CL7071 Elementary Latin I

This module provides beginners with the foundations of Latin, an ancient and influential European language. You will learn fundamental aspects of Latin grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) and read simple original Latin texts that will enable you to acquire a substantial vocabulary. You will start to consider approaches to analysis and translation, and receive a taste of how Latin was used in different literary and non-literary contexts and genres. Latin is famous for its literature (Cicero, Virgil, and others), and this module is the first step towards your being able to read that literature in its original form; but Latin was also for many centuries an everyday language spoken by ordinary people, and we will uncover some of that Latin too.