u if long, as in dude; if short as in wassup
There is really no simple way to tell if a vowel is long or short, but if the word is short-one syllable-treat the vowel as short. The last syllable of verb endings are almost always short. If a, i, o, or u, come at the end of a word, theyre long; if e comes at the end of a word, its short. If a vowel is followed by two consonants, its long. For other situations, pronuntia utrolibet modo! (wing it!)
au as in ouch
ei as in hey
eu as in hey, you
oe as in goy
ui as in ptui
c, ch always k. Thats a KIGH-sahr salad you ordered. You want ANN-koh-veese with that?
g, gn always guh. The Romans were fighting the GUHR-mahns, not the JUR-mahns, and when they gave the signal to attack, it was a SIHG-nuhm (trumpet blast) not a SEE-nuhm (large bowl).
i always yuh. Its thanks to YOO-lih-uhss (not JOO-lee-yuss) that we celebrate the fourth of July instead of the fourth of Quinctil.
r you can rrroll your rs even if theyrrre the last letterrr of a worrrrd.
s always sss. The Roman fanss (not fanz) were animalss (not animalz).
t, th always teh. Teh-hey teh-rew teh-hings at eak ot-teh-her during teh-he nah-tih-oh-nahl (not nashunal) ant-hem (not anthum).
v always w. The wolcano that waporized Pompeii was Weh-SOO-wee-uhss.
There are no silent letters in Latin-every vowel (unless its part of a two-syllable dipthong) and every consonant is always pronounced fully, and often separately. Of course, there are also no actual Romans around to give you the stink-eye when you mess up.
ILingua Latina TironibusBeginning Latin Narratiuncula-A LITTLE STORY
The girls are the daughters of the farmers
Puellae pulchrae sunt
The girls are pretty
Puellae nautas in via spectant
The girls see the sailors in the street
Nautae pulchri sunt
The sailors are hunks
Puellae nautas salutant
The girls say hello to the sailors
O malam fortunam! Nautae male mares sunt
Too bad! The sailors are homos
Nautae ad puellas digitos impudicos porrigunt
The sailors give the girls the finger
Puellae nautas appellant
The girls call out to the sailors
Speramus naviculam misellam vestram ad scopulum adlisam iri summersum
We hope your stupid boat hits a rock and sinks
Puellae in forum descendere destinant et ibi mercimonium furari
The girls decide to go down to the mall and shoplift some stuff
Omnes paucis annis prosedae erunt
In a few years they will all be hookers
Latin Aptitude Test-PROBATIO LATINITATIS
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I. MATH SCIENTIA MATHEMATICA
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes____________________
many
multas
good
bonas
small
parvas
warlike
bellicosas
Capture a Gaul and torture him until he tells you
Torque Gallum captum donec tibi respondeat
II. VERBAL SCIENTIA VERBORUM
Arma virumque cano____________________qui primus ab oris
Syracuse
Syracusarum
Ithaca
Ithacae
Albany
Albani
Buffalo
Bufali
Sacrifice a bullock to Jupiter so the test gets canceled because the teacher was struck by lightning
Immola Iovi iuvencum ut magistro tacto de caelo probatio relinquatur
III. EXTRA CREDIT QUAESTIO ADDITA PRAEMII GRATIA
Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when bearing____________________
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et____________________ferentes
shish kebabs
carunculas veribus fixas
stuffed grape leaves
folia vitis oryza farta
baklava
crustula laminosa
the check
syngrapham
Send a slave over later with the answer, and if he gets it wrong, lop off his ears
Mitte brevi postea servum qui responsum referat atque si erret praecide aures ei
I., E; II, E; III, E.
Romulus and Remus Jokes-ROMULI REMIQUE IOCULARIA
ROMULUS: Quem ob rem pullus sacer viam Appiam transivit?
REMUS: I do not know. Let us cut it open and see if the entrails provide an explanation for this inauspicious behavior!
REMUS: Nescio. Eum evisceremus ut, extane ostensura sint illius infausti facti causam, comperiamus!
ROMULUS: Why do Roman firemen wear red suspenders?
ROMULUS: Cur gerunt siphonarii Romani retinacula rubra?
REMUS: I do not know-let us set the city ablaze and see if their pants fall down!
REMUS: Nescio. Urbem incendamus ut, sintne delapsurae bracae eorum, comperiamus!
ROMULUS: Why did the Helvetian moron throw the water clock out the window?
ROMULUS: Quare iecit caudex Helvetius clepsydram de fenestra?
* Why did the sacred chicken cross the Appian way?
** I do not know. Let us cut it open and see if the entrails provide an explanation for this inauspicious behavior!
*** I growl
REMUS: I do not know, but I feel certain that after ten years chained to an oar as a galley slave he will be eager to reveal the reason for his rash act!
REMUS: Nescio; pro certo tamen habeo istum, decem annos vinctum in servitio ad remum intra navem longam, cupidum futurum revelare rationem sui temerarii facti!
The Legion of Superheroes-LEGIO HEROUM MAXIMORUM
Celerior quam currus festinans
More powerful than a Carthaginian war-elephant
Valentior quam elephas bellicus Punicus
Able to conjugate irregular verbs without making a single mistake
Potis anomala verba sine lapsu declinare