Learning a Little Latin

From Learn Latin Fb page:

Nōlī esse incrēdulus, sed fidēlis — “Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

 

From Learn Latin page:

Can you read what the book held by the Lion of Saint Mark in Venice says?

Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus —
“Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist.”

 

Quis dixit Angelum Custodem
Alas habere debere?

"Who said a Guardian Angel
Needs to have wings?"

 

Hoc Est Crudelitas.
"This Is Cruelty."

Minime, Tantum Ludus Est.
"Not At All, It's Only A Game."

 

Salve Dies Iouis. Diem Felicem Habeas.

"Hello Thursday. Have a Happy Day."

 

Victrīx fortūnæ sapientia —
“Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.”

 

From the Learn Latin Fb page:

"This week, the new beginner Latin course kicked off.

A resounding success.

But here’s the wild part:

A young student showed up—not because school or parents told him to.

He came because he wants to understand the Traditional Latin Mass.

Yes—the rumors are true.

We’re back."

 

A Deō lūx nostra —
“Our light comes from God.”

 

Quot homines, tot sententiæ —
“As many people, so many opinions.”

 

In Croatia, Latin is a compulsory subject for two years in secondary school and you cannot enroll in a medical program without it. I don't know how your system works, but in Croatia students are already divided into different types of secondary schools after elementary school. There are Gymnasium (gimnazije), which are attended by the highest-achieving students with excellent grades, and various vocational schools such as medical, economics, commerce, and trade schools....

Latin is taught in both Gymnasium schools and medical schools. I studied it for two years in Gymnasium and had what was probably the best Latin teacher in the country a true genius in every sense of the word. He was incredibly intelligent, perhaps one of the leading Latin experts in Southeastern Europe. He's now retired and writing a 900-page book.

In practice, however, our Latin classes focused almost entirely on grammar: declensions, cases, converting verbs from the perfect tense to the future tense, and similar exercises. Most of us could hardly wait for the subject to end. Vocabulary and actual translation were barely taught at all.