Latin reading, test my accent (not the best)

I am reading it from Vicipaedia in old latin accent... when I recorded this video, I didn't know very well latin itself, so many lenght/short vowels and stresses I didn't respect.

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[ShatteredSymphony]

I'm curious, what is your mother language? I'm taking Latin courses now and I'm having trouble with the language, slightly.

[Uagnim]

@ShatteredSymphony My mother tongue is Hungarian. What kind of latin courses are you taking?

[Zorius1]

Quite good. A little bit of Hungarian accent but better then the american Latin teachers.

[ncebel29]

Actually, we pretty much know how it would have sounded. Latin poetry is the key, since long sounds and short sounds must be balanced to maintain the meter. The epic poems especially, like the Aeneid, have a very strict meter, and we can use this together with our the knowledge of pronunciation which was saved within the church to get a very accurate idea of how Latin should sound. Also, there is nothing "supposed' about latin being the progenitor of the romance languages.

[Boingusboingus]

Well, I am familiar with all the modern Romance languages (I previously worked as a translator for a branch of the UN), and, they certainly give you a way into Latin. However, I acknowldege that there are significant differences between these languages and their (supposed) progenitor. Of course, we can only speculate on what Latin sounded like.

[edgartj17]

@Boingusboingus i always thought the same that Latin would be very similar to Italian, since i know Spanish i can understand Italian and Portuguese since all 3 came from Latin

But i can't understand a single word of Latin! so no they are not that similar they might sound alike if your first language is English

[bachthoven1685]

@jattdetatta12365 Tell that to all doctors, lawyers, judges, composers and musicians who need it and use it everyday.

[Boingusboingus]

Unsurprisingly, it sounds very much like Italian.

[ninjelephant]

@nigandmad  voluntas servire

Is what you want.

[DonenDone10101]

@DonenDone10101 >>>for the second translation...sorry...

[DonenDone10101]

@DonenDone10101 *that voluntas might have to be volunti*...sorry...

[DonenDone10101]

@nigandmad maybe: voluntas iuvare (helping); voluntas servire (more slave-like)

[820krx7]

How does anyone know what an Ancient Roman accent sounded like? Did someone find a cassette tape recording in the forum?? and Uagnim-great job! It's cool if everyone sounds different - I'm sure a Roman citizen from Macedonia and one from Britain sounded quite unique. Even from New York to Pittsburgh, we hear a clear "New York Accent"