Thx canli im horrible at these things anyway u know on that site for the ahndbook they have smthg called turkish tutor, ITS AWESOME!!!

heres the link to that tutor thing, its really nice because it gives you the lessons in a Tv show so you hear the ppl talking, and theres charecters and struff amnd it strats out from the easiest thing so its nice, i just have to install missing plug-ins, but since i have no idea what t is ill just wait for dad

http://www.international.ucla.edu/turkishtutor/pages/home/blackborder-fs.html

Hey Caliptrix,

even if in a very different way and different time span, the same happens to most italians:  how many do you think can read and understand latin?  And if we do not want to go that far back in time, how many can read Dante´s divina commedia without the help of an "interpretative translation"?  horribly few. I know the situation is different, butr the feeling is the same....

 Latin has a basically English alphabet.   In my journey learning Turkish, latin is simple because English ıs Latinized  itselfö except for grammar slıghtly. Here  ın "Kalifornia, USA" when I hear spanish, I understand it mostly.    Reading Latin.   Çok kolay ya!

My meaning was concerning something else... How easily people loose track of their own heritage and history! The majority here seem to simply have forgotten too much. But, of course, it si my own opinion.

 Excuse me, but isn´t it English that has a basically Latin alphabet???   You may find Latin easy, but reading the classics simply isn´t.... I lived in California for one year as an AFS exchange student, and latin classes were not exactly up to italian standard over there...

 OK I "carry" an Italian last name,  but don´t speak it.  Here in California, USA everyone learns some Spanish which has Latin Grammar.  yes I respect your answer. The classics especially Julius Caesars conquest of Gaul, love to read it in the original. time is so short.  Here I am in  Turkishclass which is the language I am trying to learn.  Don´t dispute quality of Latin Classes in  USA.

Saygilarima

OK I "carry" an Italian last name,  but don´t speak it.  Here in California, USA everyone learns some Spanish which has Latin Grammar.  yes I respect your answer. The classics especially Julius Caesars conquest of Gaul, love to read it in the original. time is so short.  Here I am in  Turkishclass which is the language I am trying to learn.  Don´t dispute quality of Latin Classes in  USA.

Saygilarima

NO offense taken or intended, of course! And since Americans are so sensitive as far as preserving heritage is concerned, I´m sure you understand what I was trying to say.

Ciao!

Don´t they understand the novels from early 1900s? Was "Latin" as a language killed by Italians, like that?

Novels from the early 900 are understood, even if the language has changed quite a bit in it´s everyday expressions, idiomatic forms and most common words... I would say young people in school would never choose to read books from the early 900 for pleasure, simply because it can be a job in itself to get into the mood of the book, it feels "heavvy"... Latin simply is not read and understood, apart from the students who choose classical studies.  I was just saying that, in a way, I can understan very well what you were telling us!