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“Vita sancti Christophori” in the works

A lit­tle update from me. I’m cur­rent­ly work­ing on a new book, name­ly the account of the life of Saint Christo­pher. The sto­ry of Saint Christo­pher, the giant who unknow­ing­ly car­ried the Christ child across a rag­ing riv­er, is one of the most endur­ing and beloved leg­ends of the medieval world. The book will present […]

Legentibus 2.7.2 is ready

I hope you liked Daniel’s video from yes­ter­day just as much as I did! We intend to pub­lish more news in video for­mat in the future! 🎬 You may have noticed that the video opened in the YouTube app or on a web page. We want to show our future videos direct­ly in this news […]

Update about Auda and the Beginner course

Late last year, in Decem­ber, I start­ed work on a nov­el (not novel­la 😉) called “Auda” for begin­ner Latin learn­ers. We’ve pub­lished 7 chap­ters thus far on Leg­en­tibus. Now, I am adding more mate­ri­als and build­ing it out sub­stan­tial­ly with dia­logues and addi­tion­al read­ings for each chap­ter of the nov­el. In this video, I go […]

“Ora maritima” has a literal translation now

While I was trans­lat­ing the book, I wished more than once that I could live on the seashore and go on trips and walks there! 🌊 But read­ing about it is also a plea­sure, espe­cial­ly in Latin. If you would like to go on a lit­tle trip to the sea and hear excit­ing sto­ries about […]

Latin is a time machine

🏛️ Why do you real­ly want to learn Latin? For many, it starts as a sim­ple aca­d­e­m­ic goal—to pass a class, get a cred­it, or sharp­en the mind. But can we talk about the biggest mis­take we make when we think about Latin? We see it as just a lan­guage, when it’s so much more. […]

Literal translation for “Ora maritima” in progress

Ora Mar­iti­ma is a novel­la, or at least, a con­tin­u­ous nar­ra­tive in rather sim­ple Latin. The ‘sto­ry’ is set in 20th cen­tu­ry Eng­land and fol­lows school­boys dur­ing the sum­mer vaca­tion as they dis­cov­er and learn about Caesar’s inva­sion of Britain. I recent­ly reread the book and it’s per­fect for sum­mer. That’s why I’m already work­ing […]

Enjoy the journey ⛵️

Have you ever thought to your­self: “If I can’t read Cicero flu­ent­ly, what’s the point of even start­ing to learn Latin?” This “all-or-noth­ing” mind­set is one of the most com­mon and par­a­lyz­ing myths in lan­guage learn­ing. It treats Latin like a mas­sive, impos­si­ble moun­tain, sug­gest­ing that the only thing that mat­ters is the view from […]

New literal translation available ✨

Our pop­u­lar read­er, XXI Fabel­lae Aesopi (read by David Amster)—a col­lec­tion of 21 sim­ple fables per­fect for upper-beginners—now includes a lit­er­al trans­la­tion. While you enjoy a sto­ry, you can instant­ly check your under­stand­ing with the trans­la­tion when­ev­er you’re unsure about some­thing. It’s the best way to build con­fi­dence and ensure you’re on the right track. You can down­load […]

Don’t skip Latin over the summer

☀️ Summer’s here! The temp­ta­tion to put your Latin books on the shelf and take a well-deserved break is real. You’ve worked hard all year. But can we talk about one of the biggest mis­takes ded­i­cat­ed Latin learn­ers make? Tak­ing the entire sum­mer off. It seems harm­less, but it leads to the dread­ed “Latin Fade.” You come […]

More literal translations 📖

I’m also reg­u­lar­ly work­ing on lit­er­al trans­la­tions for the books that have already been pub­lished. Thanks to your feed­back, we know that many of you find these trans­la­tions very help­ful. At the moment I’m trans­lat­ing XXI Fabel­lae Aesopi. It’s quite a short book, so it should­n’t take me too long to trans­late it. We should […]