@TheColdNovemberRain Actually, the "ae" diphthong in classical Latin is pronounced like what he said- Cayelum. Also, there are no soft "c's" in latin. "Circa" should be pronounced "kirka" and "Et cetera" as "Et ketera".
The way you pronounce it is the way the Roman Catholic Church did. It's called "Ecclesiastical" or "Italianate" Latin.
Also, as someone already mentioned, doesn't "Bellum" mean "war"? I'm by no means a Latin expert though, I just take it at school at GCSE level.
@TheColdNovemberRain no, it's the different accents. I personally think the N.Europeans wanna hog Southern Europe's glory by trying to create a "germanic" way of speaking Latin, I think the Italian way is much more better, authentic and the way Latin ought to be spoken.. has to be!
I am from China, and I learn latin in my university. Our latin teacher is an Italian. He told us there are two types of pronunciation, one is the classical, which is widely taught and learnt in Germany, the U.S. and some other places; the other is ecclesiastical, which is mainly in Southern Europe and all Catholic churches over the world. Both pronounciation ways are OK. Our teacher is from Italia, so we learn it in ecclesiastical way. It is a little bit different from the way in the video.
@TheColdNovemberRain Yeeees, I was just thinking about it. I'm from Bosnia, we had Latin in high school and I've noticed that Americans pronounce words incorrectly. It's the very reason I came to this video. I was confused by the way they pronounce Escherichia coli.
Could you please look at this video at 0:10 and confirm that it's completely wrong?
Hmm... You cannot say 'bellum' while using classical pronunciation (the one Romans used), because 'bellum' is a substitute for pulchrum and it appeared later in Vulgar Latin, so it wasn't really used by Romans. Correct me if I'm wrong. :)
@TheColdNovemberRain Actually, the "ae" diphthong in classical Latin is pronounced like what he said- Cayelum. Also, there are no soft "c's" in latin. "Circa" should be pronounced "kirka" and "Et cetera" as "Et ketera".
The way you pronounce it is the way the Roman Catholic Church did. It's called "Ecclesiastical" or "Italianate" Latin.
Also, as someone already mentioned, doesn't "Bellum" mean "war"? I'm by no means a Latin expert though, I just take it at school at GCSE level.
SpazTechIndustries 1 month ago
@SpazTechIndustries caelum="chaelume" ecclesiastical latin :)
flashlight067 1 week ago
@TheColdNovemberRain I'm spanish and his pronuntiaton is good. My latin teacher speak like he the latin lenguage.
Loiratgn 1 month ago
@TheColdNovemberRain no, it's the different accents. I personally think the N.Europeans wanna hog Southern Europe's glory by trying to create a "germanic" way of speaking Latin, I think the Italian way is much more better, authentic and the way Latin ought to be spoken.. has to be!
TheInsidiousParadigm 1 month ago
I like the Italian way of speaking language... sounds more authentic to me.
TheInsidiousParadigm 1 month ago
I am from China, and I learn latin in my university. Our latin teacher is an Italian. He told us there are two types of pronunciation, one is the classical, which is widely taught and learnt in Germany, the U.S. and some other places; the other is ecclesiastical, which is mainly in Southern Europe and all Catholic churches over the world. Both pronounciation ways are OK. Our teacher is from Italia, so we learn it in ecclesiastical way. It is a little bit different from the way in the video.
trouble88325 1 month ago
So awesome :D
ChemicalSwirls 1 month ago
@TheColdNovemberRain Yeeees, I was just thinking about it. I'm from Bosnia, we had Latin in high school and I've noticed that Americans pronounce words incorrectly. It's the very reason I came to this video. I was confused by the way they pronounce Escherichia coli.
Could you please look at this video at 0:10 and confirm that it's completely wrong?
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PushMyCarr 2 months ago
@TheColdNovemberRain I guess that's because your school doesn't use Classical Latin pronunciation?
stpitai 2 months ago
Hmm... You cannot say 'bellum' while using classical pronunciation (the one Romans used), because 'bellum' is a substitute for pulchrum and it appeared later in Vulgar Latin, so it wasn't really used by Romans. Correct me if I'm wrong. :)
natasamartina 3 months ago 5
@natasamartina Vulgar Latin later became... Espanol :)
TheInsidiousParadigm 1 month ago
@TheInsidiousParadigm And many other modern languages. :)
natasamartina 1 month ago
But I don't have a "Worksheet." :P
PentruRasaAlba 3 months ago
HOW PATRONIZING.
helenaanderson1 3 months ago
@helenaanderson1
Right!!
Areed21996 3 months ago
For me its a little too easy.
TheNonsubscribable 4 months ago 3
Thanks for the video, i'm just starting Latin and it's pretty helpful
tomdoesntwait 6 months ago