As a self taught student of Latin, I found this video utterly difficult to understand when I first came across it, it really freak me out, not even joking. So I translate a paragraph everyday, after a mouth of translating, half-finished book 1, come to this video again, It's still pretty fast to me but understandable, all the pictures and meaning come to my head instantly, shit I feel the progress. This video need more views.
I have read and translated this part of the book (to my language, not to English) and I know what it says. But It's difficult to me to get it spoken, besides without a proper mark of the length of the vowels (it's a great work anyway)
This video showed me 2015 when I came across it, it was possible to read latin fluently. Now in 2023 I teach latin and I know you not only can read it fluently, but also speak it fluently!!! I encourage all people to try it, it's possible with patience and effort.
When I hear videos like this, it's almost like I can actually imagine scenes from antiquity, actually visualise a true Roman speaking and explaining. Love the way you read, it's like you're reviving the language! Great job with the lecture and the overall video itself, you really do deserve more views! Nos omnes tibi multas gratias agimus! :)
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! I bought the book but realised it was fully in latin with english explanations, but here I can actually listen to the pronounciation aswell as see relevant images while reading it in english. The latin textbook will forever sit on my shelf for my possible future studies in latin. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
Incredable, beautiful ad articulate reading. It woud be nice if there were more such Latin lovers like you. We would have movies and documentaries in Latin. I am looking forward to Latin becoming as a popular language as well as English.
Latin is very popular. But (such a shame) that no one private speaks it. I still learning latin -speak polish,german(native),english and italian...With 17 :D Dont know why but latin sounds very familiar and beautiful to me c: The language would become "bigger" if more people who speak would start teaching their children latin from young age. A strange idea but it would work i think.
I remember listening to this while reading de Bello Gallico three years ago. I only now have come back to it, and it's definitely easier to understand. I forgot a few things, but it's generally still easier.
I'm going through it slowly to make sure to pick it up again, and I haven't been practicing as much as I should, so in some ways I've degenerated in my learning again. But I think I'm generally better now, again!
I would never have had the gumption towards making an attempt at reading an unabridged de bello gallico on my own, only to find out that I actually can. These videos are invaluable. Thank you so much for these videos😭😂
I love the voice of the lector, so soothing. Also, latin itself sounds so badass :D Rome even back then knew so much about other countries, lands, nations and geographics, it's remarkable! No doubts they were enlighted nation :)
Well done. Incidentally, you sound like Mr. Sulu from Star Trek! Anyone ever told you that? Naturally, I mean the original. I do not mean the current incarnation in the latest movies.
Thank you very much! Now I understand what long and short Latin vowels sound like. In our Latin classes in medical faculty, we were not asked to follow these rules but I was always interested how the words should really be pronounced. Now, after watching your video, I like the Latin :))) And Are you really an American, a native English speaker? Unbelievable! Can't hear an English accent at all!
This is awesome, but I would need to see it written in front of me. He is quite quick. It's been a while for me. We translated this in my sophmore year of high school in 1977. PAX TECUM.
Tua dicta mihi grata sunt. I'm from Spain. Excellent study, I congratulate you. I studied "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" at the pre-university. I'm just reading Caesar by Jerry Goldsworthy, you know it? A very complete biography.
54:30 To this Ariovistus replied, that "the right of war was, that they who had conquered should govern those whom they had conquered, in what manner they please." Quam Iudean dixisse ad albini populi.
This is ridiculously high quality mate, there must be some way you can get paid to do this. I know it's a predictable choice, but any chance you could do the Carpe Diem ode by Horace?
+Layne Saltern This one took about 80 hours, which is probably the average. Although Book 1 is longer than most, the fact that I already had the text printed and marked, as well as most of the visuals, saved me some time.
Yeah because overtime language changes so this guy is talking in a language from 2000 years ago the church was growing and the language was changing so wise up
How was your journey in learning latin. And what would you suggest as a good start seeing as how conversational practice in nearly impossible in day to day life
I took a few years of Latin in college using Wheelock's Latin. I then put it away for maybe eight years or so. I ended up getting a microphone in order to do some voice over stuff, noticed there weren't a lot of videos in Latin on UA-cam, and decided to start making some of my own. So as far as the voicing of Latin, it has mainly been practice & trial and error. As for textual Latin, Allen and Greenough's is an excellent resource for understanding the rules of Latin.
Are you by chance, a German speaker ? Is it only my impression or it sounds a bit with a German inflection ? Anyway I think it’s by far the best spoken sempre of Latin !
Well it depends on "kind of pronunciation". In Czech rep. ( and I quess generally in central europe) the official latin pronunciation of AE is like long E [ä] - thats how its teached on (not only) czech schools. PS: This video is awesome :) !
+TV Tučňák According to mots reconstructed Classical Latin, is pronounced [ae̯]. is pronounced [eː]. [ɛ]. It must be noted that I am using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). Even Ecclestiastical doesn't use [ä]. It instead has [eː]. If [ä] is not IPA, then sorry, I've misunderstood your comment.
Hi.I intend to learn latin and i would have 2 questions: 1)Can i convert your videos in mp3 form and listen to them 2)Is your accent correct when it comes to latin(no offense) Also thanks for those videos.Keep up the good work.You earned a subscriber!
1) you may do so. 2) Impossible to say, really, on the accent. I would say that my pronunciation (at least for my more recent videos) is correct. Some of my earlier recordings have some mispronunciations.
5:20 - the Helvetians (Romans) hear about the scheme and arrest Orgetorix (how does Orgetorix’s people let them!?). And only AFTERWARDs do they break him out
In reality, what happened was the complete opposite. The ancient Gauls, Helveti, Alemanii, and eventually most of what is now modern Germany... they all picked up Latin. Don't forget even a thousand years after the western empire fell, the Holy Roman Empire was formed over what is now Germany, Austria and part of France and Latin (if church Latin) was the official language of government and high society.
It sounds like Romans were from Scandinavia. I don't believe this pronunciation. No one living in the mediterranean site speake like the speaker but it was interesting.
This is our best guess as to what Latin would have sounded like during the height of the Roman Empire over 2,000 years ago, based on extensive written evidence. Obviously given the time gap things have changed considerably. In fact, the Latin used by Caesar was during his time already different from the common people's Latin, as his contemporaries complained.
What is the basis for your opinion? How people sound in the Mediterranean today is vastly different from then. Just as French, Spanish, and Portuguese sound vastly different from each other-The same with classical latin
@@angelicafernandez1404 If you would hear an italian, Spanish, French, Romanian professor speaking latin, you'd realize what I meant. Anglo saxons have the worst latin pronunciation! They don't have a genuine latin pronounciation. It's like me singing Nessum dorma: I'd say the words, but...um...
Then make one and upload it, or what? You don’t speak perfect latin? You should since you have the balls to talk shit to someone who actually speaks latin
As a self taught student of Latin, I found this video utterly difficult to understand when I first came across it, it really freak me out, not even joking. So I translate a paragraph everyday, after a mouth of translating, half-finished book 1, come to this video again, It's still pretty fast to me but understandable, all the pictures and meaning come to my head instantly, shit I feel the progress. This video need more views.
Me too bro
I have read and translated this part of the book (to my language, not to English) and I know what it says. But It's difficult to me to get it spoken, besides without a proper mark of the length of the vowels (it's a great work anyway)
This video showed me 2015 when I came across it, it was possible to read latin fluently.
Now in 2023 I teach latin and I know you not only can read it fluently, but also speak it fluently!!!
I encourage all people to try it, it's possible with patience and effort.
I’ll try and I’ll Let you know by this means.
Wonderfully authentic, captivating, and natural recital of classical spoken Latin. Excellent job! This deserves many more thousands of views :P
Nice to see you here, Greg! :)
Is anyone else listening to this without understanding a word in Latin?
Am learning Latin in school
Yes, me
What period of Latin is this?
@@martinmalachowski5336Classical Latin
Quid? Dic itterum barbare
That pronunciation is crazy good!
It’s like silk for the ears!
Sure, if you think Classical Latin with a very thick English accent is silk for the ears, then go for it.
When I hear videos like this, it's almost like I can actually imagine scenes from antiquity, actually visualise a true Roman speaking and explaining. Love the way you read, it's like you're reviving the language! Great job with the lecture and the overall video itself, you really do deserve more views!
Nos omnes tibi multas gratias agimus! :)
Very well read, both naturalistic and authentic. I do wish there were more readings like this.
Vōx tua clārissima est! Ea tam mē dēlectat.
+Tertius Legatus laetor id audire.
Pulcherrime lectum! Gratias tibi
Beautiful. Very intriguing this subtle way of telling the most mindblowing narrative of Caesar in Latin... beautiful voice too...
The elision makes it sound very poetic. Nice work.
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! I bought the book but realised it was fully in latin with english explanations, but here I can actually listen to the pronounciation aswell as see relevant images while reading it in english. The latin textbook will forever sit on my shelf for my possible future studies in latin.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
I also have an English audio version with Latin subtitles if you ever wish to approach the work from a different angle, as it were.
This is freaking AWESOME men, thanks so much!
+darthonia my pleasure.
Absolutely beautifully read - bravo and thank you!
Listening to this is marvelous, simply marvelous! Thanks for uploading.
Thank you for making this!
ignesce, neve plane neve benesonante dicas,cum dominiendi mei causa sit.
Incredable, beautiful ad articulate reading. It woud be nice if there were more such Latin lovers like you. We would have movies and documentaries in Latin. I am looking forward to Latin becoming as a popular language as well as English.
+analyzer of nature As am I.
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If you like to analyze nature then you may take a look at my book. I will be very pleased.
Latin is very popular. But (such a shame) that no one private speaks it.
I still learning latin -speak polish,german(native),english and italian...With 17 :D
Dont know why but latin sounds very familiar and beautiful to me c:
The language would become "bigger" if more people who speak would start teaching their children latin from young age.
A strange idea but it would work i think.
+Sodack1712 It worked for Esperanto ;)
The Emperor: Latin and Teutonic spoken movie: ua-cam.com/video/RRTh3qqZLkQ/v-deo.html
I remember listening to this while reading de Bello Gallico three years ago. I only now have come back to it, and it's definitely easier to understand. I forgot a few things, but it's generally still easier.
It’s been 2 years since that last comment and I’m listening to it again.
I'm going through it slowly to make sure to pick it up again, and I haven't been practicing as much as I should, so in some ways I've degenerated in my learning again. But I think I'm generally better now, again!
Beautiful ,fantastic, great video
Now that's just insane. I applaud you
Awesome, genuine,, and groovy.
Brilliant, many thanks.
amazing, thank you!!!
I love how the playback visualizer on the on the playback bar drops to nothing in the first minute of playback. So long plebs! :D
I would never have had the gumption towards making an attempt at reading an unabridged de bello gallico on my own, only to find out that I actually can. These videos are invaluable. Thank you so much for these videos😭😂
I imagine Count Dracula sounding like him.
I feel immense shame for not being able to understand the language of the mighty Caesar.
MANY shames you are. Liber Familia Rōmāna you get must.
Get "Familia Romana" and start learning and then go to the Latin Mass and give yourself to Christ.
Me too..
I love the voice of the lector, so soothing. Also, latin itself sounds so badass :D Rome even back then knew so much about other countries, lands, nations and geographics, it's remarkable! No doubts they were enlighted nation :)
Well done. Incidentally, you sound like Mr. Sulu from Star Trek! Anyone ever told you that? Naturally, I mean the original. I do not mean the current incarnation in the latest movies.
Thank you very much! Now I understand what long and short Latin vowels sound like. In our Latin classes in medical faculty, we were not asked to follow these rules but I was always interested how the words should really be pronounced. Now, after watching your video, I like the Latin :))) And Are you really an American, a native English speaker? Unbelievable! Can't hear an English accent at all!
As American as apple pie, my friend.
@@ThePrinceSterling omg fuck, you're really good, I imagined you were italian or something. do you know many more people with your good pronunciation?
@@afonsoferreira2652 Check out @scorpiomartianus
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Magnum opus, tibi gratulor
I’m getting flashbacks to reading this in school xd
This is awesome, but I would need to see it written in front of me. He is quite quick. It's been a while for me. We translated this in my sophmore year of high school in 1977. PAX TECUM.
Tua dicta mihi grata sunt. I'm from Spain. Excellent study, I congratulate you. I studied "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" at the pre-university. I'm just reading Caesar by Jerry Goldsworthy, you know it? A very complete biography.
Not familiar with the Jerry Goldsworthy work - I may have to check it out sometime.
I believe you mean Adrian Goldsworthy. I read the Caesar biography titled, Caesar: the Life of a Colossus. Great book.
54:30 To this Ariovistus replied, that "the right of war was, that they who had conquered should govern those whom they had conquered, in what manner they please." Quam Iudean dixisse ad albini populi.
This is ridiculously high quality mate, there must be some way you can get paid to do this. I know it's a predictable choice, but any chance you could do the Carpe Diem ode by Horace?
+TheOSullivanFactor I might throw out some more Horace in the future, that one included.
This is a high-quality reading. How many hours does it take you to put one of these together?
+Layne Saltern This one took about 80 hours, which is probably the average. Although Book 1 is longer than most, the fact that I already had the text printed and marked, as well as most of the visuals, saved me some time.
*That's the real latin pronunciation, not that italian one used by the catholic church*
yea, I wish the Church would use more Classical Latin. *sigh*
I wish the church would retake Constantinople.
Yeah because overtime language changes so this guy is talking in a language from 2000 years ago the church was growing and the language was changing so wise up
@@HavanaSyndrome69 soon
They'd sound comical. I'm sure they'd prefer the more austere version they use right now
How was your journey in learning latin. And what would you suggest as a good start seeing as how conversational practice in nearly impossible in day to day life
I took a few years of Latin in college using Wheelock's Latin. I then put it away for maybe eight years or so. I ended up getting a microphone in order to do some voice over stuff, noticed there weren't a lot of videos in Latin on UA-cam, and decided to start making some of my own. So as far as the voicing of Latin, it has mainly been practice & trial and error. As for textual Latin, Allen and Greenough's is an excellent resource for understanding the rules of Latin.
@@ThePrinceSterling thanks for the input. Also you do quite well as a reader of texts. Both English and Latin. Keep it up.
That's some cool sounding shit
It would be awesome if you could do the Civil Wars and Catullus 63
I undertood maybe 50% of it, and I stsrted learning Latin in January
Good to hear.
It sounds like a Finnish language with an Italian accent.
I have exactly the same impression!
My impression was that the reader reads latin with some scandinavian accent..
Salvete omnes!
Are you by chance, a German speaker ? Is it only my impression or it sounds a bit with a German inflection ? Anyway I think it’s by far the best spoken sempre of Latin !
No, American English. And thanks for the compliment.
Wow, amazing voice. Is that your real voice? How long have you studied Latin? I look forward to the day I am this good!
Oh, it's real alright - thanks for the compliment.
I've been working at Latin off and on for 17 years or so.
Maybe you could help clear up my confusion with long e. Is it 'ay' as in 'say' or is it a prolonged short e?
Thanks!
Like "say".
Well it depends on "kind of pronunciation". In Czech rep. ( and I quess generally in central europe) the official latin pronunciation of AE is like long E [ä] - thats how its teached on (not only) czech schools. PS: This video is awesome :) !
+TV Tučňák According to mots reconstructed Classical Latin, is pronounced [ae̯]. is pronounced [eː]. [ɛ]. It must be noted that I am using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). Even Ecclestiastical doesn't use [ä]. It instead has [eː]. If [ä] is not IPA, then sorry, I've misunderstood your comment.
Is there a way to download this audio? Thanks
Not at this time.
latin with a cup of a tea
Caesar, 'tis you? What 'bout Rome?
Hi.I intend to learn latin and i would have 2 questions:
1)Can i convert your videos in mp3 form and listen to them
2)Is your accent correct when it comes to latin(no offense)
Also thanks for those videos.Keep up the good work.You earned a subscriber!
1) you may do so.
2) Impossible to say, really, on the accent. I would say that my pronunciation (at least for my more recent videos) is correct. Some of my earlier recordings have some mispronunciations.
Thanks for your answer :)
you seem to not open your mouth wide enough for those open vowels tho.... it sounds schwalike.
Congratulations! Really Urban accent
+Paulo AG I'll take that as a compliment.
+ThePrinceSterling it was! I meant the Latin from 2000 years ago. Thanks for this videos
Latin sounds way more different than what's normally portrayed. Almost sounds comical but uniquely natural
The reader sounds like he done Latin for App Mondly also.
Hit and miss: he does not always observr phonetic vowel lenght, mispronounces the "v," and there is no final "m" reduction.
Classical Latin?
yes
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I want to learn latin :(
you should check out Evan Der Millner on UA-cam. He's good for getting the beginning Latin.
What kind of accent is it?
Roman
Ma chi legge ha accento tedesco?
The Romans spoke with a Russian accent ?
¿Ruso? Ellos tienen muchos sonidos a «ch» mientras que el latín clásico carece del mismo.
Que es lo que te hace pensar eso?
Todavía no se latín pero dudo que es un ruso narrando.
Suena como si fuera Caesar en persona narrando!
@@julbombning4204 You don't know latin, but you know what Caesar sounded like. Ok.
Is this accent German?
Brazilian I think...
I wish I have a teacher :(
Look up Lingua Latina per se illustrata
2:00
21:24 Sept 18
8:00
4:00 - quod + subj. = gives reason/cause
5:00 - three peoples forming an alliance against Rome
5:20 - the Helvetians (Romans) hear about the scheme and arrest Orgetorix (how does Orgetorix’s people let them!?). And only AFTERWARDs do they break him out
7:00 they burn their own supplies
Jean
shit, he sounds like one of those Japanese male anime characters lmao
「 来て、見て、勝った。」
~ユーリュス•カエサレ。
Not classical latín
caput omnes Latine
MA COME CAZZO LEGGETEEEEEEE
Deutch-latin!
This has a lot of Germanic sounding pronunciation
No it doesn’t
In reality, what happened was the complete opposite. The ancient Gauls, Helveti, Alemanii, and eventually most of what is now modern Germany... they all picked up Latin. Don't forget even a thousand years after the western empire fell, the Holy Roman Empire was formed over what is now Germany, Austria and part of France and Latin (if church Latin) was the official language of government and high society.
So what? Please supply an alternative.
It sounds like Romans were from Scandinavia. I don't believe this pronunciation. No one living in the mediterranean site speake like the speaker but it was interesting.
This is our best guess as to what Latin would have sounded like during the height of the Roman Empire over 2,000 years ago, based on extensive written evidence. Obviously given the time gap things have changed considerably. In fact, the Latin used by Caesar was during his time already different from the common people's Latin, as his contemporaries complained.
What is the basis for your opinion? How people sound in the Mediterranean today is vastly different from then. Just as French, Spanish, and Portuguese sound vastly different from each other-The same with classical latin
How would you know what people living in the Mediterranean sounded like then? I trust this scholar more than your baseless intuition
The foreign accent is too hard...
Let's hear your brilliance. Don't be shy.
This is not the real Latin, this pronutiation es full of another accent...
? This is almost the closest you can get to real Latin on youtube. And even if the pronunciation is barely off, it is quite real Latin.
This is closer to Ancient Latin than Church Latin, which is a corruption itself.
Latin what the imbecile priests are using is a fake vulgar Latin. USE CLASSICAL LATIN.
@@lectorapiaantica3449, why the insult?
Your an ignoramus. Let's hear your ancient reconstruction. Oh nothing then. I really despise arrogant bullshitters like you.
Bad, bad latin prononciation!
Can you please expand, give support for your judgement? Or are you just an envious “aguafiestas“?
@@angelicafernandez1404 If you would hear an italian, Spanish, French, Romanian professor speaking latin, you'd realize what I meant. Anglo saxons have the worst latin pronunciation! They don't have a genuine latin pronounciation. It's like me singing Nessum dorma: I'd say the words, but...um...
Shitty pronunciation but at least you tried.
Then make one and upload it, or what? You don’t speak perfect latin? You should since you have the balls to talk shit to someone who actually speaks latin
Your vocabulary says a great deal about yourself.