How long did it take you to learn ancient Greek?

>>9576574
bout tree fiddy

>>9576617
months?

>>9576574

Not arsed. Too much effort for too little gain. Might try my hand at latin though.

>>9576637
Why Latin but not Greek?

>>9576574
The only reason to learn Ancient Greek is to be a translator, and then you still have to be a good writer.
Your time would be better spent elsewhere if you aren't doing it to make money.

>>9576802
What if I want to learn it in the original language?

>>9576617
Kek

>>9576574
You never finish learning a language. I have a working knowledge which is good enough to study the texts I'm interested in but I'd like to read more fluently.

>>9576665
People have this strange idea that it's difficult to learn the letters (it's not at all - in fact we already have most of them in a slightly different form). Greek will give you infinitely more mileage that Latin. After all, the best Roman ideas were all ripped off from Greece anyway.

>>9576622
Days.

Learning it now about 8 months deep and 2/3rds through JACT textbook and going to beast it over summer. From how I feel right now I'd say two years to get a grasp of real ancient Greek, focus on translation and verb forms

About two years and a half in high school to read some real literature

It wasn't till the end of my high school career that I got genuinely proficient
So I guess five years.
also this >>9577259

>>9577267
t. Someone who doesn't know greek