11-19-2008, 11:51 PM
Good job, Chris! You didn't buy a Trooper helmet first! You're in a select minority of reenactors.
If you pronounce the Latin as if it were Italian, you'll be pretty close most of the time. Exceptions to that:
C is always like K.
V is like a U, except when at the start of a word and followed by a vowel. Then it's like a W.
AE is pronounced like an long I in English
OE is pronounced like OY.
AU is more like OW than AW.
Typically (but not always) the accent is on the first syllable in two syllable words, and the third from the end in three and more. Like this:
Pilum PEE lum.
Julius YOO lee us.
AugustusOW goos toos (not ow GOOS toos).
Vesuvius weh SOO wee oos.
That's not even a scratch in the book of Latin grammar, but it should be a start.
And a Laus point for YOUR start. Good job.
If you pronounce the Latin as if it were Italian, you'll be pretty close most of the time. Exceptions to that:
C is always like K.
V is like a U, except when at the start of a word and followed by a vowel. Then it's like a W.
AE is pronounced like an long I in English
OE is pronounced like OY.
AU is more like OW than AW.
Typically (but not always) the accent is on the first syllable in two syllable words, and the third from the end in three and more. Like this:
Pilum PEE lum.
Julius YOO lee us.
AugustusOW goos toos (not ow GOOS toos).
Vesuvius weh SOO wee oos.
That's not even a scratch in the book of Latin grammar, but it should be a start.
And a Laus point for YOUR start. Good job.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
