Speak Latin?

[align=left][/align]Metella et milissa e vila mane discesserunt. Metella filio togam quaerebat. Metella et ancilla, postquam forum intraverunt, tabernam conspexerunt, ubi togae optimae erant. Multae feminae erant in taberna. servi gladiatoribus tunicas ostendebant. mercator in media taberna stabat. mercator erat Marcellus. Marcellus, postquam Metellam vidit, rogavit,
"quid quaeris, domina?"
"Togam quaero," inquit Metella. " ego filio donum quareo, quod diem natalem celebrat."
"ego multas togas habeo," respondit meracator
mercator servis signum didit. servi mercatori togas celeriter tradiderunt. Marcellus feminis togas ostendit. Metella et ancilla togas inspexerunt..

lol Will type more if somone knows what i said lol..i know what i said

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Originally Posted by Sabron

[align=left][/align]Metella et milissa e vila mane discesserunt. Metella filio togam quaerebat. Metella et ancilla, postquam forum intraverunt, tabernam conspexerunt, ubi togae optimae erant. Multae feminae erant in taberna. servi gladiatoribus tunicas ostendebant. mercator in media taberna stabat. mercator erat Marcellus. Marcellus, postquam Metellam vidit, rogavit,
"quid quaeris, domina?"
"Togam quaero," inquit Metella. " ego filio donum quareo, quod diem natalem celebrat."
"ego multas togas habeo," respondit meracator
mercator servis signum didit. servi mercatori togas celeriter tradiderunt. Marcellus feminis togas ostendit. Metella et ancilla togas inspexerunt..

lol Will type more if somone knows what i said lol..i know what i said

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No idea ma' friend! But I once slept with a girl who could speak Latin, at the time of ,ahem, she was at university translating Ceasars text into English!:D My older brother also studied Latin as his second language. I wish I'd had the opportunity to study Latin as it's everywhere!

Peace

Buddy, and what'd it say?

So I guess it isn't a dead language after all :D

No, Latin hasn't died, but it's evolved. I can speak two forms of modern Latin.

Non, le latin n'est pas mort, mais il a evolué. Je peux parler deux formes du latin moderne.

No, el latÃ*n no es muerto, pero ha desarrollado. Puedo hablar dos formas del latÃ*n moderno.

Je parle aussi un peu de LAtine moderne.
But my grammar at it sucks and my spelling is worse...

Latin is fun.. and hard. My father taught Latin at a University but never really went into detail in teaching it to me.

I did pick up a few things though ;)

Interesting idea for a thread.. just remember we do try to keep things english and understandable around here and don't generally allow non english posting.

Remaneo Profundus,

Bob.

i took latin for 2 years didn't really learn anything not that i tried too though

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Originally Posted by BobBong

I did pick up a few things though ;)

we ... don't generally allow non english posting.

Remaneo Profundus,

Bob.

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Well then I guess you have to be stuck with the title of Multilingual Mod for the nerds (just kidding!) who enjoy posting in Latin :D

just a wild guess but is there a woman n a servant (?) searching for a birthday present. for this womans child. they want to buy this..umm..clothe...tooga in finnish no idea what it is in english. they used to wear tht kinda clothes back then. n this shop owner asks what they're looking for n shows em those clothes n then they buy one.

any close?

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Originally Posted by Minnie

tooga in finnish no idea what it is in english.

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It's called a "toga".

figures lol

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Originally Posted by Sabron

[align=left][/align]Metella et milissa e vila mane discesserunt. Metella filio togam quaerebat. Metella et ancilla, postquam forum intraverunt, tabernam conspexerunt, ubi togae optimae erant. Multae feminae erant in taberna. servi gladiatoribus tunicas ostendebant. mercator in media taberna stabat. mercator erat Marcellus. Marcellus, postquam Metellam vidit, rogavit,
"quid quaeris, domina?"
"Togam quaero," inquit Metella. " ego filio donum quareo, quod diem natalem celebrat."
"ego multas togas habeo," respondit meracator
mercator servis signum didit. servi mercatori togas celeriter tradiderunt. Marcellus feminis togas ostendit. Metella et ancilla togas inspexerunt..

lol Will type more if somone knows what i said lol..i know what i said

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After three years of Latin and just after sitting my Junior Cert exam in it in June i should be able to translate this :| ... Luckly i'm still waiting for my results :D

"Metella and Milissa departed from the villa early. (er couldnâ??t make sense of that? Thought mane meant to remain? Anyways!)
Metella sought a toga for his son. Afterwards, Metalla and a maid went into a shop in the forum and they caught sight of the best (superlative) toga.
There were many women in the shop and there were servants showing gladiators tunics. The shopkeeper stood in the middle of the shop. The shopkeeper was Marcellus. Afer Marcellus saw Metallus he asked:
â?? What is it you seek master? (sir) â??
â?? I seek a toga,â?� said Metallus. â?? I seek it for my son because we are celebratig his birthdayâ?�.
â??I have many togas,â?� responded the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper then gave a signal to a servant. The servant quickly gave togaâ??s to the shopkeeper. Marcellus showed the toga to the women. Metellus and the maid inspected the togaâ?¦.."

Er, it's probably wrong but yeah, whatever.
I'm wrecked :rasta: and have too mcuh time on my hands. :D

nah but i kinda wanna take latin class. is it really hard?

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

No, Latin hasn't died, but it's evolved. I can speak two forms of modern Latin.

Non, le latin n'est pas mort, mais il a evolué. Je peux parler deux formes du latin moderne.

No, el latÃ*n no es muerto, pero ha desarrollado. Puedo hablar dos formas del latÃ*n moderno.

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hahah

French and Spanish. And then there is the other modern latin language. Italian.

i know a little bit BUENO MOTA!!!

Italian is just a mixture of french and spanish :-)

Moi je suis francophone aussi. Je ne fume que les bonnes herbes; c'est parce que je suis trop defonce maintenant.

(Me i'm french-speaking also. I only smoke the good herbs ; that's why i am too stoned now).

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Originally Posted by IanCurtisWishlist

Italian is just a mixture of french and spanish :-)

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Actually, French and Spanish are much more closely related to each other than either one is to Italian. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and a few other minor Romance languages belong to the Western branch, while the rest (most notably Italian and Romanian) belong to the Eastern branch. If you really want to see what a language halfway between French and Spanish looks like, check out Catalan.

wow you know about catalan thats amazing i didnt think any knew i speak fluent catalan because my dad if from catalunya

you are very smart oneirionaut

you say smart things.

i am not smart because i am tripping kinda hard

Cool, I like Catalan. It is a beautiful language. I only wish I knew it. :(

I actually just started reading George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, by the way.

well actually the catalans per/pronounce (i dunno how to spell it) catalunya

i lived in lleida (or in spanish its called lerida) for one year with my grandmother. my father wanted me to learn the language. i hung out with my counsin a lot hes so cool. but i feel like that it a completely different life right now. i am out there.i dont even know if this post makes sense

After reading up on catalan, I see that it's very similar to French. Very interesting language..

hansel was 100% correct.. there are 2 types of latin...Modern and Old.. The old lang is mortua .. ( dead ) as trhe modern one i dont know about.. But in highschool im taking latin.. intresting

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Originally Posted by Sabron

as trhe modern one i dont know about..

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Sure you do. You see, Latin never "died", that is, there was no time when all the Latin speakers started speaking foreigners' languages for some reason. Instead, the various Latin dialects went their own ways after the fall of the Roman Empire, and gradually over time they became so different that they could no longer understand each other. We know these modern dialects of Latin as Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian and Romanian.

Yes... All classified as the Romantic langs.. not romantic a love but as Roman based latin evovled forms

There's a little Latin in all of us.

You just may not know it.

What about the Basque dialect?
I know it's heavy on the French, but does it also have any Arabic/ North African influence from the Moors?

Defonce- that's a good word to add to the French I learned in school! :D

Basque is a language in its own right, and it is the only European language that doesn't appear to be related to any other language we know of. It is probably the only surviving remnant of a language family that existed in Europe before the Celtic, Germanic and Roman peoples invaded.