Lesson 1 Latinum Latin Language Course (In Latin)

[OscarTam2000]

haha im learning german and latin

[OscarTam2000]

Guten tag!

[Caravaggio2nd]

Hi Evan. I have been using your podcast and I would like to make a donation. I would also like to stock up on all your work. Was on your website, but there's no contact info straight to yo

[calebsherbert]

Nonne kippa pileus tuus est?

[MissPLLfanforever]

i sound so stupid talking to the computer ha ha.

[purebloodfreedom1]

isnt it stylus? Whats penna?

[evan1965]

@purebloodfreedom1 HI

stylus is a sharp instrument for writing in wax. The Romans used the Greek word Kalamos for an ink pen made of reed. The first attested use of the word penna for an ink (quill) pen is Isidore of Seville.

[evan1965]

pileus is a brimless hat. That is why I am using a skullcap.

[Wenbier]

He finally said hat. I thought he was giving the Latin for yamaka. That would be a rather obscure vocabulary word for a beginner. Then again, perhaps 'yamaka' just means 'hat' in Hebrew.

[Osc1llateW1ldly]

rident stoludi verba latina!!!

[evan1965]

At present a few hundred.

[Chanha418]

how many videos are in this series?

[Francesco1Gabriele]

SO GOOD MAGISTER....BRAVO!

CIAO

[12345lilmonster]

am learning Latin with my grandma (which speaks italian and latin) and i find Latin so beautiful i start dreaming everything i read something,like 4 years ago i learned Italian,and i think Latin is easier for me to learn now because to me Latin and Italian are alike in so many ways (:

[helxi]

@AllesFurrDeutschland

And English should be typed only by those who know how to spell correctly.

[askadetra]

i love this ancient language

[flippersthedolphin]

Your dedication to teaching people worldwide Latin is amazing! I am so impressed with your work! I can't even begin to count how many hours you've spent creating all these wonderful episodes. I love the innovative method you use to teach, stressing the development of good vocabulary before tackling grammar...the opposite of most text books!

Keep up the good work, and I'll be sure to keep following your episodes!

[krysjez]

Thank you for making these so clear and available for free!

[Riitzni]

Leave it to internet people to complain about a good thing. Thanks for the uploads, please ignore the wealth of stupidity that will come your way. 

[PaxFever]

Puella bona est

[Vraya]

hmmmm, I would say "Pennam habeasne?" That's right too, isn't it?

[bloepbloep200]

I agree, with one of the speakers here:

Cum uno dicentorum assentior: quae eloqueris verba subscribenda sunt. Id melius sit.

[zannnazu]

Wonderful video !!!

[evan1965]

@zannnazu Thanks for the comment. Enjoy the others!

[evan1965]

Qua de causa?

[DreceonMW2]

MERDA EST

[awarenessis]

Outstanding presentation. Subscribing.

[evan1965]

No, the accent is not on the penult, which is short, not long. The final o is common. Latin dictionaries do not tell you where to place the accent, you have to learn the rules. Moreover, the Roman grammarians point out that the penult e in habeo is a closed e, more akin to an i than an e. There are extensive syllable charts later on in the course - look through the lessons, and you will find them.

[Aluqer]

But... Isn't it supposed to be 'habeeeo' not 'haaabeo'? That's what I've been thought and what my dictionary says.

[pompelmoussy]

Very nice initiative but what I don't like is that the words are not written down. One can not ignore you have a british accent, which makes it difficult for me as a non-native english speaker to know exactly how the latin words are written. Written words also will help memorizing.

[evan1965]

@pompelmoussy This is an audio course. That is the whole point. It is the only one of its type on the planet. If you want a text based course, there are thousands available, or you can download the episodes of the Latinum podcast and follow along in the Adler textbook.

[asmodeus585]

@evan1965: To me, it's a great thing that you're British. ;) Anyway, if I'm not mistaken you're using Pronuntiatio Restituta, not the traditional English pronunciation of Latin, so each word has its own sound so that it shouldn't be hard to recognise the spelling just by hearing the words you utter. I'm not a native myself, yet I haven't encountered such problems as described by pompelmoussy.

[evan1965]

@asmodeus585 Yes, thanks. I am using the restored classical pronunciation. There is not much Britishness in there! My underlying accent when I speak English is South African, by the way. There are also syllable and pronunciation charts in the Latin-only course playlist, and videos available where I read along with text.

[Tritonnl]

I love the video, but I can hardly hear it. VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME. TURN UP YOUR MICROPHONE.

[honeyyy8]

Hello! I just watched this video. I was wondering if it will be possible to have the words written down somewhere. Since I don't know any Latin it is hard to be sure if I hear something right or not.

Looking forward to the next video!

[VargFarkas]

I LOVE YOU.

[negromarionegro]

Excellent, I've been looking for something like this for some time, thank you.

I have a question considering the pronunciation of the letter 'c' when agead of 'e'.

Should it not be pronounced like'tz'? Like in the word 'ecce' ? You pronounced it eke, why not ektze?

Otherwise very well done, will be following you .

[evan1965]

@negromarionegro

Hi

The Classical Roman pronunciation is followed here, not the post-Classical. This means c is always a hard k in all circumstances.

[orlanjoyful]

@evan1965 And so V is allways pronounced as ¨oo¨ - ¨u¨...right??? hoc multo diligo... :D

[harriedpotter]

Could you consider subtitles? So I can recognise the words when I see them in print.

[chrissomerry]

Bellissimo! Or should I say, bellissimus!

Hunc cursum amo/adprobo! (verba recta non nosco)

That's bound to be more error laden than my deplorable French though! :)

[getreallanguage]

Your channel looks fascinating and this video is great. I'm glad to see a latin course like this that also uses reconstructed classical pronunciation. I was surprised to hear the aspirated 'h', however. I was taught classical prosody and pronunciation up to a certain extent - the course didn't bother with placing any emphasis on pronouncing vowel lenght or even geminated consonants. However, I was assured the H was not pronounced in classical latin. Was I taught wrong?

[calangel21]

Evan, Thank you for all of your time ,effort and I can see truly a labor of love It is at 51 I still set an example of knowledge is strength as due to your works I am still learning new and challenging things each and every day. Thank you for your help my friend. cal

[TVrawks301]

Okay, so this may be a stupid question, but unless you are going to the Vatican, or under a specific course of medical/scientific study, what others uses are there for studying Latin?

[grema74]

ooo, taedium abhorreo

[Mitlequiquiztle]

By the way, such a great job this one! =D

[Mitlequiquiztle]

SALVE! (Sa' lue): In Portuguese (PT-BR) it became a way (an old one way to, of course!) to say "Hi!" or just to cumpliment when entering somewhere crowded or meeting a group of people. As following the Church Latin, the "V" letter is pronounced as itself represents, not as "U", in Old Latin... Thus, it's pronounced "sa'l-ve" (sah' oo vee).

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[stainermcbain]

Does this mean you might eventually make an identical course for Ancient Greek?! That we be great, seeing as I plan on studying it within a few years

[loriziell]

Truly a marvelous thing on Youtube.

[ohmandamp]

Egads? Something educational and valuable on Youtube? Cicero stirs in his slumber!

[evan1965]

Hello Markos.....yes, I started an audio-only Greek course along these lines, but it is now on the back burner.....I would not make an audio visual course, without first constructing an audio-only version. This course is very systematic, and when completed will have around 3 000 episodes for the basic course, and then I am looking forward to the advanced course - higher level discussion of texts,etc, in Latin.

[Markos33AD]

@evan1965 I'd love to see you put those Greek audio files, even if they are incomplete, somewhere on line where we can hear them. Or maybe you could e-mail them to me for private use?

If you can stick with the Latin and actually do 3000 episodes that would be great!

[Markos33AD]

Absolutely wonderful! Some of us on You-Tube are trying to do something similar with Ancient Greek, but yours is more complete and systematic than anything we have so far. Keep it up. The fact that someone can simply watch your videos and really improve their Latin is fantastic. That you make this free for all is exactly what You Tube is all about. May God continue to bless your efforts. As we, your Greek brethren say, ευχαριστω σοι.

[AndreasFilius]

Gratulationes tibi pro laboro tuo

[SternMann93]

Wow, good course, keep making more!

[evan1965]

Hi, the Comenius material in the form I had it , I removed, so I could work on this version. Everything from Comenius is being incorporated into this course, in a more systematic manner, so anyone, no matter what their language, can use the course.

[prolelicious]

Thanks for this. Myself and my 7-year-old son home school and are delighted to have been invited. We work on Latin every Monday so we will be back. :)

[prolelicious]

Thank you for the invitation. Myself and my 7-year-old homeschool and work on Latin weekly. This will help a great deal. :)

[escritoragaviota]

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[evan1965]

Focale is a necktie, in Roman times this was a cravat type cloth worn about the neck. The green thing you are looking at is a ribbon (taenia).

[TraddieBoy]

Ok what is the word for necktie? I could not find this work in the Laitn dictionary. It sounds like "tinium"? I could not find this word.

[Jame243]

Excellent! We need these Latin lessons how to speak Classical Latin.Thank you very much!!!!!

[evan1965]

@Jame243 Thanks for the thanks :) Enjoy it, and feel free to keep commenting.

[genevris65]

I've just subscribed to this Latin course. I like the concept of Latin being taught as a real language, not simply literary, ad we usually learn it. Besides, this is the first time I hear the ancient prononciation of Latin words (restituta). I mean, not influences by the Ecclesiastical one. Very interesting! I'll keep on following the course. My compliments.

Livius

Eporediae civis,

XI Regio, Gallia Transpadana

[evan1965]

This course is about interacting with Latin as a *language* - I want your primary experience to be aural and oral. Text will come later. At the moment, I want you to *listen*, start to pick up an ear for the system of long and short vowels, the cadences of the language. For those who want a text based course, there is no shortage of such. This is the only Latin-through-Latin oral course in existence.

[katsmeow52]

@evan1965 I do find myself frantically Googling to look up meanings of words I just can't grasp through context. I'm interested to see how you teach cases. I'm a complete novice, wanting to learn Latin because it's something I've always wanted to do, but never did. I originally purchased a self-teaching guide, but realized I also wanted to hear the pronunciations; that brought me to your Youtube course, of which I am very appreciative.

[evan1965]

I have thought long and hard on this matter - and will not be providing subtitles or textual commentary. You will learn Latin this way if you follow the audio course without text, and you will end up as a good reader.

[suepix]

I agree with the comment from mrignryan. Many of us learn best by hearing AND seeing the words. Otherwise. I love your presentation.

[MrIgnryan]

evan, i think you need to write it down what did you say... as beginner i couldn't understand what did u say... >.< will ya write it down on paper how to write those words..??? it would more helpful for me.. thx anyway.. time to study latin.. ^^

[evan1965]

@MrIgnryan The course starts orally - i start to introduce the syllables and spelling around lesson 148 - just relax, and get used to the sound of the language, do not worry about spelling or writing just yet. Concentrate on what things sound like. You will get plenty of writing practice later one, when I start to give little dictations.

This course teaches Latin is a very Classical (as in Ancient Roman) way. One step at a time.

[evan1965]

@MrIgnryan The course starts orally - i start to introduce the syllables and spelling around lesson 148 - just relax, and get used to the sound of the language, do not worry about spelling or writing just yet. Concentrate on what things sound like. You will get plenty of writing practice later on, when I start to give little dictations.

This course teaches Latin is a very Classical (as in Ancient Roman) way. One step at a time.

[haroldeh]

The use of props and humour shows your creativity and makes the learning experience more enjoyable

I like the fact that you are not using English so that the viewer is encouraged to learn the words like a native speaker would.

Please keep the existing formatting so that the viewers can reply to your questions at their own computers.

When you introduce an object or a phrase, I try to repeat the words before you get to the next topic. I recommend you pause a bit after new words or phrases.

[evan1965]

@haroldeh Hello Harold. Thanks. Pleased you like the format. I will slow down a bit, and keep doing some direct questioning - not only about grammar, but the same questions I have asked the dinosaur, I will be asking the listener.

The course has a lot of repetition - so new vocabulary words are used over and over, until they are learned - I also expect many users may want to listen to an episode more than once, especially if it is explaining a bit of grammar.

[shirleystemple]

Mihi multum placuit. Ut dicis, cursus iste puellis bonus.

[evan1965]

Thanks Stevan. I think it is helpful to 'see' as well as hear - and of course, the only way to make an all-Latin course is to do it visually and orally together....I have been dreaming up this project for a couple of years now....and have finally started making it.

[StevanEC]

@evan1965 Glad you started it :)

[StevanEC]

Excellent as all your videos and material. Thanks!