I found a site that hosts online Latin drills.
I'll see you later.
I'm not even kidding--this is so awesome and so much fun. Don't hate because you didn't learn the most awesome language ever. And for those of you who'll remember, I had the best of the best for my Latin professor: Donka (that's her, milking Romulus and Remus on her website). Donka, a stone-faced Bulgarian with a penchant for perfection and tightly laced leather riding boots and a distain for well, people, was my Latin 231 professor. She is serious, she is angry, and chances are, she probablly doesn't like you. But she will beat the Latin into you if it kills you both.
And for me, that's basically what she did.
Donka is, in my circle of acquaintences who have heard this story 400 times, most famous for this interaction with a fellow classmate of mine, which I witnessed and then repeated at every social event thereafter:
I'll see you later.
I'm not even kidding--this is so awesome and so much fun. Don't hate because you didn't learn the most awesome language ever. And for those of you who'll remember, I had the best of the best for my Latin professor: Donka (that's her, milking Romulus and Remus on her website). Donka, a stone-faced Bulgarian with a penchant for perfection and tightly laced leather riding boots and a distain for well, people, was my Latin 231 professor. She is serious, she is angry, and chances are, she probablly doesn't like you. But she will beat the Latin into you if it kills you both.
And for me, that's basically what she did.
Donka is, in my circle of acquaintences who have heard this story 400 times, most famous for this interaction with a fellow classmate of mine, which I witnessed and then repeated at every social event thereafter:
Donka: Who vill tell me what thees verb ees.
Justin: It's facio?
Donka: Jason, was ist this I hear?
Justin: facio?
Donka: fack-yo? FACK-YO?
Justin: ...............
Donka: ....Jason, you are a stone to me.
Justin: (whispering) what does that even mean?
Donka's facio (pronounced fak-ee-o) was a clear "fuck you". Poor Justin was picked on a LOT. And always in another name. I don't know where Justin is anymore, or if he still practices Latin, but today, for the next 20 minutes or so, I'll be thinking of him. Thinking of him while conjugating---well, you know--facio.
HAHAHAHA....oh my gosh, I can't stop laughing. I remember this story very well...luckily I remember the voice you gave her so it's 10x funnier. Thanks for the laugh!
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