Monty Python's "Life of Brian" (Romanes eunt domus...)

Monty Python's "Life of Brian" (Romanes eunt domus...)

- What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? "People called Romanes, they go the house"?
- It says, "Romans go home".
- No, it doesn't. What's Latin for "Roman"? Come on.
- Romanus?
- Goes like...?
- Anus?
- Vocative plural of "anus" is...?
- Ani?
- Romani.
- "Eunt"? What is eunt?
- "Go".
- Conjugate the verb "to go".
- Ere, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.
- So "eunt" is...?
- Third person plural, present indicative. "They go".
- But "Romans go home" is an order, so you must use the...?
- Imperative!
- Which is...?
- Oh, "i".
- How many Romans?
- Plural, plural. "Ite", "Ite"!
- "Ite".
- "Domus"? Nominative?
- "Go home". This is motion towards, isn't it, boy?
- Dative! Not dative, not the dative, sir! The accusative! Accusative! "Domum", sir! "Ad domum".
- Except that "domus" takes the...?
- The locative, sir.
- Which is...?
- "Domum"!
- "Domum".
- Understand?
- Yes, sir!
- Now, write that 100 times.
- Yes, sir. Thank you. Hail Ceasar, sir.
- Hail Ceasar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
- Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Ceasar and everything, sir.
- Finished...
- Right. Now, don't do it again!

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• Monty Python
• Life of Brian

[GhostDragon10]

Great clip, just like Latin class! xDDD

[diaperbiscuits2]

"If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off"- genius.

[Gimmel748]

The brilliant part about all this is that John Cleese actually worked as a Latin teacher (and that the correction in latin is actually more or less correct.. ) .. damn, you don't get to see many Latin-speaking comedians these days :] .. sic transit gloria mundi, I guess..

[505jacobo]

Who wrote that on the wall of cottonwood cove? He should be crucified!

[Warkid1993]

Fallout brought me here too :D:D

[JimmyBob210]

@tAcOsLaPpEr33 LOL same here! i just looked up Romanes Eunt Domus because i found at that one ceaser legion place

[tAcOsLaPpEr33]

Fallout brought me here

[MikeyRawr666]

"Romanes eunt domus" is in fallout new vegas :P

think you need to have the wild wasteland trait :D

[aarontaylor94]

lol

[LaskaSkywalker]

What a shitty language :D

[isapoisongirl]

!!!

[ilcaliffoitaliano]

eo, is, ii, itum, ire