There are many things you need to consider to answer this question. Unfortunately with Latin, this is not always a straightforward answer (nor for any foreign language, actually). You'll also probably want to figure out how soon you will be able to reach that “fluent” target. The goal of learning languages (for most people) is to become some version of fluent in that language.Įspecially if you are learning a language outside of a class, you'll need to consider how much time you are going to need to devote to learning this language. This means that I can excuse some of the failings of DL, use it for what it's worth, and then some of the things I don't like (such as repetition) actually become somewhat helpful after a while.When you are about to tackle learning Latin, one of the more popular thoughts you'll have is: how long will it take me to learn Latin? I've bought other books which have been so much more helpful in a matter of pages (such as learning the endings like -o/-s/-t all at once!), so am using them alongside DL to help augment a better cause. I understand that doing it on desktop is supposedly an entirely different experience, but I'm doing it on my phone. My main complaints as others have said is the repetition, how basic it all is, the sometimes really poor American pronunciations, the American cities and states, the absurdity of the sentence structures that don't make any sense at all, and the main fact that nothing is explained and just has to be picked up somehow, etc.

I'm completing everything to Legendary level with regular practice thereafter, but have so far only completed the first 4 modules (Intro, Greetings, Where, Plurals), need to get Legendary on the fifth (School), and have started on Parents. I've been doing it on my phone and will persevere.

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