Latin Lesson 2 - mercator I (TuTubusTutor)

[johauHAU]

keep this up!

[redpaul79]

Kike-ilius?

[imshadi]

I speak Italian, and Spanish since I was a child. This also enables me to understand Portuguese and written french (the pronunciation makes it difficult to understand when spoken at first). I can't describe the feeling of deja vu I get by this first peek into the mother of all my tongues. I am though bewildered by the pronunciation. Mercator sounds to me like it should have an equal accent on both final syllables so that it would evolve into mercader, mercatore, but also mercado, mercato.

[scrapbookhappyhour]

@imshadi Yeah, the pronunciation on these videos is way off. Use the Learning Latin with Virgil series. Not perfect but certainly better.

[reptilia5]

I love these lessons.Great addition to my usual Latin studies.

[constenebricus]

Why, oh why do you try teaching latin, when you know nothing about it? That's what I can't understand.

[hobokengar]

This is really great stuff. You should be very proud of your work.

[jeremiah42day]

Way helpful. Benigne.

[KaylinJH]

this is fantastic.. Salve is allso a wound oinment! "Be well" makes so much sense! Very interesting, thanks for the video! Are there any rules to follow when it comes to the target word? How do I know whether to use "em" "om" or "um"?

[KaylinJH]

@KaylinJH I should read before I post... disregard that question at the end, great video!

[MrIgnryan]

simple question : how do we know if that word is masculinum, femininum or neutrum?? is depend on that's doer ends..??

[TuTubusLatinus]

Hi. Its pretty complicated. For now, assume that all nouns that end in -a are feminine, and all nouns that end in -us are masculine and all nouns that end in -um are neuter. But that still leaves all the 3rd Declension nouns, which can be a mix. meter is feminine but pater is masculine - at least that makes sense! I think it is easier to follow on my other series, Learning Latin with Virgil. Cheers.

[ViquezBonicheSanJose]

@MrIgnryan masculin ends in um, us o e and if its plural ends in i. Feminem ends in a e and ae if its plural. This probably doesent apply to absolute all situations but to most it does.

[SparxElec]

I'm lovng these lessons.

[polymath7]

As am I.

Who's have thought this site would turn out to be an autodidact's dream?

Here's to hoping this pitiful monoglot will be reading Virgil, Cicero, and Ovid in the originals within a few months.

[MaBu888]

Quam ob rem pronuntiatio tam... mala est? :)

[viper1vols]

Thanks. This really helps

[ChristopherLeung2]

This was a great episode!

Keep going!

[coolmonkey934]

oh right thanks!

[coolmonkey934]

so when writing how do we know wether to use UM,EM or AM on the target??

[TuTubusLatinus]

I'll be exploring this is more detail in a few episodes. For now, if the doer ends in -a (eg. culina, Metella, mensa) the target ends in -am. If the doer ends in -us (eg. servus, hortus, Quintus) the target ends in -um. Then there is the group with the mixed doers (canis, pavo, mercator) that all have their target in -em (canem, pavonem, mercatorem). In the upcoming vocab episode I'll give the doer and target form for every noun.