Willamette University
I know that whenever I tell someone that I’m taking Latin, the immediate response is always, “say something in Latin!” Of course, I usually just say “veni, vidi, vici,” or something, but I know that I and many others want to know really how to speak conversational Latin. I recently uncovered a few links containing resources on conversational Latin, so here you go!
Simple Phrases!
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Latin_phrasebook
This one’s just a preview of a book, but even the preview contains some pretty cool stuff. Unfortunately we don’t have it at Hatfield, but if you want it’s pretty easy to order through Summit.
http://www.amazon.com/Conversational-Latin-Oral-Proficiency-Dictionary/dp/086516438X?tag2=latinteach
In case you want to text your friends in Latin (email is too outdated, but that’s what they used for this article!)
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Latin_for_e-mail
Et tandem, I thought this was a fascinating video on the importance of conversational Latin!