American speaks Latin to Italians in Pompeii 🌋 watch their reaction! 😳 🇮🇹

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  • @polyMATHY_Luke
    @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +58

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    • @wiscopyro
      @wiscopyro Před 5 měsíci

      The word oro in Spanish means gold, I think, does it have the same meaning in Latin? I didn't catch the translation

  • @mattiafioravanti8475
    @mattiafioravanti8475 Před 2 lety +2314

    I feel that the young lady trying to understand spoken Latin must have felt a bit like how modern day Italians feel when they meet a group of people speaking another romance language. They can't speak but can understand MOST of it. Fascinating as usual, dear polyMATHY!

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +103

      Grazie mille, Mattia! 😃

    • @lucaschiantodipepe2015
      @lucaschiantodipepe2015 Před 2 lety +94

      It happened to me in Rome with a Brazilian tourist. I don't know portuguese but many words were intelligible and vice versa by him. With Slavic and germanic would be impossible.

    • @Mercure250
      @Mercure250 Před 2 lety +59

      As a French native speaker, when they were at the table, when I needed to read subtitles, I realized I ended up always reading the Latin or Italian ones instead of the English ones lol
      That being said, I think my linguistics knowledge helped me a lot too.
      After that, however, I had more trouble understanding and had to read the English subtitles.

    • @weirdlanguageguy
      @weirdlanguageguy Před 2 lety +21

      @@lucaschiantodipepe2015 with Germanic, yes. But slavic languages are arguably even closer than the romance languages

    • @caribbeanman3379
      @caribbeanman3379 Před 2 lety +5

      @@polyMATHY_Luke "Thanks a thousand, Mattie!"?

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 Před 2 lety +1330

    It is amazing that Latin still has a high level of intelligibility to speakers of modern Latin languages. If someone spoke to a modern English speaker in old English, they'd understand very little.

    • @mariusmioc3045
      @mariusmioc3045 Před 2 lety +56

      Yes, I am surprised to be able to understand quite a lot.

    • @Philoglossos
      @Philoglossos Před 2 lety +202

      It depends. Simple and slowly spoken sentences in Old English can be surprisingly intelligible.

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 Před 2 lety +63

      we need to upkeep Old English in the same way we do Latin!

    • @arrigo7476
      @arrigo7476 Před 2 lety +35

      As Luke said, she had already studied Latin in high school, so, even though she never spoke or heard it before, she was advantaged

    • @entropie138
      @entropie138 Před 2 lety +88

      Interestingly, a lot of people that comment on the Old English language videos from the Netherlands, Iceland, and Germany say that can understand quite a lot of the sentences spoken in Old English. It's just that Modern English has been so heavily Latinized and Hellenized (Greek) throughout the last millennia that makes it quite distinct from Old English. It's why I studied German for a year. I wanted to learn how 'Germanic' English would have remained had it not been for the Norman Invasion.

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi Před 2 lety +726

    They say the walls have ears, and if we anthromorphize it a bit, I would think the walls of the Pompeii ruins would be elated to hear Latin spoken on the streets again after millenia of being severely "clogged with earwax".

    • @JurassicDavidy
      @JurassicDavidy Před 2 lety +16

      That's exactly what I was thinking

    • @nuancedhistory9729
      @nuancedhistory9729 Před 2 lety +11

      And cat piss lol. Place smells like my aunt's house.

    • @leonair23
      @leonair23 Před 2 lety +10

      What a beautiful way to put it. Somehow it was very poignant and evocative

    • @RJStockton
      @RJStockton Před 2 lety +6

      If you really want to impress the walls, speak Greek like a wealthy Roman tourist. It's interesting how upper class Romans used an entirely different language from their native tongue for centuries.

    • @violetka1197
      @violetka1197 Před 2 lety

      @@RJStockton rome spoken ilirian ALBANIAN...................AND TILL 1920 ATHENS HAS SPOKEN ALBANIAN...................!!!.............czcams.com/video/xr4iAv-gYv8/video.html

  • @misterpiano92
    @misterpiano92 Před 2 lety +499

    As a Latin teacher, this video is the best thing I could wish to be on CZcams! You speak Latin in a very clear way, with subtitles, while showing the marvelous world of Pompeii (even with the latest restored buildings) and showing a complete Roman restaurant. My oldest students are trying to convince the school principal to organize a trip to Pompeii and I support them! Keep spreading the love for the Roman culture! :D

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +30

      Wonderful! Thanks for the comment

    • @2hug
      @2hug Před 2 lety +1

      You should write that in latin ;)

    • @misterpiano92
      @misterpiano92 Před 2 lety +6

      @@2hug Hahaha, yeah, but writing/speaking Latin is on a whole other level. ;) Sometimes I comment on Polýmathy's videos in Latin though! :D

    • @jmontarsi
      @jmontarsi Před rokem +1

      Good for you! Pompeii, nearby Erculano (Herculaneum) and the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) would make for a great educational school trip experience. Push for it!

    • @praefectus.
      @praefectus. Před 4 měsíci

      Mirum! Gratias ad comment@@2hug

  • @angelosalinitro9964
    @angelosalinitro9964 Před 2 lety +449

    un americano che divulga il latino , grandioso ...penso che noi gli italiani prima o poi un premio a quest'uomo glielo daremo

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +249

      Grazie, ma ho già il premio! il fatto che posso vivere in Italia

    • @teo2712
      @teo2712 Před 2 lety +25

      @@polyMATHY_Luke ❤️❤️❤️

    • @itellyouforfree7238
      @itellyouforfree7238 Před 2 lety +53

      @@polyMATHY_Luke Dovrebbero farti ministro dell'istruzione, invece di quei pagliacci senza neanche la licenza elementare

    • @A__user000
      @A__user000 Před 2 lety +3

      @@polyMATHY_Luke 💜💜

    • @ObscuRex1999
      @ObscuRex1999 Před 2 lety +3

      @@polyMATHY_Luke sono commosso

  • @bartata4000
    @bartata4000 Před 2 lety +274

    You should try to speak Latin in Sardinia, since Sardinian is considered the closest living language to Latin.

    • @ZupTepi
      @ZupTepi Před 2 lety +18

      We wouldn't understand it anyway

    • @tewkewl
      @tewkewl Před 2 lety +7

      @@ZupTepi why? Italian speakers seem to understand some.

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ZupTepi I think you'd be surprised

    • @ZupTepi
      @ZupTepi Před 2 lety +31

      @@tewkewl We could understand some words, and the familiar position of the verb. But we're speaking of a thousand years gap. We've developed language features (like the fundamental articles and prep+articles) that latin didn't have.

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +92

      One day!

  • @davidwilson123able
    @davidwilson123able Před 2 lety +97

    Absolutely amazing. If you think of the significance of what these great people have just done? This could be the first time in 2000 years, a group of people sitting down in Pompeii having dinner and conversing in Latin. Bravo 👏

    • @MusaPedestris
      @MusaPedestris Před 2 lety +24

      Thank you for your beautiful comment! :-) It was a lot of fun. We actually speak Latin everyday!

    • @davidwilson123able
      @davidwilson123able Před 2 lety +12

      @@MusaPedestris That's absolutely amazing!

    • @praefectus.
      @praefectus. Před 4 měsíci

      Duo milia annorum fuit ex quo lapides illi et laterculi linguam creatorum audiverunt. Optime pro hoc dono tibi gratias ago.
      Incredibile fuit.@@MusaPedestris

  • @diogomm710
    @diogomm710 Před 2 lety +172

    Being a native portuguese speaker, it's frighteningly easy to understand Latin. I just booked classes, and I'll be fluent in no time. I'm determined.

    • @csntubeful
      @csntubeful Před 2 lety

      @Diogo MM same here... it is easy! Classes would be so awesome!

    • @marcuscicero9587
      @marcuscicero9587 Před 2 lety +13

      frighteningly easy? try translating Cicero

    • @Personaje123
      @Personaje123 Před 2 lety +1

      @@marcuscicero9587 most people don't want to become translators

    • @marcuscicero9587
      @marcuscicero9587 Před 2 lety +6

      I am one of those oddballs that fell into Latin while helping my sons with the subject through high school. wound up getting a tutor I dug it so much. the tutor and I got through a little over half of a college text "Moreland and Fleisher" when I had to withdraw. the text had gotten to some harcore, real Latin, a letter of Marcus Cicero. I spent a coupla days on one paragraph, about 20 lines and became overwhelmed. actually that 20 line paragraph was a single sentence 20 lines long. still love dabbling in the grammar. a very structured beautiful language. I must say that my 3 years of study did not go in vain. it made me read and write and think more critically. best wishes on your Latin study. I initially secured a copy of "Moreland and Fleisher: Latin an Intensive Course" as a reference text to use in assisting my boys, and then later approached the book as a course of study. as this is a fairly modern text I found explanations less burdensome than most Latin grammars, many of which were printed in the early 20th century.

    • @diogomm710
      @diogomm710 Před 2 lety +1

      @@marcuscicero9587 I'll keep your experience in mind! Thank you :)
      I'll might save Cicero for later after your advice

  • @SuperTommox
    @SuperTommox Před 2 lety +254

    This is just beautiful. I'm going to petition the italian government to hire and make more of latin video in historical place.
    I often thought that would be amazing to visit a roman/Greek temple built just like it was. Just like that restaurant is a reconstruction of an actual Roman restaurant.

  • @fortunaaudacesiuvat
    @fortunaaudacesiuvat Před 2 lety +73

    Vesuvius: Quid? Haven't heard that in a while

    • @rjhwinner0315
      @rjhwinner0315 Před 2 lety +15

      Also Vesuvius: *Im gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move*

    • @aerden2
      @aerden2 Před 2 lety

      @Koroljeva (To Vesuvius): "And whose fault is that, hm?"

  • @joeleriksen3838
    @joeleriksen3838 Před 2 lety +316

    Even in Welsh we get Latin words from the Roman occupation of Britain like “eglwys” “mêl” and “ffenestr” the impact of the Romans was absolutely incredible

    • @therat1117
      @therat1117 Před 2 lety +9

      Mae mêl yn gair Cymraeg - os o Lladin, bydden ni'n dweud fe fel 'mil' fel yn Lladin.

    • @Mercure250
      @Mercure250 Před 2 lety +71

      Actually, "mêl" is Celtic. The resemblance with the Latin word comes from the fact the word in both languages has a common ancestry through Proto-Indo-European, rather than borrowing.

    • @joeleriksen3838
      @joeleriksen3838 Před 2 lety +8

      Oh damn do’n i ddim yn gwybod hynny! Dyma pam mae ieithoedd yn mor ddiddirol

    • @unknownzzz5115
      @unknownzzz5115 Před 2 lety +13

      I’ll take a guess: ffenestr=window (almost identical in Italian), eglwys=church? (Looks like the Latin word “ecclesia”), mêl=apple? (it is called “mela” in Italian so…)

    • @therat1117
      @therat1117 Před 2 lety +12

      @@unknownzzz5115 Your guess isn't that bad, but is wrong, as both I and the Sais-splainer above are talking about. Whilst 'ffenestr' is 'fenestrum' and 'eglwys' is 'ecclesia', 'mêl' is from Proto-Celtic 'melis', which means 'honey'. It is unrelated to Latin 'melum', our word meaning 'apple' is 'afal' which is also a native word and unrelated to 'apple'

  • @WeyounSix
    @WeyounSix Před 2 lety +175

    Dude idk how you do it. Besides the fact that you engage great in the comment section, you somehow manage to make Latin interesting to me. I’m not saying it’s dull, just that it’s something I never considered that I had any interest in, but your content really makes it a more normalized thing for me and makes me appreciate the Latin used around me all the time. Really cool stuff.

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +16

      Very kind! (Have I told you I love your DS9 reference account name?) I'm really glad you like the content. Much much more to come!

    • @WeyounSix
      @WeyounSix Před 2 lety +7

      @@polyMATHY_Luke yes! Haha. Love DS9.
      By the way, I hear that Sardinian is even closer to Latin than standard Italian, at least based on the language families listed on Wikipedia. Ever thought of trying to speak Latin there? Thanks for the great content! Can’t forget this is free for us and a lot of work for you so I appreciate the hard work, keep it up my friend.

    • @WeyounSix
      @WeyounSix Před 2 lety +1

      @@cicolas_nage I'm sure he wouldn't regret it. Saw some photos online, it has to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth!

    • @Teverell
      @Teverell Před 2 lety +1

      I don't think they speak Latin in the Gamma Quadrant...

    • @alexd832
      @alexd832 Před 2 lety

      @@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 why?

  • @MiScusi69
    @MiScusi69 Před 2 lety +25

    I'm Italian and I started a month ago my first year of high school! I already fell in love with Latin, it's so beautiful! At the moment it's one of my favourite subjects (even though it's quite difficult)!

  • @rtam7097
    @rtam7097 Před 2 lety +11

    0:47 Sanskrit: Mama nāma stephano asti

  • @alpacamale2909
    @alpacamale2909 Před 2 lety +15

    I'm from Gran Canaria and I've had enough with active volcanoes lol, might visit Pompeii someday.

  • @iuscr3god
    @iuscr3god Před 2 lety +173

    Time traveler and disaster survivor Latin man revisits his own home.

  • @FannomacritaireSuomi
    @FannomacritaireSuomi Před 2 lety +12

    I've never before heard this good Italian/Latin pronunciation from Americans 😳😳

  • @Vevxo
    @Vevxo Před 2 lety +21

    I just graduated high school, this is my first time seeing Latin being spoken conversationally today. I would’ve loved to share this with my Latin teacher.

  • @JustRolly
    @JustRolly Před 2 lety +51

    I tuoi video sono davvero uno spettacolo puro. Questa volta, un gruppo di ragazzi che chiacchierano in latino nel bel mezzo del patrimonio culturale di Pompei, semplicemente meraviglioso! Penso che ci siano davvero poche altre cose così belle e interessanti su CZcams! Non smettere mai per favore! ❤️🙏

  •  Před 2 lety +10

    Muchas gracias por difundir el latín. Soy argentino, desciendo de lombardos, normandos y germanos y se entiende sorprendentemente bien. Abrazos desde la Patagonia.

  • @honda_maniac
    @honda_maniac Před 2 lety +12

    didn't know that "to like" in romanian is from latin and "plăcut" is the same tense and almost the same form as latin "placuit". that's why I love the videos

    • @empyrionin
      @empyrionin Před 2 lety +1

      Goes for a lot of things..
      Futuit* for example :D

    • @honda_maniac
      @honda_maniac Před 2 lety +2

      @@empyrionin is futut. I know a lot of them because I'm native to romanian

    • @jaredvale
      @jaredvale Před 3 měsíci

      Well it's ROMANian for a reason

  • @gzhang207
    @gzhang207 Před 2 lety +10

    It must be an incredible experience to read the original writings.

  • @MusaPedestris
    @MusaPedestris Před 2 lety +69

    Pulcherrimuuuuum!!! O quam pulchrae memoriae! Nos omnes Pompeiis! :D Praesertim mihi placuit caupona! Et inscriptiones :D Gratias, quod tam pulchram pelliculam nostrae finis septimanae fecisti!

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +12

      Summō et mihi gaudiō sānē! Mīrābiliter īnstar imāginis “Saphūs” Pompeiānae etiam vidēbāris ad cēnam ad phōtographēma quod Stephanus cēpit. Et tam lepidum tempus in vīcīs antīquīs!
      Mox rūrsus omnēs ūnā ita faciēmus!

    • @MusaPedestris
      @MusaPedestris Před 2 lety +6

      @@polyMATHY_Luke Ahaha, non dissentio! praesertim in hac pellicula sat instar eius videor :) Oh, non tempero, quin plura itinera faciamus! sed ah, cur tam miram et insanam faciem praebeo 5:50 ?!?!? Deliras, Marina!

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +3

      Hahae, nōn īnsānam! cūriōsam dīcam! 😃

    • @MusaPedestris
      @MusaPedestris Před 2 lety +2

      @@polyMATHY_Luke curiosa fui!! est maxime interessante vobiscum versari et de pulcherrimis rebus ut de linguis colloqui! 😍

  • @PASTRAMIKick
    @PASTRAMIKick Před 2 lety +55

    Es muy raro como si entiendo perfectamente a veces, pero otras veces no entiendo absolutamente nada, de igual forma me da gusto que el Latin sigue vivo de alguna manera u otra.

    • @noaholivercedillo3461
      @noaholivercedillo3461 Před 2 lety +5

      Et yo egual

    • @tewkewl
      @tewkewl Před 2 lety +5

      Exactamente!

    • @lemomannmusicproductions4074
      @lemomannmusicproductions4074 Před 2 lety +7

      Também entendo algumas coisas, mas algumas palavras bem recorrentes como "tibi", "etiam" e outras quebram a, digamos, compreensão natural da língua. Aí é necessário entendimento e interpretação em latim propriamente dito para compreender o que se diz

    • @fabioraimondi9824
      @fabioraimondi9824 Před 2 lety +2

      A rare original idea to speak latin in a magic place like Pompei It should be more studied in schools It Is not only the language of a culture which shaped western world but an incredible mental exercise based on latin language logic

    • @Olsjaz
      @Olsjaz Před 2 lety +1

      Nosotros los que hablamos derivados de la lengua Latín, somos los que deberíamos que saberlo o por lo menos tenerlo en nuestras escuelas o colegios, para aprende de donde viene nuestro idioma. Pueda que esté «muerta» pero es por lo mismo que no se enseña y por lo tanto no se practica; y no se habla.

  • @mannyzx1
    @mannyzx1 Před 2 lety +91

    Ok this is weird. I speak Spanish and if I only listen I pick up about 25%. If I read the subtitles (the Latin ones) I’m probably at 85% if not a bit higher.
    The best way I can describe it, while I’m reading Latin the Latin subtitles, and at the same listening to them speak latin, it feels instinctual. Like something familiar inside of me is being drawn out. “I’ve been here before”.

    • @kennytrcka7085
      @kennytrcka7085 Před 10 měsíci +1

      All of us, native Romance language speakers, carry the Latin linguistic DNA in our neurons.

  • @cleitondecarvalho431
    @cleitondecarvalho431 Před 2 lety +13

    Man, that level of fluency. !

  •  Před 2 lety +43

    I’m a spanish speaker who has never studied Latin, and I find it easier to understand than I thought. Some words are similar to ancient spanish words and even to some less used synonyms of actual spanish. On the other hand, speaking would be deffinetly harder but a spanish-latin conversation could be possible and get most of the points.

    • @rodrigoguzmanloreto3350
      @rodrigoguzmanloreto3350 Před 2 lety

      True

    • @giuseppebordonaro365
      @giuseppebordonaro365 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Spagnolo = latino

    • @tylere.8436
      @tylere.8436 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Spain had a rather conservative upbringing in the Latin language after Rome fell for a few centuries, they even were more conservative than the Latin speakers in Italy; that is until the Moors took over most of the peninsula. Isidor of Seville was the last classical scholar during visigothic times.

    • @kennytrcka7085
      @kennytrcka7085 Před 10 měsíci +1

      La pronunciación de las vocales en latin es mucho más fácil para nosotros los que hablamos español e italiano que para los que hablan francés o portugués.

  • @antoineduchamp4931
    @antoineduchamp4931 Před 2 lety +25

    So wonderful to see you all speaking Latin in a fully ancient Roman setting... I have wondered all my life how ancient Latin actually sounded, and you have given me so much by speaking Latin so fluently... I enjoy all of your videos.

    • @dado9851
      @dado9851 Před 2 lety

      This kind of Latin was not used around the streets though, normal people would‘ve spoken Vulgar Latin. Only people who could afford an education learnt Classical Latin

  • @noaholivercedillo3461
    @noaholivercedillo3461 Před 2 lety +22

    I can understand what they are saying In Latin about like 50 percent of the time it’s so insane to me i absolutely love love languages such art

    • @serchamaco22
      @serchamaco22 Před 2 lety

      Siiiiii se logra entender casi que la mitad, es muy increíble :333

  • @KurtColville
    @KurtColville Před rokem +4

    Incredible. Wonderful to see Latin come alive in everyday conversation and the history of Pompeii.

  • @giammaishere3060
    @giammaishere3060 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful video as always. Grazie

  • @larrygocha7644
    @larrygocha7644 Před 2 lety +15

    This is absolutely wonderful. Pure gold, again!

  • @evertoncosta173
    @evertoncosta173 Před 2 lety +11

    Seus vídeos são riquíssimos, um verdadeiro tesouro para quem quer aprender Latim. Thank you so much!!

  • @jalicea1650
    @jalicea1650 Před rokem +7

    As a Spanish speaker it's funny that I could understand so much of what was being said. I took Latin in High School, and I'm fascinated by the whole conversation. Even though I barely remember my Latin classes. I could understand the language. Guess most Romance language speakers can understand and follow along with a Latin conversation.

    • @guillermorivas7819
      @guillermorivas7819 Před rokem +6

      Latin has that fascinating effect on us Spanish-speakers. It sounds like Spanish yet also like Italian, yet it doesn't sound foreign at all. It just sounds like an older version of something much older. And essentially that's what it is.

  • @hankwilliams150
    @hankwilliams150 Před 2 lety

    One of the more fascinating videos I have seen in a LONG time! Thanks!

  • @BobTheTrueCactus
    @BobTheTrueCactus Před rokem +2

    It's an absolute joy to watch this video. Real conversations in Latin with subtitles (I'll learn from those) in such a fantastic place. Awesome!

  • @micheleferretto7079
    @micheleferretto7079 Před 2 lety +3

    Very nice editing on this video also!

  • @hippocrates72
    @hippocrates72 Před rokem +3

    When we (a group of Mexicans) visited Rome and Venice, we spoke Spanish, the Italiens replied in Italian - and we understood each other just well.

    • @25mbl1995
      @25mbl1995 Před 6 měsíci

      Of course, because they are Italians and Italian is the language they speak.
      🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

  • @izabelajugovac4881
    @izabelajugovac4881 Před 2 lety

    absolutely amazing!! LOVE IT !!

  • @velvetunderpants44
    @velvetunderpants44 Před rokem

    Love the concept

  • @billaros1338
    @billaros1338 Před 2 lety +17

    Man that was surprising. I'm Greek and I honestly understand more when you guys speak Latin than Italian.

    • @obabas80
      @obabas80 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s interesting right? I’ve no knowledge of Latin either, but speak modern Greek. All of the ‘us’ word endings in Latin for example, remind me of modern Greek rather than Italian which has a tendency to end in vowels. Latin just sounds more “related” to Greek by ear alone.

    • @mcds6307
      @mcds6307 Před 2 lety +1

      @@obabas80 also ζάχαρη and μέλι. It was surprisingly understandable and I speak neither Latin nor Italian

    • @Coregame3
      @Coregame3 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mcds6307 sugar is from sanskrit, the other is indo european

    • @VoidLantadd
      @VoidLantadd Před 4 měsíci

      Are there many Latin loanwords in Greek? I know Roman law for many centuries was in Greek but with tons of Latin loanwords.

  • @lukaszrovski175
    @lukaszrovski175 Před 2 lety +9

    I'm just an Italian engineering student, did some latin in high school and I could understand every part of this video without even looking at the subtitles.
    I speak three Romance languages though: Italian, Spanish and Romagnolo (a northern Italian dialect)

  • @greylock1959
    @greylock1959 Před rokem +1

    This is very satisfying to watch. Bravo 👏

  • @gregoryjames6051
    @gregoryjames6051 Před 2 lety

    What a fun video! I really enjoyed this. Thank you for putting this out there. It must be fun to go read ancient writings in a historic part of the world.

  • @chiaramariafiorentino2751

    How I wish that Italian schools could make the learning of the Latin language this interesting and active. I'm attending the fifth year of Liceo and latin has always been my most hated subject due to its grammatical hostilities. Translating old texts can be so difficult sometimes. Watching this video made me realise how much fun could it be, being actually able to use the language. It's time to renovate our old methods!

  • @juliocesarrodriguez4919
    @juliocesarrodriguez4919 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you so so much for sharing these videos...Pompei my next destination and Latin my next language to learn. Thanks again.

  • @robmartin217
    @robmartin217 Před rokem +1

    Great video series

  • @johankaewberg8162
    @johankaewberg8162 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Here in Sweden we had a TV show called “Fråga Lund” (Ask the professors). One audience member asked if we can really know how Latin was pronounced. The professor fielding the question immediately switched to Latin, and went into a 5 minute lecture amounting to “Yes” 😊

  • @ThjeshtLife
    @ThjeshtLife Před 2 lety +12

    Language is the expression of thought and reasoning, and watching and listening people speaking Latin in Pompeii while visiting these places was a very fascinating insight into who were the people walking those same streets back far into the mists of time.

    • @sleepyjo9340
      @sleepyjo9340 Před 2 lety

      Latin seems so strong and direct such as German. Perhaps culturally, that's evy the two butted heads. But alas, Latins where no match for them.

  • @riccardop2006
    @riccardop2006 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sei bravissimo! 💪

  • @RavenioTheHatamoto
    @RavenioTheHatamoto Před 2 lety

    Great video as always. The atmosphere in that "caupona" looked magic, like being thrown back in time!

  • @PuPpEt-
    @PuPpEt- Před 2 lety +3

    Ma non ci credo, conosco Claudia! Abbiamo studiato cinese insieme a Beijing alla Yuyan Daxue (BLCU) nel 2007 e la trovo qui nel tuo video Luke :)
    Fantastic video as always!

  • @BFDT-4
    @BFDT-4 Před 2 lety +5

    I was in Caupona when I was there. I specifically headed there to appreciate their recreations of ancient Roman cuisine! It was a lot of fun, except since was the only one at my table, a bit lonely. I would have loved to share a table with some others! Like these folks!

  • @osvaldoolmeda2684
    @osvaldoolmeda2684 Před 2 lety +1

    This video was great!

  • @rockysullivan4097
    @rockysullivan4097 Před 2 lety +1

    Your video is really really good! Vale!

  • @Sk0lzky
    @Sk0lzky Před 2 lety +4

    That italian-latin transition was so smooth if I didn't know anything about either I wouldn't notice :D

  • @MrMattpnk
    @MrMattpnk Před 2 lety +3

    Davide, Linguriosa and you are the best!!

  • @justoliver77
    @justoliver77 Před 2 lety

    This is really wonderful, well made video Luke ^^

  • @jpilegaaard1278
    @jpilegaaard1278 Před 3 měsíci

    This so great to watch wow the talents..I studied Latin in school so it brings back memories..we read the comic tin tin in Latin

  • @TheHollowBodiesBand
    @TheHollowBodiesBand Před 2 lety +7

    I had to get Latin, Italian and English in this video being a native Spanish speaker. I love you all!

  • @salghy
    @salghy Před 2 lety +5

    years ago, in Italy, people tried to teach Latin as if it were a normal foreign language. Even today there are some very famous texts with which to learn Latin as if it were a spoken language. I studied Latin in high school and we talked it in class with the Latin and Greek teacher.

  • @shaidrim
    @shaidrim Před 2 lety +2

    Really cool. Surprisingly I was able to understand 90% of all you and your friends said, even if I never studied it, but it sounded amazingly close to Italian.

  • @MrHermes3331
    @MrHermes3331 Před 2 lety

    Really great video, Pompeii is so awesome and that restaurant is quite interesting as well

  • @tlacorp.3813
    @tlacorp.3813 Před 2 lety +4

    Proof that Italian speakers are the Real Latin people as was always known but too often forgotten. Great video.

  • @thomashughes4859
    @thomashughes4859 Před 2 lety +191

    Poly, have you ever heard Duolingo's Latin pronunciation? Is it "authentic"? Would LUUUV a vid on that deal.

    • @ErickeTR
      @ErickeTR Před 2 lety +33

      That heavy english accent made me drop it lol

    • @Glossologia
      @Glossologia Před 2 lety +59

      It's pretty meh. No attempt to reflect vowel length for instance.

    • @guardianofthehill
      @guardianofthehill Před 2 lety +34

      That's the first time i've ever heard someone adress Luke Ranieri as Poly ever in the comment section. Curious.

    • @thomashughes4859
      @thomashughes4859 Před 2 lety +17

      @@guardianofthehill He's a Polymath. 💯

    • @guardianofthehill
      @guardianofthehill Před 2 lety +16

      @@thomashughes4859 I know, but using the abreviation "Poly" like a nickname is just something rather unique. Not bad or weird, just unique.

  • @umbertomaresca6192
    @umbertomaresca6192 Před 2 lety

    sooo fascinating..grazie infinite

  • @HeWhoComments
    @HeWhoComments Před 2 lety +1

    Super cool video!

  • @Goenie2005
    @Goenie2005 Před rokem +2

    I don't even speak Italian, let alone any romance language or Latin, but I do enjoy these videos to see modern people see and hear having conversations in a language that somehow intrigues lots of us. Well done👏

  • @lauscardi7007
    @lauscardi7007 Před 2 lety +4

    The fact that as an Italian I did not have to look at the subtitles to understand what they were saying even if it’s only been two years since I started learning Latin shocked me- like I didn’t even notice until I was like “Oh, there’s also subtitles?”

  • @paulreymer6439
    @paulreymer6439 Před 2 lety

    This is awesome!!!

  • @ashagon
    @ashagon Před 2 lety

    Very impressive and enjoyable to watch.

  • @brunogiovannini2180
    @brunogiovannini2180 Před 2 lety +39

    When will we enjoy a meeting between Polymathy and Metatron?

    • @tewkewl
      @tewkewl Před 2 lety +4

      That would be righteous!

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +13

      I hope so one day! He's a great fellow

    • @greywuuf
      @greywuuf Před 2 lety

      @@polyMATHY_Luke he is as of this comment spending some time in the South of the US. (Metetron )

  • @anselmdanker9519
    @anselmdanker9519 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you, marvellous.Did the walls speak back after 2000 years .

  • @shellyharry8189
    @shellyharry8189 Před 2 lety +1

    that ristorante looked awesome!

  • @riccardop2006
    @riccardop2006 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Ci sono stato il mese scorso quando ho visitato Pompei, davvero un buon ristorante! Grazie per avermelo fatto scoprire 😀

  • @Kekoapono
    @Kekoapono Před 2 lety +4

    I’m surprised by how much Latin I can understand just because of my classical music training in which I sang quite a lot of Latin text, ranging from liturgical texts to the poetry of Carmina Burana as presented in Carl Orff’s masterwork (along with some Middle German!). However, I am absolutely unable to speak Latin myself. Likewise with other languages I studied, by the end of the course I was much more proficient in understanding the language spoken to me than I was in speaking the language myself. Ah, such are the problems associated with learning a language in high school and university.

  • @jjsouza538
    @jjsouza538 Před 2 lety +10

    Waiting for "US guy speaking Old Tupi with Brazilians".

  • @Diogolindir
    @Diogolindir Před rokem

    Loved the video. It makes me imagine that you guys are romans from other parts of the empire that went to visit Pompeii :) lovely

  • @marci8235
    @marci8235 Před 2 lety

    Ciao
    Mi chiamo Marci. Sono ungharese e studio italiano da un anno. Ho appena trovato il tuo canale dall' Italia antica. I tuoi video sono molto interssanti! Congratulazione!

  • @kianbautista1016
    @kianbautista1016 Před 2 lety +3

    That’s a sweet poem near the end.
    “Lovers, like bees, enjoy a life as sweet as honey.”

    • @Diasbrunette
      @Diasbrunette Před 2 lety

      It is, I thought the exact same thing . Love it.

  • @TheSaltube
    @TheSaltube Před 2 lety +3

    Fantástico. Excelente vídeo. Como lusofalante entendo mais de latim, quando se colocam os subtítulos. Todavia, só com a línguagem falada, entendo pouco.

  • @aquilifergroup
    @aquilifergroup Před 2 lety

    You are the man. Well done

  • @TheIronweed-vx5lg
    @TheIronweed-vx5lg Před rokem +1

    This is so interesting!

  • @65fhd4d6h5
    @65fhd4d6h5 Před 2 lety +4

    I can't believe I missed that restaurant when I went to Pompeii. 😭

  • @ErickeTR
    @ErickeTR Před 2 lety +5

    Finally we got to see you and Marina in a collab!

    • @MusaPedestris
      @MusaPedestris Před 2 lety +2

      Happy to hear that! 🙂We already did some Lives together on Scorpio Martianus and some short videos in my channel! And there will be more 🙂

  • @flaviopitanga65
    @flaviopitanga65 Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing. I can’t wait to visit Pompeii

  • @francescospiga7669
    @francescospiga7669 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Love the Magic Flute clips!

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks! Yeah I use it as the theme music for the channel

    • @francescospiga7669
      @francescospiga7669 Před 8 měsíci

      @@polyMATHY_Luke OT: expecto tua commenta - si iam non fecisti - super dialogos græcos in ultima pellicola Indianæ Johannis! 😉

  • @Pavel_grodman
    @Pavel_grodman Před 2 lety +39

    1:10 his pronunciation is absolutely perfect how can an American speak Italian like this

    • @jackscara3902
      @jackscara3902 Před 2 lety +4

      Se non sbaglio lui ha origini italiane

    • @Kinotaurus
      @Kinotaurus Před 2 lety +6

      Suoi genitori sono Italiani.

    • @bededaventiquattro2073
      @bededaventiquattro2073 Před 2 lety +12

      @@jackscara3902 no, i suoi nonni paterni erano italiani, lui ha imparato l'italiano da adulto

    • @jb_1971
      @jb_1971 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jackscara3902 Yes, but as far as I know he learned Italian only as an adult.

    • @Glossologia
      @Glossologia Před 2 lety +21

      Luke is very interested in phonology/pronunciation and has put a lot of effort into having a good accent. It is possible for anyone with enough time and effort to learn to pronounce another language with very little accent :-)

  • @israellara89
    @israellara89 Před 2 lety +8

    Lingua latina optima est.

  • @JoutenShin
    @JoutenShin Před 2 lety

    Magno video!

  • @LostParadise_
    @LostParadise_ Před 2 lety +1

    It's amazing to hear another language being spoken. Truly mind blowing. I took spanish for 7 years through 7th grade to 12th, and a year in college, but hardly anything ever stuck. It didn't help that I didn't have much interest in learning the language, but it was still pretty darn difficult.

  • @EcoleLibre
    @EcoleLibre Před 2 lety +3

    Zut ! J'ai raté cette taverne (imitée des antiques tavernae) quand j,ai visité Pompéi il y a deux ans en famille. J'y aurais bien mangé !

  • @nvaranavage
    @nvaranavage Před 2 lety +11

    I have started learning Italian, about a month and a half ago, one of the interesting things i learned is that we shouldn't only be offering Spanish, and French in schools, but Latin and Italian first. Latin is the basis of all romance languages, and Italian came directly from Latin and all other romance languages from Italian......teach Latin and Italian and they unlock the other languages to be learned and understood easier.......wish I had known that much earlier in life.

  • @YuckTradingCo
    @YuckTradingCo Před 2 lety +2

    That is straight up the raddest idea for a restaurant I've seen in a long time. Theming can often times get distracting and tacky to a degree, but this place looks friggin amazing. Hope to visit some day!

  • @frankj.artino2203
    @frankj.artino2203 Před 2 lety +2

    Very pleased you are keeping the ancient Latin language alive! Bravo! Se Benediga

  • @eldruidacosmico
    @eldruidacosmico Před 2 lety +3

    No es difícil entender el Latín si hablas Español, especialmente porque la pronunciación de uds. es clara.

  • @guillermorivas7819
    @guillermorivas7819 Před 2 lety +8

    @2:14, Claudia responded to you in Spanish at this point. I also noticed that "mihi nomen est" was pronounced as "mi nomen est" which sounded more like Spanish "mi nombre es".
    Making Latin conversational and basic will help bring all kinds of speakers to want to learn again.

    • @polyMATHY_Luke
      @polyMATHY_Luke  Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed! Yes, she spontaneously responded in Spanish too which was great. Spoken Latin can sound a lot like Spanish to Italians, so if they know some Spanish they feel like they should respond in Spanish.

    • @guillermorivas7819
      @guillermorivas7819 Před 2 lety +1

      @@polyMATHY_Luke , Awesome. I didn't know that but it makes sense. Indeed Spanish can sound like Latin due to the sibilant s endings, conjugated verbs, and 5 simple vowels.
      Why did y'all say "mi" instead of "mihi"? Was this an informal contraction when speaking Latin? Most likely that's how Spanish inherited mi from mihi.

  • @bloodedlunacy8538
    @bloodedlunacy8538 Před 9 měsíci

    I'm from Portugal and studied latin translation as well in highschool but never heard it being spoken fluently in real situations and contexts. This is so magical to me.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @maixonmaxfull
    @maixonmaxfull Před 2 lety

    Amazing content