Vatican Priest Speaks Latin with American on the Radio 🎙️

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  • @ScorpioMartianus
    @ScorpioMartianus  2 роки тому +280

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    • @suem6004
      @suem6004 2 роки тому +9

      Thanks. I am talking over with my husband why I should sign up for the ancient languages institute. We had a nice discussion why Latin over Greek. Cross fingers ‘Santa’ will gift me the Latin class. I would not be here without you. Never considered that I could even take Latin independent from a classics department.
      Gratia

    • @AmarilioAlcantara
      @AmarilioAlcantara 2 роки тому

      In Italian he didn't 'get' everything, but he managed to make the conversation very readable. 🙂

    • @fabiolimadasilva3398
      @fabiolimadasilva3398 2 роки тому +2

      Sem problemas, meu caro! Grato pela publicação do vídeo.

    • @tituswilliams8063
      @tituswilliams8063 2 роки тому

      At first ther were only one but now a lot a roman took a time machine. Ok next american election the president is JULIUS MAXIMUS AMERICANUS and the name of the country is SECUNDUM SENATUSPOPULUSQUEROMANUS It's ok to me. UT VALE

    • @rikitikitavi2885
      @rikitikitavi2885 2 роки тому

      Don't need them, thanks.

  • @budyniozaur
    @budyniozaur Рік тому +2754

    A Polish priest speaking Latin with an American youtuber in Rome, on the Vatican radio. The times we live in, man

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  Рік тому +207

      They are truly great

    • @OscarOSullivan
      @OscarOSullivan Рік тому +19

      @@ScorpioMartianusBoris Johnson would love this

    • @Utilizador-gs3lx
      @Utilizador-gs3lx Рік тому +25

      Welcome to globalizaiton

    • @Fosco007
      @Fosco007 Рік тому +66

      Latin was the lingua franca of Europe until well into the 18th century. Similar to the modern English used now worldwide

    • @sergiomarrocco1926
      @sergiomarrocco1926 Рік тому +9

      And what is wrong about?

  • @valberm
    @valberm 7 місяців тому +426

    The priest was waiting for this moment all his life.

  • @gussalazar449
    @gussalazar449 2 роки тому +1987

    It's impressive how that gentleman speaks Latin so fluently and makes it sound so contemporary. It's sounds like some kind of Italian dialect spoken like that.

    • @ieBrazil
      @ieBrazil Рік тому +304

      Latin has different pronunciations. The one this priest uses is called ecclesiastical variation. That is also why it sounds familiar to a neolatin language like Italian.

    • @someguy6924
      @someguy6924 Рік тому +145

      Lol true.. when in fact, Italian is actually the "dialect" from Latin.. fascinating

    • @novelero03
      @novelero03 Рік тому +29

      That’s what I was about to say, all Romance Languages and other variations of Latin (like ecclesiastical) derive from Latin. But then there’s classical and Vulgar Latin (correct me if I’m wrong).

    • @kinnie6104
      @kinnie6104 Рік тому +21

      Vulgar Latin is the origin of the current languages derived from Latin.

    • @alessandroarsuffi9227
      @alessandroarsuffi9227 Рік тому +28

      ​@@kinnie6104there is no such thing as "Vulgar Latin", at least not understood as a single ngle language. It's more of a transitional phase when local popular "dialects" of Latin began to detach from Classical Latin and deviate towards the Romance language.

  • @saxtonhalegaming
    @saxtonhalegaming 2 роки тому +2063

    Hearing them speak Latin just feels so natural. Like I am listening to two people having a normal conversation. There's no stuttering, hesitation, or confusion. Just two men having a perfectly normal conversation but in a language foreign to most of us. Truly they are masters of their craft.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  2 роки тому +320

      Very kind. It is as you describe; we both speak Latin frequently so it’s second nature to us. It’s fun

    • @bcalvert321
      @bcalvert321 2 роки тому

      @@ScorpioMartianus Junk language. Over 2/3 world has never heard Latin. 99 % don't care anything about it. It died for these reasons. It was used for centuries to keep the people from knowing what was in the Bible. A priest could speak Latin and then tell the people any lie he wanted.

    • @chuggon7595
      @chuggon7595 Рік тому +11

      @@bcalvert321 you do know latin came before the new testament, right? Almost every language in the world is derived from Latin, in fact, the alphabet we use is called the Latin alphabet for a reason.

    • @AnglosArentHuman
      @AnglosArentHuman Рік тому +93

      @@chuggon7595 The only languages derived from Latin are those of Iberia (not including Basque, which is an isolate language), Italy and France (not including Breton, which is Celtic), plus Istriot, Romansh and Romanian. Most languages are *influenced* by Latin and Classical Greek to some degree since a lot of vocabulary pertaining to e.g. medicine comes from them, but pretending that languages like German or Mandarin are, as a whole, derived from Latin is ridiculous.

    • @bcalvert321
      @bcalvert321 Рік тому +13

      @@chuggon7595 Of course, it was the official language of Rome. But it was not spoken by most of the Roman Empire. The countries in the empire were able to keep their own language. Israel spoke mostly Hebrew, then Aramaic, Greek, then Latin. Greek was spoken in most of the East. In the north, Rome had a very hard time spreading Latin because the Gauls and the Germanic tribes refused to learn it. You are wrong about everywhere learning Latin. If that were so it would not be called a lost language now. Many can read Latin but it is not spoken as a language itself now.

  • @dacius3094
    @dacius3094 Рік тому +987

    As a Polish Catholic, im utterly amazed by this polish priest, whose Latin is just phenomenal. It was a pure pleasure listening to you both talking Latin ❤

    • @f_society9151
      @f_society9151 Рік тому +6

      Why do you have dacicus name and Romanian flag?

    • @dacius3094
      @dacius3094 Рік тому +26

      @@f_society9151 yeah, im half Romanian

    • @Antonio_DG
      @Antonio_DG Рік тому +8

      Then you are half Roman, because Dacia was colonized by Latin-speaking Romans after a war of extermination.

    • @dacius3094
      @dacius3094 Рік тому +6

      @@Antonio_DG yeah, I guess

    • @goqsane
      @goqsane Рік тому +7

      I hope this Latin scares away all the little boys and girls who have been hurt by those Catholic demons.

  • @wenliu5051
    @wenliu5051 2 роки тому +1074

    The priest makes it sound like Latin is still a living language, impressive

    • @standev1
      @standev1 2 роки тому +103

      Vir cum specula non est, sed sacerdos.

    • @wenliu5051
      @wenliu5051 2 роки тому +81

      @@standev1 he is a man is he not? He wears glasses does he not? A man isn't just defined by his position but also by his appearance.

    • @standev1
      @standev1 2 роки тому +67

      @@wenliu5051 technically he is, but not merely. Technically a King is also a man, but we don't describe a King as "a guy".
      It is not proper to refer to someone ignoring his most prominent and obvious dignity.

    • @wenliu5051
      @wenliu5051 2 роки тому +78

      @@standev1 he's a man first and foremost, his position within the church is of no consideration to me in my comment about his fluency and accent of Latin. It is about the man's language skill I am commenting.

    • @wenliu5051
      @wenliu5051 2 роки тому +5

      @@standev1 it would have been proper to say he is a man with glasses but he is also a priest.

  • @Havelthegravel
    @Havelthegravel Рік тому +459

    As an italian, i was always fascinated with how the latin sounded so natural and even practical, even after so many years latin is still a very beautiful language.

    • @nightking5144
      @nightking5144 Рік тому +14

      Vero! ma papà Dante lo ha reso immortale, immaginando la nostra meravigliosa lingua!🇮🇹💪

    • @dariusclovis1374
      @dariusclovis1374 Рік тому +23

      ITALIAN = MODERN LATIN
      LATIN = ANCIENT ITALIAN

    • @nunyabiznez6381
      @nunyabiznez6381 11 місяців тому +3

      tibi adsentior

    • @xhesikagjuzi8368
      @xhesikagjuzi8368 9 місяців тому

      ​@@dariusclovis1374yeah.... Kinda. Italian, French, spanish, Romanian, and other languages like the catalan, and others too, are the modern vulgar, sure, the modern vulgar of Italy, Gaul/france, Spain, romania/Dacia and so on. The fact is that while outside Italy, they are proud of this heritage, in Italy not 😂 it sound a little bit too retro, to claim that, to some Italian 😂 I M Italian too.

    • @Brandon55638
      @Brandon55638 7 місяців тому

      Come americano che ama imparare le lingue, sono d'accordo con te. È la lingua antica più bella, soprattutto perché, a differenza dell'italiano, è una lingua moraica come il finlandese, l'ungherese, l'estone, il ceco e il giapponese, per esempio. Questo perché la natura fondamentale e la grammatica del latino si basano sulle vocali lunghe e corte, indipendentemente dalla pronuncia che usi. Preferisco usare la pronuncia classica, ma a volte uso la pronuncia ecclesiastica. Secondo me, gli idiomi colloquiali e la poesia suonano belli in entrambe le pronunce.

  • @Epsilonsama
    @Epsilonsama Рік тому +441

    That Monsignor has a really fluid ecclesiastical Latin. It shows how much love he has for the language. As a native Spanish speaker it was fun being able to follow along the conversation without reading the subtitles.

    • @tommyblackwell3760
      @tommyblackwell3760 Рік тому +16

      I studied a little Latin at uni and married a Frenchwoman so learned that as well, and I had the same experience. He speaks it so clearly and comfortably, I hope I can get close to his ability!

    • @FelipeReyesAlvarez
      @FelipeReyesAlvarez Рік тому +23

      As spanish speakers we can understand portuguese and latin really easy without studing it cause the words sounds almost the same but french and romanian are more difficult

    • @quinncreel6091
      @quinncreel6091 Рік тому +7

      I think you're wildly exaggerating. I'd wager you didn't understand MOST of it.

    • @juanvm5992
      @juanvm5992 Рік тому +13

      Igual me pasó a mí sin saber latín, entendí bastante de lo que dijo, especialmente cuando le obsequió el libro.

    • @mattchtx
      @mattchtx Рік тому +8

      @@quinncreel6091 Spanish is my second language and I have also studied French. I’ve never seriously studied Latin, but I have the same cursory understanding I think most followers of this channel would.
      I’d say I understand 80%+ of the base of the words. The conjugations of the verbs are understandable. The declinations of nouns and adjectives are mostly lost on me.
      It’s enough that I’m able to follow along and feel like I’m understanding. I’d imagine for someone whose first language was a Romance language it would be even easier.

  • @sammcpeak6854
    @sammcpeak6854 2 роки тому +2261

    As a catholic seminarian studying Latin, this extremely impressive and inspiring! Let's restore the primacy of Latin in the liturgy!

    • @阳明子
      @阳明子 2 роки тому +69

      ONLY the Priests should know what is being said during mass! Just like Jesus said "The average person should not understand your preachings"

    • @codyevaristo8029
      @codyevaristo8029 2 роки тому +86

      @@阳明子 that's what your missal is for....

    • @alfatejpblind6498
      @alfatejpblind6498 2 роки тому +99

      @@阳明子All pious muslims in the world make an effort to learn classical Arabic to understand their religion. You don’t see them complaining that they ”don’t understand what’s being said”. If you christians actually had some rigor and honesty in you, you’d at least have the respect for yourselves and your religion to make an actual academic effort. But go on translating, distorting and vulgarizing your religion more by all means, you’re just proving the muslims’ point. You have reduced all of reality to the profane to this point.
      Sincerely, an agnostic.

    • @declup
      @declup 2 роки тому +5

      Hocus Pocus

    • @telperion3
      @telperion3 2 роки тому +60

      @@阳明子 The fact that people coudln't understand what's said in the mass is a fake.
      There's plenty of people who have a good level of intelligibility with a language without being able to speak it. It happens between cognate languages and it always happens with second generations who cannot speak the languages of their parents while they understand them. this always happens here in italy where our granparents speak their dialect but we have grown up talking in italian.
      I'm italian and I could understand many things that have been said in this video while I'm never exposed to the language and I've never studied it.
      Just think of the people who went to mass like if they were people who went to visit their granparents who talk in dialect, so they can understand them but cannot answer them except for a few sentences.

  • @markjosephbacho5652
    @markjosephbacho5652 Рік тому +352

    As a Filipino Catholic, hearing people speaking in straight Latin just amazes me. Awesome.

    • @a_l7515
      @a_l7515 Рік тому +16

      Latin is such a powerful language.

    • @johnpatricklim4509
      @johnpatricklim4509 Рік тому +11

      Speaking latin is says makes it easier to learn other western european languages due to the commonality.....

    • @Mulmgott
      @Mulmgott 10 місяців тому

      @@johnpatricklim4509Not just western European languages lol. Romanian is a latin language and spoken in eastern Europe and around 50% of Albanian vocabulary comes from Latin. An Albanian example: "amicus" (friend) became "mik" in our language.

    • @mvdrebel
      @mvdrebel 9 місяців тому +1

      We need you to learn Latin and then confront the Philippine Atheists mafia.

    • @Rolando_Cueva
      @Rolando_Cueva 6 місяців тому

      Can Pilipinos speak straight Tagalog, or are English words absolutely necessary?

  • @gauntlettcf5669
    @gauntlettcf5669 2 роки тому +438

    As an Italian and a Catholic, your video makes me want to learn latin, both Classical and Ecclesiastical 😍

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  2 роки тому +84

      I’m delighted! The best part is that it’s actually the same language, and you can pronounce it either in the Ecclesiastical way or Classical way; they’re both perfectly understandable to everyone who knows Latin. Try my LLPSI playlist to get started

    • @gauntlettcf5669
      @gauntlettcf5669 2 роки тому +9

      @@ScorpioMartianus Absolutely will do, thank you so much, magister!

    • @mylifeforthelord5535
      @mylifeforthelord5535 Рік тому +9

      Yes brother, let's start to learn it again! GOD bless

    • @gauntlettcf5669
      @gauntlettcf5669 Рік тому +4

      @@mylifeforthelord5535 indeed, brother! God bless ✨️

    • @JelMain
      @JelMain Рік тому +1

      Your easiest route is to get into Renaissance Latin, it's a halfway house.

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 роки тому +287

    I love how everyone else around them is like "okay we'll just let them geek it out as hard as they like, they're having genuine fun right now and so are we."

  • @arilrasnical
    @arilrasnical 2 роки тому +168

    Such fluent church Latin, really had a native language vibe to it a pleasure to listen to

  • @franklyspeaking8335
    @franklyspeaking8335 2 роки тому +195

    As a Roman Catholic living in the United States I have always had a fondness for the true language of our church. I’d love to learn this beautiful language.

    • @BellaFirenze
      @BellaFirenze 2 роки тому +7

      Jesus did not speak Latin. Jesus would have great difficulty understanding the Roman Catholic Church.

    • @Crossfirev
      @Crossfirev 2 роки тому +23

      @@BellaFirenze Great observation there. He'd also have trouble understanding any modern spoken language. Latin is one language of the past of which holds strong culture linkage to a 'golden' age of Christianity. It's just how it happened to occur. I don't believe anyone is trying to speak Latin literally directed at Jesus, figuratively? perhaps. I can only truly speak for myself I suppose.

    • @franklyspeaking8335
      @franklyspeaking8335 2 роки тому +18

      @@BellaFirenze I know what language he spoke. But I know what the language of the church is. I don’t need a lesson from you.

    • @BellaFirenze
      @BellaFirenze 2 роки тому +5

      @@franklyspeaking8335 It wasn't a lesson. It was a comment. Take a Xanax. Yikes! Warm greetings from Florence.

    • @vinceeuloayengmi5092
      @vinceeuloayengmi5092 Рік тому +15

      @@BellaFirenze Jesus lived during the time when Israel was under the Roman Empire. How sure are you He did not spoke Latin, ever?

  • @szymonpiotrbuczynski7653
    @szymonpiotrbuczynski7653 10 місяців тому +14

    I'm proud of this priest cause he is from my country :D God bless this channel and all the viewers

  • @ln5321
    @ln5321 Рік тому +66

    Fantastic video. I got the impression from him coming back to give you the book after your conversation that he really relished the chance to converse in Latin with someone, which I think speaks to his love of the language and happiness at seeing others work to keep it alive.

  • @olivers.4527
    @olivers.4527 Рік тому +47

    Wow. He is amazing. Very fluent in Latin, and he speaks with so much conviction about the importance of the language that makes me want to learn it.

  • @irodjetson
    @irodjetson Рік тому +287

    Lets bring Latin back to our Priests!!! I go to a Latin Mass parish, and it's awesome praying in the mother language of our Church!

    • @christumferens1716
      @christumferens1716 Рік тому +13

      reveniet latinitas ad Ecclesiam nostram solventque hi qui eam e nobis subtraherunt!

    • @croatianwarmaster7872
      @croatianwarmaster7872 Рік тому +18

      Im all for latin but wasn't The Lord's prayer first written in greek and spoken in aramaic? Also, the pope allowed the Croats to have liturgy in their own tongue in the year 1248.

    • @irodjetson
      @irodjetson Рік тому +13

      @@croatianwarmaster7872 Three languages in the cross

    • @FelipeReyesAlvarez
      @FelipeReyesAlvarez Рік тому +6

      Yeah, i´m Colombian and i have meet a lot of priest deffenders of the Latin mass here

    • @irodjetson
      @irodjetson Рік тому +7

      @@croatianwarmaster7872 The Lord chose three languages for the biggest tool used by him for our Salvation, Hebrew, Greek and Latin, he most likely spoke many languages and not only Aramaic, but he speaking Aramaic is not a problem, he chose Latin also for his Church

  • @sicsempertyrannisasisiempr4822
    @sicsempertyrannisasisiempr4822 2 роки тому +699

    Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian: Our grandfather never died, it is alive and kicking!!!

    • @zidokthepriest
      @zidokthepriest Рік тому +48

      Ave Glória, Ave Império!

    • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
      @xGoodOldSmurfehx Рік тому +39

      Imagine of we reconstituted the Roman imperium to reclaim our legacy as Latins
      We would be the dominant force on Earth just like Rome was over 2000 years ago

    • @francescomariaraimondo3395
      @francescomariaraimondo3395 Рік тому +16

      Lingua Latina est mortua. Hac de causa est facta immortalis! - Magister Aloysius Miraglia

    • @staticshockk
      @staticshockk Рік тому +3

      For Italian it would be great grandfather as the Italian language is just a dialect from tuscan language which is one of the many languages spoken in the Italian peninsula.

    • @perrymanso6841
      @perrymanso6841 Рік тому +5

      You don't count Catalan? I guess we go our own way then...

  • @dikeson
    @dikeson 10 місяців тому +3

    The crazy thing about it, as a native Brazilian-Portuguese speaker, I could understand some words

  • @strangenessEPR
    @strangenessEPR Рік тому +82

    As an Spanish native speaker it’s amazing how much I could passively understand while I was doing other stuff.

    • @marciocorrea8531
      @marciocorrea8531 Рік тому +10

      Indeed. I´m a Brazilian and could understand more or less 30% straight.

    • @nunyabiznez6381
      @nunyabiznez6381 11 місяців тому +2

      Spanish has many roots in Latin so that is not a surprise.

  • @floatingsara
    @floatingsara 2 роки тому +125

    I am in awe for two reasons now:
    1. Your knowledge of the language
    2. The fact that I UNDERSTAND this conversation !!!! I didn't expect that 😱

  • @haramanggapuja
    @haramanggapuja Рік тому +66

    As a back of the stadium linguist, I found this - and all your videos about Latin spoken in the modern world - absolutely thrilling. The joy of speaking Latin as a modern language as expressed in your conversations is inspiring. Although my background is more with Germanic languages, I find that I can still understand what’s being said at least well enough to get the intention & general meaning & context. And seeing people speak with such fervor, with gesture & body language brings Latin into the 21st Century. Truly a joy to watch & learn.

  • @vincekilloran843
    @vincekilloran843 2 роки тому +24

    How fun--once the monseigneur got going he just couldn't stop talking! (I loved the nice Roman touch at the end to glance at one's watch and then announce that they had to dash off.)

  • @marinogiovine7982
    @marinogiovine7982 2 роки тому +79

    È stato bellissimo ascoltarvi, una conoscenza sublime del latino!

  • @ivanhendr
    @ivanhendr 2 роки тому +30

    The priest speaks so beautifully!

  • @kebi7792
    @kebi7792 2 роки тому +82

    Pater Valdemārus accentum Polonicum audiendum habet, sed Latīnē perfectē loquitur.

    • @MilornDiester
      @MilornDiester 2 роки тому +7

      I know it wasn't very complicated but I'm so content that I understood this sentence just by looking at it.

    • @graczgraczyk25
      @graczgraczyk25 Рік тому +4

      Si' ma con la pronuncial italiana, non polacca

    • @MikerBikerB
      @MikerBikerB 10 місяців тому

      Na prawde!

    • @cacogenicist
      @cacogenicist 12 днів тому

      Very Italian-sounding ecclesiastical Latin. Yeah, no perceptible Polish accent.

  • @palma23adi
    @palma23adi 2 роки тому +31

    Magistri Turek et Fusco erant optimi mei ac peritissimi magistri apud nostram pontificam universitatem studiorum Salesianam. Nunc ego quoque linguam latinam doceo apud nostrum minus seminarium in Indonesia. Curate ut valeatis!

  • @faintsherin4468
    @faintsherin4468 2 роки тому +143

    I love you all for keeping this language alive!
    I am learning multiple languages since I was little and Latin is my currently top priority, some folks might think that I'm wasting my time on learning these "dead languages", but I love Latin and Sindarin and can never think of dropping them!
    Ego sum studet et scribit Latin!

    • @oolooo
      @oolooo 2 роки тому

      >Sindaring over Quenya
      Cringe .Death unto Thingol ! .

    • @sergkondratev8607
      @sergkondratev8607 2 роки тому +15

      People always wasting time, on games, alcohol. spending your time on things that contribute to your spirit, not just material productivitis in eyes of others is equal important :)

    • @floatingsara
      @floatingsara 2 роки тому +4

      @@sergkondratev8607 very well said

    • @saltycoffe1631
      @saltycoffe1631 2 роки тому +3

      @@sergkondratev8607 That's some straight up truth. Games and drugs are a waste learning is not.

    • @loreman7267
      @loreman7267 10 місяців тому

      I love Sindarin, too. I wish there was more if it, so more could be said!

  • @branc2658
    @branc2658 2 роки тому +157

    As an Italian I like how the rhythm of the Ecclesiastical latin is quite similar to the rhythm of the Italian language. So similar.

    • @graczgraczyk25
      @graczgraczyk25 Рік тому +24

      Temo, il sacerdote parli quotidianamente l'Italiano percio' il suo latino rispecchia un po' il suo italiano, pur essendo polacco. Comunque pronuncia il latino a modo italiano non polacco. Per esempio: concilio, non contsilio.

    • @16tons30
      @16tons30 Рік тому +29

      He speaks Latin with an extremely heavy Italian accent. I very much doubt that this is how the Ancient Romans did really speak it. It actually sounds pretty strange and unauthentic.

    • @lavillenouvelle
      @lavillenouvelle Рік тому +28

      @@16tons30 that's the kind of latin we are used to in Italy. Any other pronunciation looks foreign and fake to us.

    • @16tons30
      @16tons30 Рік тому +9

      @La Ville Nouvelle - Atelier d'architectes So it seems that to Italians "unitalian" pronunciation of good ol' Latin is a kind of cultural appropriation (cf. the latest craze coming from the allegdly politically correct Americans) or even theft or usurpation. It seems that the clerics of the past two rousand years failed to pass down the original Latin pronunciation, so today each country has their specific way to speak it. English speaking people pronounce Latin as if it were a variety of English (the upper register of the vocabulary is of Latin origin anyway). And German speaking people keep discussing how to properly or correctly resp. authentically pronounce the letter "c": like a hard Germanic "k" or rather like a softer "ts" (not the Italian "tsch", mind you). So, as an EXEMPLUM GRATIUM, the eternal question is whether CICERO is to be pronounced KIKERO or rather TSITSERO. See also KAESAR (hence KAISER) or CAESAR, et cetera, et cetera ad infinitum. Latin is ubiquitous, it seems. Quod erat demonstrandum. BTW: My favourite Latin phrase is MULIER TACEAT IN ECCLESIA! (am only joking, though)

    • @Yomi2012
      @Yomi2012 Рік тому +24

      @@16tons30 each Roman province people spoke Latin with regional accent. The eastern part of the Roman Empire spoke Latin with a Greek accent

  • @daviducockny
    @daviducockny 11 місяців тому +7

    You can feel how enthusiastic the priest was to finally be fluent in Latin.

  • @katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32
    @katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32 Рік тому +17

    I was learning Latin on the first year of medical studies in Wrocław, Poland. I am not fluent, I remember the very basics and I wouldn't have any conversation in Latin but it gave me great ability to understand a lot from written Spanish and Italian (a bit less French). ❤

  • @nataliawilde775
    @nataliawilde775 Рік тому +111

    Мечтала всегда послушать, как люди между собой говорят на латыни. Это как будто слушаешь древних римлян! Как красиво!

    • @leobrud
      @leobrud Рік тому +5

      Священник говорит точно не как древний римлянин Это средневековая латынь. Хотите древних римлян - посмотрите фильм "Страсти Христовы".

    • @kristofmelath408
      @kristofmelath408 Рік тому +4

      "The Passion of the Christ" is unfortunately also in today's ecclesiastical latin:( however, the "Barbarians" series on Netflice is in very good restituated latin!

    • @Aquilifer321
      @Aquilifer321 Рік тому

      This is ecclesiastical Latin, the ancient Romans spoke a more "rough", more "popular" Latin. The Italian language is 90% "popular" Latin, if you like that type of language I recommend you learn Italian, and if you can the Sardinian language.

    • @Myrmidon74
      @Myrmidon74 Рік тому +3

      То, на чём они говорят - это целиком искусственная конструкция. Исключительно письменный (формальный) язык со средневековым итальянским произношением. В обычной жизни римляне даже в "золотые времена" Цицерона и Цезаря УЖЕ говорили не так, как писали и использовали упрощённую грамматику. Например, слово "consul" уже тогда произносили как "cosul", и даже сокращение было "cos.", а не "cons.". Много было звуков, которые не произносили, отпадали окончания, были сокращённые формы слов, дифтонги сливались в одну гласную. А потом вообще стали сокращаться и совсем исчезать падежи и склонения :)

    • @Aquilifer321
      @Aquilifer321 Рік тому

      @@Myrmidon74 What they speak is Ecclesiastical Latin.
      Until the 1970s it was the official language of the Catholic Church, Prayers were recited in Latin just as sermons were recited in Latin.

  • @Reibaku
    @Reibaku Рік тому +7

    My wife’s grandmother is 83 years old. We are from a small town in the north west of Mexico. She told stories from back in her youth how the mass was given in Latin and the priests would face the altar, giving his back to the people in the church and this was in a remote town with barely 2000 inhabitants.
    Today, mass in Latin still happens, it’s called “Misa Tridentina” in Spanish.

  • @grimble4564
    @grimble4564 11 місяців тому +2

    It's crazy that this is the language that slowly tied Europe together over the course of 2,000 years and then it fell out of use so suddenly. So many important conversations, documents, and rituals throughout history were done in Latin and now most people would consider you smart just for knowing a couple words or phrases.

  • @frettychervil
    @frettychervil 2 роки тому +60

    This is awesome. I was beginning to think that since Vatican II the priests had lost this skill.

  • @oolooo
    @oolooo 2 роки тому +59

    Luke , seeing you publicly speak Latin when I am a Latinist who can not get any Classes nearby makes me weep like a Dog seeing Fireworks .Love your content but the Envy drives me mad .

  • @johnpaullaizure7330
    @johnpaullaizure7330 2 роки тому +31

    This is amazing, keep up the great content!

  • @rolandovelasquez135
    @rolandovelasquez135 2 роки тому +39

    Wonderful. We should all learn Latin!

  • @stevenzheng5459
    @stevenzheng5459 Рік тому +16

    Wow, I admire this guy's fluency and expressiveness!

  • @СемёнЯкимов-щ4с
    @СемёнЯкимов-щ4с 2 роки тому +37

    There's more life in Latin than there is in me. So yeah,it's not quite dead.I didn't understand what you were talking about, save for a couple of words that I've come across in English, but it sounded fantastic.

    • @sandrogattorno4962
      @sandrogattorno4962 2 роки тому +4

      @@СемёнЯкимов-щ4с And wend I, as Italian, I've study rushian I've found useful that I've already k'now a little of other "Yasik", Look, as esemple: Eng: "House", Italian "casa", Latin "Domus" Rushian "Dom". All the rushian words like: "Istoria, geografia etc" comes all from grek or latin, wend I learn "Moloko" I never forget cause reminds me "Milk" and in French "Bistrot" mean bar/fast food cause in Rushian mean "Fast". Evry new language you study you found that the indoeuropeans are all related even if are tre big chunk "Slavic, germanic and neo latine".

    • @Sathrandur
      @Sathrandur 2 роки тому +1

      Subtitles have now been provided.

  • @raonipaes
    @raonipaes Рік тому +9

    This is actually amazing. As a native portuguese speaker, I can understand so much of it without subtitles!

  • @Zio_Muschio
    @Zio_Muschio 2 роки тому +16

    Delightful! 😊 listening the differences between Luke’s restituta pronunciation and priest’s ecclesiastical one.

  • @jparts
    @jparts Рік тому +81

    Eu falo português e consegui entender algumas frases do que ele disse sem necessitar de legendas. Muito interessante.

    • @sebastiandomingos335
      @sebastiandomingos335 Рік тому +10

      Meu Pai is Portuguese and mi mama de costa rica, I speak Spanish and a little Portuguese and it's amazing to me to be able to hear it because I can understand it in a way like a couple of sentences and I get the point of what they are conveying

    • @Panico747II
      @Panico747II Рік тому +5

      Normal, nossa lingua é latina ué kkkk, eu falo português e italiano e entendi algumas coisas, vi que tinha coisas semelhantes a espanhol também etc, quanto mais linguas latinas você souber mais semelhanças irá notar.

    • @gilbertoamigo7205
      @gilbertoamigo7205 Рік тому +4

      Fico imaginando se algum nativo em Ingles conseguiria entender este idioma falado há, digamos, 1000 anos atrás. Nós, falantes do Português, entendemos mais da metade do que foi falado em Latim.

    • @TRAVELLINGCHANNEL1
      @TRAVELLINGCHANNEL1 Рік тому +3

      ​@@gilbertoamigo7205 Esse idioma nunca foi falado. Latim eclesiático foi criado pela igreja católica e os romanos não entenderiam o que esse pessoal fala. Tanto é que a pronúncia é italiana ou seja toscana de Florença.

    • @greenarcangel
      @greenarcangel 11 місяців тому +4

      Es chistoso como entiendo todo lo que dicen y tengo que poner atención para darme cuenta que estoy leyendo portugués je je je

  • @snix8242
    @snix8242 5 місяців тому +2

    My latin teacher here in spain can also speak fluent latin and you remind me so much of her! People like you two are keeping this beautiful language alive, gracias!

  • @JeremiCzarnecki
    @JeremiCzarnecki Рік тому +8

    I was amazed that the Msgr here pronounced Latin pretty much as I would instinctively. And then I learned he's Polish as well :D

  • @Nikalette100
    @Nikalette100 3 місяці тому +2

    How joyful was this priest in getting to chat to a fluent speaker of Latin.

  • @LisandroLorea
    @LisandroLorea 2 роки тому +10

    I wasn't expecting to be able to more or less follow both conversations. I love the translation for "tweet".

  • @gothfather1
    @gothfather1 Рік тому +16

    Lucius you show the world how beautiful a language Latin truly is! Excellent work, I commend your skill. Your videos are fantastic.

  • @Gaibreel
    @Gaibreel 3 місяці тому +3

    My god, latin needs to rise again. 😮 i want to be at this level one day.

  • @jonathansgarden9128
    @jonathansgarden9128 Рік тому +10

    This touches me on a deep level. I am an amateur linguist and polyglot and I adore your channel and somehow missed this gem!

  • @TrinityDivineMozart
    @TrinityDivineMozart 2 роки тому +17

    I'm not Catholic but Angelican but I am wonderfully bilingual with Spanish, French, Romanian and Italian this is absolutely good and wonderful. ❤️✝️🎼

    • @oliveri9407
      @oliveri9407 2 роки тому +4

      Come back to the one true faith ✝️

  • @ShaareiZoharDaas
    @ShaareiZoharDaas Рік тому +24

    As an Orthodox Jew who loves language and have studied Latin and Greek I adore Luke and this channel.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  Рік тому +7

      Very kind

    • @vitoumafioso
      @vitoumafioso Рік тому +1

      As an orthodox Italian jew, who studied Latin and Ancient Greek in the high school (liceo classico), I do love this video and Luke even more 😃😃😃😃

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex 2 роки тому +14

    Just WOW! 👌 A conversation is just heaven for ears. Wish TV shows were like this xd

  • @joseantoniodepilares6509
    @joseantoniodepilares6509 Рік тому +9

    I do not speak Latin, but am fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. I have to say that I have to make a huge effort to understand written Latin in momuments and what-not; but listening to these men speaking with such fluency and security I can say I could understand about 85% of it. And where I came up short on words context would fill in the gaps. Amazing. It makes me want to adquire (not learn) Latin. Valete!

  • @craigpattenden
    @craigpattenden 11 місяців тому +3

    This is like stepping through time and hearing the romans speak, amazing.

  • @user-xo9pz7fd3j
    @user-xo9pz7fd3j 5 місяців тому +4

    Civis Romanus sum. I understood 90% of your conversation with no subtitles.
    Pulchra lingua Latina nostra ❤

  • @Belerofonte2588
    @Belerofonte2588 6 місяців тому +1

    As a Spanish speaker i understood every word. It sounds so awesome!

  • @kaidrache2395
    @kaidrache2395 Рік тому +5

    9 years of Latin in school and I still need to pause every few seconds to reads the subtitles :D These guys are completely amazing!

  • @Vatican_Banker
    @Vatican_Banker Рік тому +7

    I converted to Roman Catholicism (from atheism heh) and it's a bucket list to learn Latin, in part because it surprised me how much Latin is still used in the liturgy today.

  • @arcanaartis
    @arcanaartis 11 місяців тому +5

    Magnífica pronunciación. Un diálogo exquisito. Gracias.

  • @eternalwind08
    @eternalwind08 Рік тому +7

    My dad and his generation studied Latin and Spanish in school. I went to the same school eventually and right now I think it's a damn shame that both Latin and Spanish weren't part of the curriculum by the time I was there. At this point in my life I wish I was able to study those two languages.

  • @coffeemachtspass
    @coffeemachtspass 2 роки тому +12

    Enjoyable conversation. That was a thoughtful gesture by Monsignor Turek, as well. I really should practice Ecclesiastical pronunciation, though.

  • @friedasorber1653
    @friedasorber1653 7 місяців тому +1

    We had latin conversations in high school. I loved it. A wonderful language to learn to think logically. More tha 40 years later I can still understand a lot of what they say.

  • @antoniodesousa9723
    @antoniodesousa9723 2 роки тому +5

    wow congratulations to the Padre , amazing he could carry out the entire conversation in latin

  • @lynxrufus2007
    @lynxrufus2007 2 роки тому +18

    A Pole and an American speak Latin on Vatican Radio :)

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  2 роки тому +3

      Tak!

    • @lynxrufus2007
      @lynxrufus2007 2 роки тому +3

      @@ScorpioMartianus To mix it all even more, his name is Turek, which is a Turk in English...

    • @mvdrebel
      @mvdrebel 9 місяців тому

      @@lynxrufus2007 Poland clashed with Turks (Ottomans) for centuries. There may be multiple "Turks" in Poland due to mixing.

  • @twls153
    @twls153 2 роки тому +3

    As a Portuguese native speaker it was amazing to see the language that originated my native language being spoken so casually like this, I usually only listened to Latin in those video where it sounds so robotic. Glad I could understand a lot of what was said there.

  • @galactic904
    @galactic904 Рік тому +2

    Did we mention "Grace", wow, Latin sounds so graceful, friendly and inviting to anyone who hears it.

  • @LeoRegum
    @LeoRegum 2 роки тому +15

    Dulcissima! Sentio vere laetitiam tibi. Pulchrum est donum, et amicitia nova.

  • @magnum6635
    @magnum6635 Рік тому +8

    I am French, I do not fully understand what they are saying, but the way the priest speaks makes me understand a lot of Latin words, and I manage to understand the subject and what is said...

  • @gabriellaporro6183
    @gabriellaporro6183 10 місяців тому +2

    Gratulationes Rufus! Vale Optime!

  • @t.p.mckenna
    @t.p.mckenna 2 роки тому +5

    My late uncle was a nuncio and representative of the Holy See under popes Paul VI, JP1 & JPII and latin was the lingua franca in his day, but then he was ordained in the Saint John Lateran all the way back in 1950.

  • @piotrwachowski4841
    @piotrwachowski4841 10 місяців тому +1

    Hallo. I learned the Latin language 20 years ago while studying Slavic Philology, where I had three semesters with this faculty. And although I haven't used it since then, I immediately understood the context of the conversation and 80% of the words. Something amazing that shows that it is a magical language. A Catholic priest who talks to you in this language, based on all the rules and canons that should be used. Because it is not only learning Latin words or proper grammar, but also proper phonetics, syllabification, accentuation, and the ability to place sound emphasis on appropriate syllables in speech. And things like that. The proper combination of all these rules will make the language not rough and jerky when heard, but fluent, rhythmic, with that characteristic lilt. This is why it is a great pleasure to listen to this priest. Latin spoken in a high form almost resembles singing. Catholic clergy have Latin classes in their study, but also lessons in voice emission, diction, articulation and homiletics. These are valuable skills, because nowadays they are perhaps the only group that can still communicate in this language in such a melodic way. Latin was the language of the elites (political, intellectual, artistic) and it was not even proper to speak this language in a bad way. There is even an anecdote (it is difficult to check whether it is true) that Julius Caesar, while learning the Latin language, put small stones in his mouth to train his facial muscles and larynx to speak freely.

  • @RicardinioGo96
    @RicardinioGo96 Рік тому +11

    Che bello poter sentire il latino come una lingua viva in una normale conversazione!

  • @iuscr3god
    @iuscr3god Рік тому +5

    Delightful to listen this beautiful Latin conversation. I love this language.

  • @maniniescobar244
    @maniniescobar244 2 роки тому +7

    I could listen to it all day

  • @umbertoblasimme1646
    @umbertoblasimme1646 Рік тому +5

    Fantastico vedere ed ascoltare un sacerdote italiano e un giovane americano cultore del latino , ai nostri giorni , discutere amabilmente , come se il latino fosse la loro lingua madre !!! Veramente bellissimo !!!

  • @ТарасСтецько-н5щ
    @ТарасСтецько-н5щ 2 роки тому +3

    Grazie mille per aver condiviso con noi questa bellissima conversazione!
    Latin is one of the most beautiful and fully developed languages. Thanks for conserving and sharing it!

  • @GregKozak
    @GregKozak 9 місяців тому +2

    Polak Polaka od razuuslyszy. Wielkie brawa za poziom !

  • @FatherJMarcelPortelli
    @FatherJMarcelPortelli 2 роки тому +17

    Such a gem of a video, on so many levels!

  • @kibis54
    @kibis54 Рік тому +2

    Wow! It feels like I used a time machine to travel back to ancient Rome and end up hearing two people have a casual conversation.

  • @lucaesposito6896
    @lucaesposito6896 2 роки тому +15

    Balsamo per le mie orecchie! È un vero piacere sentire il latino parlato con ritmo e cadenza propri di una lingua viva e vegeta. Di certo il format che preferisco in questo canale, ottimo lavoro come sempre 😄

  • @youriefavre9003
    @youriefavre9003 2 роки тому +21

    I speak Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and French. I can understand about 95% of what they're saying. This has made my day!

    • @thephilosopher7173
      @thephilosopher7173 Рік тому +1

      Do you think Latin speakers can understand 95% of what those languages are saying? I'm not sure if it works the other way around and I just started learning Latin.

    • @C.Bastard
      @C.Bastard Рік тому +3

      @@thephilosopher7173 Some languages are closer to Latin the others. Portuguese(my mother tongue) is very similar to ecclesiastical Latin. I'd say I understand about 70% of what Italians say by ear and 90% in Latin.

    • @thephilosopher7173
      @thephilosopher7173 Рік тому +2

      @@C.Bastard That's really cool. French (Canadian) was taught in schools here but I never picked it up. I started learning Portuguese (Brazilian) but only got so far, and thought Latin would be good because maybe it'll help with understanding them all. I wasn't sure on that so thank you for clarifying!

    • @C.Bastard
      @C.Bastard Рік тому +1

      @@thephilosopher7173 You'll find a lot of similarities in vocabulary and pronunciation, especially pronunciation. I don't think learning portuguese/latin to help each other's vocabulary is a good idea, because most of the common vocabulary between portuguese and latin are unused and obscure synonyms, but if you're someone who's into literature, you'll notice that portuguese and latin share a huge common vocabulary. But the pronunciation is so similar, that if you gave a latin text to a average Brazilian, he could just speak it the same way he does with portuguese and the pronunciation would be almost the same.

    • @thephilosopher7173
      @thephilosopher7173 Рік тому +1

      @@C.Bastard Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @caiuamoreira7500
    @caiuamoreira7500 Рік тому +7

    As a Muslim of Italian heritage, my love for Latin grows each day. I would definately study the language in Italy. My heart and soul belongs to ALLAH, but my ancestors and how they communicated through such linguistic beauty is an ability of high priority to develop in my lifetime! Much love to my Christian brothers!

    • @riccardoghelli4076
      @riccardoghelli4076 Рік тому +1

      Kudos for the open-mindedness 🙂

    • @vinnieg6161
      @vinnieg6161 Рік тому +1

      Allah is the same God catholics worship dude, also the Jews.

    • @caiuamoreira7500
      @caiuamoreira7500 Рік тому

      @@vinnieg6161 I would only agree that Allah is the same god JESUS worshipped. If Christians worshipped the same God Muslims and Jews worship, why would they call themselves Christian in the first place, if they don't worship Christ...? Anyways I don't want to start a big debate, but perhaps its inevitable.

    • @caiuamoreira7500
      @caiuamoreira7500 Рік тому

      If Christ was sent by God, then Christ is not God.

    • @vinnieg6161
      @vinnieg6161 Рік тому

      @@caiuamoreira7500 ...?
      Catholics worship Jesus as Muslims worship Muhammed..
      Both are prophets of the same God?
      Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called Abrahamic religions for a reason

  • @salesian90
    @salesian90 Рік тому +1

    He was so happy to have a conversation in Latin.

  • @burraldo
    @burraldo 8 місяців тому +14

    Sou brasileiro, da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, e estou simplesmente encantado em poder ouvir esse belo idioma. Consigo entender um pouco. O som do latim é uma maravilha! Que a ligua latina não morra nunca! Soube deste canal pelo polyMathy. Já inscrito e também membro! Obrigado por ajudar a manter essa bela lingua viva, Sr. Luke!
    👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🍻🍻🎸🎸

  • @BudapestGirl111
    @BudapestGirl111 11 місяців тому +1

    Thats amazing! I also had Latin courses at high school for 4 years and I loved those years, was not able to speak that fluent though.
    It is so good to hear.

  • @ermannododaro
    @ermannododaro 2 роки тому +6

    Pulchre!
    Gratias Vobis ago, Magistri! I'm really impressed.
    Che meraviglia ascoltarvi.

  • @franciscojoserodriguezaren3094

    Imagine being a 2nd Century BC roman getting to know that 2000 years later his language would be broadcasted on the radio

  • @taylor.london
    @taylor.london Рік тому +5

    I speak Brazilian Portuguese and I basically could understand nearly 90% of what was said

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages Рік тому +1

      90% is very high for Brazilian Portuguese. Do you have understanding of another Romance language like Spanish added on?
      I am sure Brazilian Portuguese itself is not up to 90% intelligibility with Latin. Due to the reason Latin is the mother language and the daughter languages have a more difficult time learning that, than they would learning a sibling language. Latin after all connects the dots of the Romance languages.

  • @carlobasilone3133
    @carlobasilone3133 Рік тому +2

    You actually went into the den of the lion. I am proud of you, proud for you.
    Luca Ranieri, although I found your "stuff" in the past few months, I'm really impressed with your methods.
    My meagre understanding of Latin is autodidacto, I happen to speak Italian and Spanish quite fluently even though I've only ever gone to school in Canada in English with less than two year sidebar in grade 5 and part of grade 6 in the Bronx.
    Itis a pleasure to watch every video you do, either here or at PolyMathy.
    Thanks for the research and sharing it with us

  • @Andominicus
    @Andominicus Рік тому +3

    Swear we need to bring back the Roman Empire and speak Latin, this is phenomenal

  • @quercus5398
    @quercus5398 Рік тому +1

    For millennia Latin was the language of the institutions,universities,religion,laws,dictionaries and books,the naming of components in botany,medical,animal,etc,etc,to be truly educated Latin was a must.

  • @Droledecoco50
    @Droledecoco50 2 роки тому +5

    This is infinitely awesome !

  • @reezlaw
    @reezlaw 10 місяців тому +1

    It's like hearing two dialects or accents of the same language, incredible

  • @raymondkay4896
    @raymondkay4896 Рік тому +4

    Great Video!
    Thankfully, the traditional orders are growing and many more new priests are learning Latin. Hopefully there will be a renewed interest in not just the Liturgical use among the clergy as well.

  • @DeBedschbacher
    @DeBedschbacher 5 місяців тому

    Its been 27 years since I left school, but I genuinely could make out about 10% of the conversation. Some words and phrases immediately came back, this was amazing!
    In all honesty though, without the subtitles I would have been been lost.
    Thank you so so much for this!!

  • @Elv1s_TCB
    @Elv1s_TCB 2 роки тому +12

    Si tu esses magister meus linguae latinae, eam totum diem loquerer, quoque dum dormio😉. Valē!

  • @andreafrauenschuh5950
    @andreafrauenschuh5950 Рік тому +2

    This is brilliant. You can hear that they really THINK in Latin. Fantastic pronunciation! 🎉best latin video ever