How I Learned French in 3 Months

A bilingual mother in Canada wants to pass her French heritage on to her two-year-old, but worries there isn’t time for both Latin and a modern language. In this Classical Et Cetera we discuss why it isn’t an either or choice, how studying Latin first gives you the grammatical foundation that makes French and the other Romance languages far easier, and how one of us went from no French to living his whole day in it in a single semester, thanks to Latin. 0:00 Intro 1:44 What We're Reading 7:50 Main Topic: Latin vs. Modern Language 13:27 Latin & French Do Different Things 22:43 How I Learned French in a Semester