Learn Latin Online: Lectio Prima (Part 1)

[luisluichi2]

at slide 1:00 you should add portuguese, the 6th most spoken language in the world (just a suggestion) - more speakers than french, romanian and italian actually.

[EdmondFerrel]

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[skaterchick316]

We use ecce romani too

[skaterchick316]

I take Latin at school it's really fun

[gailad123]

I am so excited, I finally found a good Latin tutorial :)

[harry646464]

Question?

Since there is no J in latin why do we spell Julius Ceasar with a J ?

Thanks and i'm enjoying the course!

[serelinia]

@harry646464 In Latin, Julius was spelled Iulius. That is a capital i. It was pronounced yoo-lee-us. The letter i is used sometimes as a consonant (sounding much like our English y), sometimes as a vowel, and sometimes as both, depending on the surrounding letters. The letter J was invented to represent the consonant form of the letter i. Whenever we pronounce it joo-lee-us we are actually speaking with an English accent!

[lleevveell66]

@8:11 isn't long A like the A in "ate", and the short A like the A in "apple"? aye vs ah.

[ninoboeing]

I do Latin at school

[davedabom2204]

@ninoboeing waarom kijk je dit?

[bestreading]

Awesome! Thank you for putting these lessons on here. I very much appreciate them.

[mQtek]

You have braces.

[orenjisukimayumi]

soo...where's the .PDF file? please tell me

[saueduardo]

thumbs up if you think this guy is a nerd

[MrXCalibur54]

Is it a good idea to learn Latin at the same time I'm learning Spanish? Or should I only learn one at a time?

[shukhergan]

good idea, and u should remind u one thing that latin has four descendants, italian being the most direct of them, learning some latin will provide to set a good foundation for all of these- italian, spanish,, french portugese, romanian.

[ThatPoyglot]

@MrXCalibur54 You should learn one at a time. I recommend learn Spanish first, that way you can practice the language and reap the confidence related benefits of language learning.

[MrXCalibur54]

@ThatPoyglot Ok, thanks.

[lilykin88]

^_^

[guyboy625]

Can someone tell me what this means?

deo domini deus infernis,

profundo penetrate poenis defuncto.

in culus veni, nunc despicis,

mulier intrare in veneris limbo.

thanks!

[ThatPoyglot]

@guyboy625 translate it at google (dot) com/translate

[guyboy625]

@ThatPoyglot I know about google translate, but I want an expert opinion.

[Jonathan29031993]

HEllo, I want to start learning Latin, but i actually dont know how start, I wish you could give me some hints and book's name it would be good. And do you have a msn contact or skype i dont know .. it would be great xD see you byebye

[ThatPoyglot]

@Jonathan29031993 Just start researching latin on the internet... Start watching as many videos about latin as possible... read stories, search wikipedia for whatever interests you... Just take the time to do something related to the language whenever you feel, and you will surely find free internet resources... In short, you will need something that you can see (written text), hear (audio) and reproduce (you have to write in the language)... Have fun!!!

[Awsomousness]

I was introduced to Latin as an actual existing language whilst doing Wilfred Owen poetry and decided to learn the language. But could not find a credible source.

However, this is fantastic THANK YOU! :D

[aaronjayke]

I actually cannot stand this dude's voice. The pronunciation is also tripe. Ugh.

[joels341]

@aaronjayke This coming from a guy with NO video uploads. Where is your voice jackass?! This man has the heart to provide free Latin lessons. If you don't like it, you can GTFO.

[RickyMackie]

i can hear your braces

[cathofaithdef]

THE CATHOLIC LANGUAGE.

[UndrgroundFusionCoil]

@cathofaithdef no. not at all. Ancient Rome spoke Latin, just cause it was adopted by the church doesn't mean its catholic. Don't be an idiot.

[Juliousfox4]

The vowel pronunciations in Latin sound exactly as the vowels in Spanish. Also, some letters in Latin sound just like in Spanish such as "c" the "r" and others. I speak English, Spanish and some French and if you notice most European languages are similar because of Latin. Spanish, French and Italian can be understood.

[188metalhead881]

Wow man thank you for posting this! I really think latin is a beautiful language, it's really nice.

[VictoriaRomam]

@latinguy2009 Thanks for putting up the lessons

[brobador]

Wrong for the "U" It does not sound like : ooh, but more like the four last letters in the word "Queue" ...My two cents.

[TheBrainSponge]

My initials don't exist in Latin :(

[Valentinaqf]

This is absolutely awesome, thank you :)

[CaptainGrimes1]

Why is it on these videos im hearing more english than latin??

[AdobeGillis]

I'm gonna hit on chicks by speaking entirely in Laitn-and fuck a shitload of bitches!

[ManuK171]

Hi I need to know how to translate "no compromise no regrets no excuses" please can someone help me?

[123Secho]

btw: there's only 23 letter in alphabet, because there's also no ''U''. They used ''V'' instead of ''U''

[InsertNameHere297]

@123Secho no, there is know 'V' but there was a 'U. They just wrote 'U's as 'V's, it was the english 'V' the didn't have.

[InsertNameHere297]

doesn't anyone on youtube teach ecclesiatical latin? i like that better

[kagi95]

I'm a native Turkish speaker and these pronunciations are almost like my mother language. So pronunciation -hopefully- won't be a problem.(A= Ah, U=ooh, I=ee) Thanks for the tutorials.

[halibelxXxsinan]

thanks for the upload i want to to learn more about latin culture^^

[ReishaDoll]

Wow, your website is pretty awesome. I cannot believe something as good as this is actually free o.O Thanks a lot.

[NiGhTpRoWlEr1011]

This is Vulgar Latin?

[latinguy2009]

@NiGhTpRoWlEr1011 No, this is strictly classical Latin. Vulgar latin uses a different set of morphology and grammatical rules (and vocabulary). Specifically-- one key idenfication between classical and vulgar Latin is the use of the neuter gender in classical Latin, whereas Vulgar Latin assimiliated neuter nouns into the masculine.

[CrazyGamersxx]

did romans have classical Latin?

[saqib765]

where is the second part of this video? :)

[cmsrawrr]

@saqib765 youtube .com/watch?v=pFANTXSqPQ8&featu­re=player_embedded

If you havent found it yet, there you go!

[teganini]

salvete! mea nomen est tegan. tua magister linguarum latin. est magna pulchra linguam! i love latin!!!! keep up the good work.

[Ms9doors]

Suddenly, I feel so grateful that my first language is French... Even though my English is still probably stronger. Thanks for these videos! Can't wait to get started!

[dianamars8]

@Ms9doors I'm with you, my first language is spanish, and it seems like it's going to be a big advantage.

[NickBango10]

is the "classical" pronunciation what you would hear on the streets of Rome in 10AD? just wondering cause that is the version i am interested in learning.

[latinguy2009]

@NickBango10 Classical Latin refers to the language written and spoken by orators and those of power-- kind of like the "upmost and proper" Latin. What you would like to learn is known as Vulgar Latin (Vulgar meaning common). Hope this helps!

[moonchild57]

Hey I was wondering if you could pronouce the phrase " adacter vive ex animo dilige nihil desidera" for me its my fav. Moto but I'm not quite sure if I'm saying it corectly. Thanks ;p

[sdave616]

thank you!



[swedendrift]

Great stuff! i am just getting into them but they are a huge help getting me up to speed for grad school

[bamchicapow]

Thank you for posting these!!!! I am taking Latin 101 & Latin 102 (2 introductory courses) at college next year so these are sooo useful for me to get familiar with the basics!!!

[wc1hater]

My teacher teaches us Classical Latin... I prefer it, because Romans created Latin, and we should speak it the way the people who made it spoke it.

I'm sure it's not exactly the way they spoke it, but...

Also, about the vowels... I know some people pronounce it differently, but I believe the official way of pronouncing different vowels is here:

ai.ooga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf

[wtrmute]

Great material! A *very* slight quibble on the pronunciation of "R": It's not *always* rolled or trilled, since then the words CARUS and CARRUS would sound the same. The R is rolled or trilled *except when it sits between two vowels*; in this case, it is a soft tap, like the "tt" in General American "pretty", or the so-called "weak R" in Romance languages -- Spanish, Italian, &c.

[wc1hater]

@wtrmute That short "r" sound is a trill, except that instead of doing it multiple times (trilling), it's done once. Basically, a trilling is doing that "tt" multiple times.

[JudeLuoLive]

Hi, is it possible to learn Latin here to understand latin Mathematics textbooks? For example: Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by Carl Frederick Gauss.

Anyway, thanks for the free lessons. I have always wanted learn this rare language for free.

[Miguelsr1rst]

Nice vids! can u tell me if u took formal Latin in high school / college? just wondering :D

[latinguy2009]

@Miguelsr1rst I had 4 years of Latin within highschool, including two college level Latin courses in prose and poetry.

[cartoonangel1]

@latinguy2009 COOOOL

[GKzGamerKing]

@latinguy2009 This is Ideal, I'm fluent Welsh and the pronunciation Is exactly like Welsh! you should look Welsh up

[akenaj]

Just subscribed, because I really want to learn how to speak in latin. thanks for the post.

[soadasd]

I'm an Italian student and I'm really pleased to see that someone is making this kind of Latin lessons on Youtube. But if I can dare, as I studied Latin at High School, I found your pronunciation inappropriate, maybe that's because you keep sticking to your english (or american, whatever) way of speaking. It sounds extremely anglicized to those Italians who studied Latin. In addition, I suggest you to use Eccesiastical pronunciation because the Classical one is no more used. Thank you, anyway.

[RyanJamesYezak]

I randomly decided that I want to learn Latin today. I searched online & found you. I am VERY excited about this - I don't know how long it will take me to complete your lessons, but I've decided to commit myself! Thanks for offering this online for free!

Ryan

[finechtiequine]

Veni vidi vici = weni widi (weedy) wici (weeky)

[SloveintzWend]

Are you sure about the "O" pronunciation, because you actually pronounce two vowels? Like [oʊ]

[Nilguiri]

@SloveintzWend

I think that must be the "americanized" pronunciation. Listen to how they say words like "risotto" or "compost"!

He also said that the "a" is pronounced as in awesome - ARsum. However "awesome" would be pronounced "ORsum" for most English speakers, including many, if not most, Americans.

[SloveintzWend]

@Nilguiri Americanized or not, all anglophones pronounce vowels quite strangely, when learning other languages. You should have seen/heard the English people. I guess english language is slowly but persistently turning into syllabic one. And this is the way how they learn. Inconsistent pronunciation rules spoiled everything.

They just can't hold their jaws and lips still when pronouncing vowels.If you change your lip and jaw state, be sure the sound will also change.

[Nilguiri]

@SloveintzWend

Yes, for an anglophone it takes a lot of getting used to not to change an "o" (as in "drop" or "stop") if it's at the end of a word into an "oh/ou" as in "go" or "throw".

Spanish is very similar to latin. The 5 vowel sounds don't change... an "o" is always an "o", whether it's at the start, in the middle or at the end, even it is followed by an "r" or whatever. Same goes for all of the vowels.

[kemolegend907]

lol it's easy to learn the pronunciation if you know spanish, since its praticly the same

[superjuniorsuper]

how do i pronounce/read this: vita contin git. vive com eo? thanks!

[superjuniorsuper]

how should i read this: vita contin git. vive com eo? thanks!

[gokharol]

sounds italian for me.

[jonathanphysics13]

Latin has native speakers. The official language of Vatican City is Latin/Italian

[latinguy2009]

@jonathanphysics13 Latin has speakers-- but they're not native. Those who speak Latin within the vatican do not speak it as a first language. Native refers specifically to the language learned from the earliest moments. While they may be some very few who were spoken to only in Latin in their homes, there wouldn't be many. However, The Vatican is a good example of Ecclesiastical Latin and it's preserved use.

[Nilguiri]

@jonathanphysics13

Yes, I understand the pope's kid is a native latin speaker.

Asinum mutus.

;)

[jezmuff]

@jonathanphysics13 Incorrect; Latin has no speakers, it is a dead language.

[chaosbringer127]

@jezmuff

It's only dead if no one speaks it. If people decided today in Europe to make Latin the lingua franca of Europe, the way it was back during the Roman Empire, it would revert from being a dead language to a living language. Just like the Jews did with Hebrew. It was dead for centuries until the 20th century, now its the official language of Israel and has 10million native speakers.

[Iocanefelicis]

If 'c' is always pronounced like a 'k', then why is it pronounced like 'ch' when saying vini vidi vici?

[latinguy2009]

@Iocanefelicis In Eccesiastical and Medieval Latin, they take on a pronunciation similar to that of modern day Italian. Classical Pronunciation does not, however. "Veni, vidi, vici" is pronounced in Eccesiastical Latin, however-- the phrase is said to originate from Caesar in 47 BC, thus the classical pronunciation should still hold true.

[Asthegrave]

is there a library of books i can read that only latin readers could read? that'd b gret!

[reptilia5]

Good lessons.Nice and proffesionaly presented.

[TheIrishBub]

2:34 "it's old and it's fun" lmao

[BananaDonuts]

Thanks so much for these lessons! I'm learning Spanish (and possibly French as of next year) in school, and there are many aspects of it that confuses me, so hopefully this will make it easier for me. :-) And I love all the romance languages, so I'd probably find this eventually anyway, hehe. Anyway, thanks a lot. ^_^

[latinguy2009]

@latinguy2009 There are some small other differences, but you can easily find those online.

Hope this helps!

[mojave19]

How is this different from church Latin besides the pronunciation of the "c"?

[latinguy2009]

@mojave19 Ecclesiastical Latin, or Church Latin, wanted to unify the pronunciation of Latin for the Mass, and so they use a modern day Italian pronunciation. There are some minor vocabulary variants, but those are of very little importance.

Classical = always hard sounds.

i.e. C = hard as in cat

G = hard as in go

V = sounds like W as in Wagon.

[latinguy2009]

@lmojave19 Church Latin

C = C before a or o is hard (like cat); before i or e is soft, and like ch (like cheese)

G = G before a or o is hard (like go); before i or e is soft (like gee)

V = V as in Violin

[willjack2106]

@latinguy2009

I don't know about pronunciation of all letters and its rules, but I know that in acient latin texts, there were only capital letters, the "u" sound was written with a "V"

there wasn't the "v" sound, it's been introduced by the church many centuries after Western Rome's fall.

POSTSCRIPT: you didn't pronunce "prima" like in latin, with a strong "r".

just commenting. ^_^

[willjack2106]

@willjack2106

sorry man, I'm removing my comment about the "v" sound, didn't read everything you said to mojave19.

[crazyjorge2111]

I speak spanish fluently, advanced in italian and french so I understand latin sometimes.

[Metaltito]

Hi, you forgot to say that the portuguese language also comes from latim... its the oficial language in Brasil, Angola, Mozambique, Guiné Bissau and East Timor... the 6 language most used in the world. Cumprimentos e amizade de Portugal!!!

[cosmothechihuahuadog]

awesome i natively speak spanish so it's easy for me :)

[koiwai108]

If I learn Latin,will it be easier to learn Spanish,French or Italian?

[latinguy2009]

@koiwai108 sure! all romance languages are derived from Latin!

[NavinJohnson90]

Latin increases your reasoning?...... o_0

Is there any evidence to back that up, that sounds a little fishy to me.

[latinguy2009]

@NavinJohnson90 You have to think very analytically in order to learn Latin. Using such tactics help refine and hone reasoning skills-- and how to make rational inferences. When you take the time to analyze each piece of the sentence (or situation), it allows for a more logical response to it.

[TheArmidil0]

Dude I can't even pronounce my r's very well, so it's cool.

[boletteh]

Thanks for doing this :)

SAPIENTIA EST POTENTIA !

[Azariah197]

@boletteh Non debet esse, "scientia est potentia"?

[valachus]

I think that the SPOKEN LATIN had to be rather simple and flexible, and bear some phonetic resemblance with its current derivatives. I stumbled on this video by looking for some "spoken latin" sound bites, and while I have no doubt that you are correctly reproducing the theory of Latin phonetics, I find it impossible to believe that such a simple and basic word - vinum - preserved identically in all Romance languages, was meant to sound otherwise when read as written by ancient scribes!

[joels341]

@valachus

Try researching. Even on wikipedia, the answer is there.

Read the article on the letter "V". It comes into Latin via Greek from Semetic origins and had a "w" or "oo" sound. This carried over to Latin where "u" and "v" were both written with the capital letter "V".

Local cultures and influences shaped the sound of "v" in the descendant languages. The same thing happens in Asian languages too.

[qkcomics]

"As you can tell, this is in fact an online Latin course."

Oh, thanks. I was just a little confused about this XD

[romanselburg96]

@latinguy2009 umm what if i cant roll my tongue ive tried and honestly i cant get it but i can just a little bit on certian words..and ive got another question is the sentence Requiescate in pace is that latin??

[franco121760]

Good lesson

[ishtar0171]

You said v's are always pronounced like w's. So, does that mean "In vino veritas" would be pronounced "In wino weritas"?

[latinguy2009]

@ishtar0171 that's exactly right; in classical Latin.

[ishtar0171]

@latinguy2009 That's kind of funny. It reminds me of Elmer Fudd talking when it's like that.

[valachus]

@latinguy2009 nonsense. All modern Romance languages use V in this particular word: vino (ITA) - vin (FRA) - vino (ESP) - vinha (POR) - vin (ROM). I don't care if there are books which determined that Latin pronunciation of "v" should be "w", the fact that all Latin derived languages use "V" in their respective "wine" words is enough to reason that Latin "vino" was pronounced with a "v" and not "w". It follows that "classical Latin" was never a spoken language if none of its derivations copy it

[latinguy2009]

@valachus mind you latin spanned a long range of centuries-- classical latin did not derive romance langauges, Vulgar latin did.

Grammatically, they did LOTS of revisions, what's to say they did not phonetical revision? We defintely know Vulgar latin was much different than the classical. Just read into a little more, your doubt is rational, but latin scholars don't publish certainty without some validation.

[valachus]

@latinguy2009 It is my opinion that so-called "classical latin" - the transcription of a lingua franca used throughout 2 continents by countless tribes and ethnic groups - is, de facto, impossible to assimilate VERBALLY.

I argue that the so-called CLASSICAL LATIN is in fact an esotheric mutilation of the SPOKEN LATIN, due to its transliteration in an incomplete alphabet with inexistant punctuation marks.

[mustabishi]

@valachus oh yeah modern languages are a great way to find out exactly how ancient languages are spoken. grammar and pronunciation never change, just vocabulary. heck, i bet if we went back in time to england in 1065 with a small notebook of vocabulary we could warn the saxons the french are coming!

im sure you'd be shocked to find out they had letters you never seen before for sounds we don't even make anymore. but then, im sure you're more educated than historians and whatnot

[latinguy2009]

@ishtar0171 I appreciate that-- I'd like to think they get better, including the worksheets, quizzes, tests, PDFs and much more at the website

Don't forget to check it out,

[ishtar0171]

@latinguy2009 I like your PDFs I already printed some out. It great to have worksheets to follow along with :)

[Azariah197]

@ishtar0171 Don't do it! It sounds 100 times better if you pronounce 'em like "v's".

[miacisf]

Oh I have a question regarding the U in the alphabet. We wrote the alphabet down from a website and it had no U listed but we are finding it used in modern Latin. Did we some how copy an older alphabet prior to the addition of U? Is it part of the modern Latin usages as I am suspecting? Oh and If I look this up on the web is it categorized as Modern Classical Latin? hmm sounds like an oxymoron. Finally please let me know if I can contact you for advise through yahoo messenger. Thank so much :)

[miacisf]

My husband does not speak Spanish and will find the video even more effective. and the repetition someone spoke of i think is not noticeable. besides some of us really do need that. Everyone knows the same thing presented in different ways help someone learn the subject. Please keep uploading as you have two new students/ subscribers!

[miacisf]

Hey I think your vid is great! I speak English (native) and Spanish and when I was learning both languages it was very hard and dry going. I did not truly comprehend Spanish until i was learning it the way you're teaching it. My husband and I just started learning Latin and we WILL be following you videos in conjunction with the other online free lesson site. I directed our 1st lesson with alphabet, numbers, verbs, conjunction, and to add your vid is supremely helpful.

[iGShock]

..i actually like how you drag things out and repeat them..it captures my attention WAYY more..and im not easily bored but easily distracted therefore the repeats get me..like idk how to explain it/

[misterphilistine]

A is not always long at all, that's a rather big mistake on your part. The long and short A even help you to distinguish things: you have for instance rosa (nominative or vocative) with a short A and rosa (ablative) with a long A. So you can hear it if rosa is Ablative or Nominative.

[latinguy2009]

@misterphilistine I believe that you missed the concept-- a has the same VOCAL SOUND (that is to say, its always a LONG A sound... always. length is the only thing affected) for both long and sound, perhaps I should rephrase myself. Thanks for your imput.

[misterphilistine]

@latinguy2009 Oh, OK, no problem. I hope you didn't get me wrong, I love your lectiones latinae, it's really nice that people take their time to learn Latin to others!

[kongming819]

Good introduction, but...

You dwell too much on the same things. You need only say things once and get on with it.

Also, the pronunciation guide is very misleading, as Latin is never ALWAYS pronounced like that. One must make distinctions in quantities, accents, diphthongs, letter combinations, etc. early on, but I guess your focus isn't on spoken Latin...

The conjectures on how Latin was spoken is far from "basic," thanks to the work of grammarians through the centuries.

[latinguy2009]

@kongming819 I appreciate your feedback-- and I have revised my technique since this video was introduced. However, as for Latin pronunciation-- I don't think I was being misleading. I distinctly categorized it as a standard we use, and throughout history it's changed, and even to what extent we can safe "guess" at correct pronunciation. I appreciate your input none the less.

[WiJuMa]

my god i got bored to death. and i'm only on 49 secs. wat a boring voice. i came on 4 help in latin, not a lecture. next!

[MrXalexer]

No native speakers somebody should fix that!

[funnychicklets123]

wow your soo nice!!!

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

Guess this one:

este persklum aves anzeriates enetu

pernaies pusnaes. preveres treplanes

Iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu. arvia ustentu

vatuva ferine feitu, heris vinu heri puni,

ukriper fisiu, tutaper ikuvina feitu. sevum

kutef pesnimu arsepes arves.

[Jakob19490]

Thats really weird I changed from learning Japanese, to learning Latin, and the "ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh" is the same lol they use all the same vowels.

[bacofishtaco]

Thank you so much for this course!

5 stars.

[Vader993]

i can't thank you enough

[LilKookee16]

thanks for making this. you explain everything very well.

[geranioj]

Quo usque tandem abutere!!!!!!!!!!!

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

@geranioj

To anyone reading, guess the language I'm about to quote, without using Google or other search engines:

uipia zertenea loferta

marci acarcelini

mate he cupa

marcio acarcelino

cauia veciniea he cupat

[TomSFox]

Why do you always start from scratch?

[latinguy2009]

Because it is much easier than picking up where I left off :P

It just always seems to turn out that way-- but no worries, things will work better this time around!

[Eikinkloster]

you say oh as "ow" :-)