Learning Latin

>>8970102
get wheelocks

it'll take care of all of your q's

You're a meme if you think you can learn a language well enough to read native poetry without years and years of study

wheelock is solid as the other guy said, it's what we used when I learned it in school

>>8970334
I'm using Wheelocks right now in college

>>8970102
Lingua Latina is a good (informal!!) starter to "thinking" in the language (rather than constantly translating in your head). If you want a solid grasp of grammar, this is NOT sufficient; you can't get around the practice that you need if you want to lock down your conjugations and declensions.

"Latin: an intensive course" is used by multiple ivy league classics departments, as is the multiple volume set "reading latin" by jones & sidwell. The jones book seems like a compromise between Lingua Latina and "intensive course," as it tries to get you reading in Latin ASAP, but has more actual exercises to be completed and reviewed.

Personally I just started my grammar reading with a standard old school beginner textbook from like 1900 (free ebook online). For basic conjugation/declension/grammar structure, almost anything will do, I think. Only now am I looking to try one of the above two textbooks ("intensive" and the jones book).