Basics of Latin - A Guide to the Latin Language: Alphabet, Pronunciation, and More - Derek Cooper
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Published 2020-12-10
This video is the first in The Basics of Latin series, which will introduce you to Latin grammar and teach you how to read and translate Latin texts.
00:00 - Welcome and Overview
01:42 - The Alphabet
04:28 - Classical, Ecclesiastical, and National Pronunciation
09:39 - Vowels
10:59 - Diphthongs
11:49 - Consonants
13:30 - Accents
16:42 - Wrap-up and summary
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All Comments (21)
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When I first started studying Latin in my Freshman year of High School in 1964, my teacher told the class that Latin is the language of the educated an sophisticated. As I have grown old, I really believe it. Studying Latin gave us wide experience of language, history, early science and politics. When I got to college and studied Latin we read philosophical works in the original.
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First 10 minutes studying and I have and advice for anyone trying to learn latin. If your natural language is Spanish, French or Italian, stick with natural pronunciation. If you speak English, stay away from natural and learn the "correct" pronunciation, and then after you know how to speak Latin, learning any other of the three mentioned languages will be easy pease for you to learn or even speak (I speak natural Castillian/Spanish and fluent English).
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The classical prononciation is incredibly artistic ✨
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Salvēte, ō frātrēs in linguā Latīnā, ex Hiberniā! Greetings from Ireland.
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"Oo, that was scary" 🤣 I needed that half way through
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English does not come from Latin, but after the Norman conquest its vocabulary and structure was brutally modified. In a BBC report, the University of Oxford states the following: the English language is made up of this way: Vocabulary: 60% Latin, and only 28% Anglo-Saxon; grammar: 48% Anglo-Saxon structure, 39% Latin structure; the rest of the grammar structure comes from Celtic and Greek. For this reason philologists consider English a Hybrid, saying that English is a hybrid is the right thing to do.
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Ive been waiting a very long time for this sort of content, thank you so much for this video. You've inspired me to finally take the plunge into Latin.
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This was extremely helpful. Looking forward to seeing more videos!
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I've always been interested in leanring latin; thanks for this easy-to-understand video!
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Very helpful and well-presented. Thank you!
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Great job! Clear concise and easy to listen to! Well done!
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Some people are just born to teach. Well done 👏
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This lesson is very enjoyable.
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Thank you for your wonderful lecture. It's very helpful for me to learn Latin. Hope more videos would be provided.
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OK: this is... wonderful. :) My son is learning Latin, and I want to support his learning and his practice as much as possible. I'm already hooked from this video. Thank you, Derek! :)
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Great video . Thank you!
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Great. It's very clear. Thank you so much. I wonder if you have any other videos on Latin grammar, which I will love to learn.
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Amazingly explained, well done👍
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Great video! Very helpful
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The best explanation of Latin stress I've ever heard, thank you!
