Is it easier to learn Latin or Greek?

Learning Latin is (generally speaking*) easier than Greek; you don’t need to learn a new alphabet, and if you know a little bit of Italian, French or Spanish, you might recognize some of the words. Even English has, because of the large influence of French, many words whose roots can be traced back to Latin.

Why is ancient Greek hard?

Well, ancient Greek is in general a difficult language., one of the most difficult languages in the world to be accurate. It has complex syntax and as for it’s grammar, it has lots of things to learn. I would recommend you to learn firstly modern Greek and then go for the ancient Greek.

Is Greek more difficult than Latin?

Greek is really no harder, especially when you already have Latin. It does have a few more inflections, both in verbs and in nouns (but no ablative!), but there’s not too much difference in the syntax, except that Greek is more flexible and graceful than Latin, which is comparatively clunky.

Is it a good idea to learn Greek?

Students who learn Greek are better able to learn and identify root words, increasing their English language vocabulary while learning Greek.

Is Greek better than Latin?

Personally I found Greek easier than Latin, although there is more to learn in terms of morphology (tense endings, moods, number endings etc) and it’s a less regular language than Latin in some ways with a large number of irregular verbs.

Is classical Greek harder to learn than Latin?

Classical Greek is much harder to learn than Latin, and I’ve had that from native speakers of modern Greek. Latin is a very systematic language. You follow the rules, exceptions are limited – that’s one of the things that make a language easier to learn. Classical Greek is loaded with rules – there are endless declensions and conjugations to learn.

How hard is it to learn the Greek alphabet?

In short Greek is harder than some, but not the hardest. If you really want one to ten, probably a four-six. Someone who is comfortable with case and declension and is good at spotting Greek roots of words in other languages will have an easier time than someone who panics at the sight of the Greek alphabet.

Is Latin easier than other languages to learn?

Slightly longer answer, it is much easier the more you have learnt other languages (as with any language). Full answer; Latin has a very complex grammar including cases, genders, declensions and vastly different verb forms for different tenses (of which there are many).

How hard is Hellenic to learn?

The short answer is that Hellenic is perhaps one of the easiest languages to learn and master in the world. The answer is 3 out of 10 (1 being very easy and 10 being very difficult, by comparison to most other languages being learned by an Englis…