Next on pronunciation, is that c's are ALWAYS said hard ('kuh"), like an english "k". Often the "ew" or "oo" sound (like the "u" in r u de) is stretched out, a bit like a wolf call! The final 'e' on Latin words like 'euge' are pronounced, not silent as in most English words like "cake", "rude", "breathe", and "machine". A good example from Latin that you would think would have silent letters is the exclamation of joy, "EUGE!" It sounds like "ay-ew-guh". This means, everything you see, you say! It would be like saying the English word "meat" like "mee-aht", two syllables instead of one. Don't worry, if this boggles your mind, we will also be reviewing it again next month!Ĭlassical Pronunciation of Latin is different than more recent Latin pronunciation, but that will be a topic for when you feel more comfortable with the Latin language in general! First off, Latin has NO SILENT LETTERS!! Yay! No guessing when you have to ignore half the letters in a word *coughfrenchcough* Hm.must be coming down with a cold.
*_*-*_*-*_-*_*-*_*-*_-*_*-*_*-*_-*_*-*_*-*_-*_*-*īefore we move onto just a few of the many places you may (or will) see Latin in your everyday life, especially if you have come to this class through Hogwarts Online! *coughallofyoucough*, I want to go over some of the pronunciation of classical Latin you will need in this class. Secare meaning “to cut” and a made-up variant of the Latin Variations on words, like sectumsempra (Snape's cutting curse) is aĬombination of a past participle form of the Latin verb seco, Spells are composed of words directly from Latin, while others are Modern works like Harry Potter available, Rowling used Latin as theīasis for many of the spells she wrote for the series. Secrets= Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum Stone= Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis
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One such example is the Harry Potterīook series by JK Rowling. How can it be dead when it exists in so many forms? ItĮven continues to evolve as people translate modern works of I quite dislike when people call Latin a “dead
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