ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
Aug. 1st, 2005 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ramblin_rosieI hate Latin.
Specifically, I hate the fact that Latin has no word order. If you give me "fierce where of the Aecean by the spear lies Hector," I will not necessarily untangle it into "where lies fierce Hector by the spear of the Aecean," especially when a) "to lie" looks a lot like "to throw," b) I'm in a hurry, and c) I've misunderstood the previous sentiment as "I wish you had killed me" instead of "I wish I had died by your hand," which happens to be a very important distinction in the context.
Virgil is a great poet, but I despise the way he twists sentences.
Stupid Trojans.
Yes, it is Monday. Thanks for noticing. (But I got a 98 on my last test, so it's not *all* bad.)
Specifically, I hate the fact that Latin has no word order. If you give me "fierce where of the Aecean by the spear lies Hector," I will not necessarily untangle it into "where lies fierce Hector by the spear of the Aecean," especially when a) "to lie" looks a lot like "to throw," b) I'm in a hurry, and c) I've misunderstood the previous sentiment as "I wish you had killed me" instead of "I wish I had died by your hand," which happens to be a very important distinction in the context.
Virgil is a great poet, but I despise the way he twists sentences.
Stupid Trojans.
Yes, it is Monday. Thanks for noticing. (But I got a 98 on my last test, so it's not *all* bad.)
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Date: 2005-08-01 10:53 pm (UTC)I know. And people talk about it being so regular... which it is in one sense, but... like for declensions, there are five rules that don't necessarily connect logically among themselves, whereas there are really only three rules for German (der-words, ein-words, and unpreceded adjectives). And the conjugation rules are simpler in German, too.
Bah. Humbug.