Latina Loquenda - praefatio

salve tu, tu hoc legens!

est Cullius qui tibi iterum scribit.

pauci dies usque ad Academiam restant... parasne te? puto me paratum esse. per hoc tempus discendi, ridendi, loquendi, magnum erit gaudium nostrum. feliciter exspecto!

cur Latine scribo? una hora uniuscuiusque diei Academiae in colloquio Latino terenda est. ea est Latina Loquenda! noli autem timere; haec hora laeta et utilis erit. cum amicis et magistris dum loquemur, ludemus et ridebimus! nota bene, lingua Latina nulli est lingua materna; dum loquimur, omnes (sine dubio, et tu et ego) discimus.

quaeque schola ad rem quamdam pertinebit. de multis in colloquiis nostris loquemur. de affectu, de pretio, de merce, de natura, de caelo, de vestimento, de animali, de cibo, re vera, de omnibus! Latina Loquenda his rebus te instruet ut in Academicis et voluntate tuo Latine loqui possis.

satis bene; in campo Collegii Randolphi Maconensis mox aderimus. eo tempore de pluribus simul colloquemur. exspectare haud possum!

cura ut valeas.

p.s. - English translation below the cut!

Hey you, yeah, you reading this!

It's Cullius writing to you again.

Only a few days are left until Academy... are you ready? I think I'm ready. Throughout this period of learning, laughing, and speaking, we'll have a great time. I'm looking forward to it!

Why am I writing in Latin? One hour of each day of Academy will be spent in Latin conversation. That's Latina Loquenda! But don't be afraid; this will be a joyful and useful hour. While we talk with friends and teachers, we'll play and laugh! Keep in mind, the Latin Language is nobody's first language; while we talk, we all (indeed, even you and me) learn.

Each class will pertain to a certain topic. We'll talk about many things in our conversations. About feelings, about price, about merchandise, about nature, about the sky, about clothing, about animals, about food, really, about everything! Latina Loquenda will instruct you in these things so that you can speak Latin at Academy events and by your own volition. 

Enough for now; we'll soon be on the campus of Randolph-Macon College. At that time, we'll discuss more things together. I can scarcely wait!

Take care that you are well.