PAToGraphy wrote:
I used to be able to read, write, and converse in French and have lost most of it. Its the same with Spanish. I learned enough Russian to just get me in trouble; difficult to comprehend the spoken work unless singular nouns or verbs. Now, all 3 get tangled up if I try to speak one of them! Like you, Latin was an excellent foundation for English, medical terms, and both French and Spanish - I took Latin l, ll, IV in HS (was able to skip III) I have always loved language but had to spend hours in language lab listening to lessons repeatedly as my auditory discrimination was so poor. OOPS SORRY FOLKS, likely not of interest to anyone but Ron and me.
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Interesting to me! Latin is very useful in the medical profession...I loved Spanish and the teacher I had who was from Spain! We could only speak Spanish in her class room! That seems to be the answer for learning...at least for me!