremely fantastic, that this one gets 4 stars by association.

[Ezequiel Melo Bustos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Colloquia Personarum es un muy buen compañero a Familia Romana, sus cortos diálogos ayudan a ampliar y comprender aún mejor esos conceptos que ya Familia Romana presenta. Es un imperdible, prácticamente inmejorable, para cualquiera que desee aprender latín con el método de Ørberg.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Especially useful for checking students' understanding, as well as fleshing out the world of FR a little more.

[Vera Marsova · Rating 3 out of 5]

meus libellus prīmus latīnē lēctus 😋

[Iqra Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Longissimum tempus dēgī tālem libellum parvulum legere!
Sed mīrus est!

[Benny Hinrichs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it was fantastic for what it was trying to accomplish. There were a couple mistakes, like calling Aemilia Aemilius and what have you, but overall a good companion to Familia Romana.

[Gregorius Minor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically the same as Familia Romana, just a shorter book, which is good, but not good enough to deserve another star.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the Lingua Latina lore

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read that provides more beginner material along with Lingua Latina. You get to see what some of the minor characters in Lingua Latina are doing around the events of the book.

[Jørgen Pedersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Et fint supplement til LLPSI, men mest fordi den uddyber historierne fra grundbogen - ikke på grund af udvidet sproglære.

[Ming Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very endearing.

[Jon Ladner · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a supplement for LLPSI, it’s fun, quirky, and continues to put the language in front of you in new ways.

[Dave Maddock · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a companion reader to the first 24 chapters of Lingua Latina I: Familia Romana. Each Colloquium is graded to the level of the Familia chapter and expands on the various story lines of that book. As such, it can't really stand on its own, but is still a great supplement.

I think it is most useful as a double-check that you understood everything from the Lingua Latina chapter. After I had studied the chapter, listened to the recording, and worked through all the exercises, the last thing I would do is read the story in Colloquia. If I understood everything I knew I could move on to the next chapter; if not, I would revise as needed.

[Curtis Sheppard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kind of a dry read, but it's good at slowly building up the vocabulary and grammar gained from Lingua Latina per se illustrata. Pars I: Familia Romana, Grammatica Latina.

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Iomete seka legado, sed bone pliigas vortprovizon kaj gramatikon gajnitajn de LLPSI.

[Addie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great companion book to Hans H. Orberg's Familia Romana. Each chapter in this small book accompanies specific chapters in Familia Romana that add details of what you read there. Only its easier to understand because in Colloquia Personarum, each chapter has the conversations that take place between the characters. A truly helpful aid to the Familia Romana books.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very often fun, often completely tacked on to the main book, but good practice all the way through. I loved the ending with Diodorus and Symmachus. Hilarious view of truly depressing philosophies.