Hang tight while we fetch the video data and transcripts. This only takes a moment.
Connecting to YouTube player…
Fetching transcript data…
We’ll display the transcript, summary, and all view options as soon as everything loads.
Next steps
Loading transcript tools…
Basics of Latin - A Guide to the Latin Language: Alphabet, Pronunciation, and More - Derek Cooper - AI Summary, Mind Map & Transcript | zondervan | YouTubeToText
YouTube Transcript: Basics of Latin - A Guide to the Latin Language: Alphabet, Pronunciation, and More - Derek Cooper
Skip watching entire videos - get the full transcript, search for keywords, and copy with one click.
this is going to be different from the ecclesiastical
ecclesiastical
pronunciation for instance
did you notice that the v's sounded like
v's in english and the c was like a
c h or cha sound in other words
it sounds like italian doesn't it last
let's pronounce this sentence according
to a
national pronunciation now this one is
going to hurt
i'm going to do an american national pronunciation
pronunciation
in principio eret verbum at verbum eret apodeom
apodeom
et deus eret verbum
that was scary it sounded a bit
like latin and cowboy boots but you get
the picture
national pronunciation sounds like english
english
if you're an english speaker so
which system of pronunciation should you adopt
adopt
well traditionally i'd say that the
classical form
has been standard for those studying
roman latin
while the ecclesiastical form has been
customary for those studying
ecclesiastical latin
national latin by contrast isn't really
centralized almost by definition
obviously it's going to vary from region
to region
so if you're a native french speaker for
instance it's just going to sound like
french personally and this is just
my opinion i believe that any pronunciation
pronunciation
is acceptable as long as there's consistency
consistency
that stated i'm partial to ecclesiastical
ecclesiastical
or classical pronunciation since these
are fairly standardized
and i've used both in different places
and at different times
for example although i was originally
taught ecclesiastical pronunciation
years later i switched to the classical pronunciation
pronunciation
which is my personal preference so
when i say words in latin i will always
use the
classical pronunciation so you will get
very familiar with it
let's turn to vowels latin has the same
number of vowels
as english which is fantastic right but
latin also distinguishes between short
and long vowels traditionally
long vowels take about twice as long to
enunciate as short ones
so it's the difference between a short ah
ah
which is ah and along ah
which is ah but this is not a practice
that many people follow today
most people don't really bother with
distinguishing between
short and long vowels when speaking
now here's the tricky part how do you
know if a vowel is long
or short for the most part you only know
this because the vowel is depicted
as either having a line over the vowel
called a
macron or it doesn't
now if it has a line over a vowel it's long
long
if it doesn't have one it's short for
our purposes though
we don't need to concern ourselves with
this information
for the time being just know that a line
over a vowel indicates that it's long
which can help us better distinguish
different forms of words in certain circumstances
circumstances
two vowels come together to form only
one sound
it's called a very strange name
a diphthong seriously who makes up these names
names
perhaps someone who watches a lot of
science fiction or something i don't know
know
at any rate keep in mind that two vowels
appearing next to each other
often join forces and make one sound
instead of two now there are about
half dozen such combinations in latin
now depending on which pronunciation
model you adopt the pronunciation will be
be
slightly different so don't worry
now let's turn to consonants the
majority of consonants in latin are
pronounced as they are in english
the exceptions to this rule appear in
because english pronunciation varies from
from
region to region and country to country
my american accent
may or may not be helpful to you but for
the sake of an example
i'll briefly pronounce the letters all
the way
to the left of the chart which is the
classical pronunciation
i mentioned that all pronunciations are
acceptable and they are
even the ones that sound like matthew
mcconaughey's speaking latin
but in order to limit confusion i'll
only use the classical pronunciation here
here
beginning with the top left the letters
and letter combinations are
i'll just highlight two consonants
the c and the v
now classical pronunciation the c is
always hard in other words it's always
like the c
in cupcake which isn't a latin word unfortunately
unfortunately
as for the v it's always pronounced as a
w in english that is to say
like the w in water
wheel now before we
end this session i want to briefly
introduce just
one more item accents
the concept of accent is often
categorized according to
pitch or stress while a
pitch accent is increased by
articulating a syllable at a higher note
a stress accent is increased by using
greater force
now i readily admit that these two kinds
of accents are
easy to confuse so we're going to keep things
things
very basic every word in latin has one
place of stress
that is there's one syllable that you
pronounce with a little bit more force than
than
every other syllable for instance look
at this
word which means girl
how do you pronounce it well there's
three syllables
so the stress has to be on one of them
but which one is it pue la
is it pue la or is it puella
well it's actually the last example puella
puella
now how do i know that there are four
simple rules to learn
when it comes to where to put the latin
accent or stress
in a word here are the four most
in a word with only one syllable that is
that it's
monosyllabic or two syllables which is
di syllabic the stress is always
i will not include accent marks and
words with
two or fewer syllables since the stress
will always be
predictably known
second in a word with three or more
syllables that is that it is
polysyllabic the stress is on the second
to last or
penultimate syllable if that vowel is long
long
for example kogitare or
on the third to last that is the anti-penultimate
anti-penultimate
syllable if the second to last vowel is
short for example
this is because latin generally prefers
the accent to be
as far back as possible in a word
third in any word the accent will never
be further back than the
anti-penultimate romans had standards
after all
fourth in a word that receives the
the stress falls on the last syllable of
the word
for example filio turns into filioque
however because i'm such a nice man
i'm going to place an accent mark on
words with three or more syllables to show
show
where the stress is located and i'll
also include
a macron to designate the length of vowels
vowels
this is going to make things much easier
okay in conclusion we've learned
three things in this session first the latin
latin
alphabet second latin pronunciation
and third latin stress
what i recommend for you to do now is begin
begin
reading a latin bible or if you want to
get wild and crazy find
a latin passage from thomas aquinas or
augustine of hippo
and begin practicing your pronunciation
you can easily do this online now
you should aim for consistency but
don't be concerned at all if your pronunciation
pronunciation
isn't yet polished precise or
even pretty to listen to it's going to
take time
but we'll get there until next time
Click on any text or timestamp to jump to that moment in the video
Share:
Most transcripts ready in under 5 seconds
One-Click Copy125+ LanguagesSearch ContentJump to Timestamps
Paste YouTube URL
Enter any YouTube video link to get the full transcript
Transcript Extraction Form
Most transcripts ready in under 5 seconds
Get Our Chrome Extension
Get transcripts instantly without leaving YouTube. Install our Chrome extension for one-click access to any video's transcript directly on the watch page.
Chrome Extension