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Latin GrammarA1

Classical Latin pronunciation

Classical Latin pronunciation is the reconstructed way educated Romans spoke in the age of Cicerō and Caesar.

Lernziel

Can recognize Classical Latin pronunciation in a short Latin prompt

Schau dir diese Beispiele an. Kannst du das grammatische Muster erkennen?

Cicerō shouts in the forum.

We drink wine at the villa.

Achte auf die hervorgehobenen Teile. Was haben sie gemeinsam?

Classical Latin pronunciation is the reconstructed way educated Romans spoke in the age of Cicerō and Caesar. Learning it early makes new words easier to hear, spell, and remember, and it keeps you from importing English sound habits that hide the real shape of a word.

The key idea for an English speaker: Latin letters are consistent. A letter is pronounced the same way almost every time, unlike English, where "a" sounds different in "cat," "care," and "father." Master a handful of rules and you can read any word aloud on sight.

LetterSoundExample
calways hard "k"Cicerō = KEE-ke-ro
galways hard "g" as in "go"gens
vEnglish "w"vīnum = WEE-noom
i (before vowel)English "y"Iūlius = YOO-lee-oos
ae"ai" as in "aisle"Caesar = KAI-sar

Vowels have two lengths, short and long, and the long ones are marked with a macron: a vs ā. Long vowels are simply held longer.

Try these aloud:

  • Vēnī, vīdī, vīcī. - I came, I saw, I conquered. (WAY-nee, WEE-dee, WEE-kee)
  • Caelum caeruleum est. - The sky is blue.

The commonest English-speaker error is softening "c" and "g" (saying "Sisero" or a soft "g") and reading "v" as English "v." Keep them hard and "w," and your Latin will sound Roman.

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Cicerō shouts in the forum.

Cicerō is [KIH-keh-roh], never [SIS-uh-roh]: c is always hard. The English pronunciation comes through French and medieval Latin.

We drink wine at the villa.

V is [w], so this is [WEE-noom]. English 'wine' and Latin vinum are the same word, and the w survived in English.

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