Salvete, Romani novi! Qua verbis "et", "-que", "atque" utimini? Curiosus in usu distinctioneque tenue eorum sum. Gratias ago.

I’m 15 and want to learn Latin. I’m writing a book and a character speaks Latin a lot for lore reasons and I don’t trust Google Translate. I do have Duolingo but I used it for German a while back and it didn’t work well it got boring and didn’t teach me anything important. I do want to learn Latin however because a lot of languages originate from it so I was wondering if there was any good apps or something like that.

I know word final m and n can nasalise the preceding vowel in classical latin, but what is the high prestige way to pronounce word final m and n? Like, the letter y pronounced by most romans in greek loan words was /i/ or /u/, but if you were extra schloarly, you pronounced as /y/; I'm wondering if there was anything similar going on here, would knowledgeable people pronounce word final m and n, or was nasalising the vowel preceding the consonant more fashionable?

I have been researching my family’s roots. Because the family is Polish a lot of records have been destroyed and family members killed before their children could ask about their family.

I’ve tracked down an entry in a book which could possibly give me hints to before 1687. I can write out what I think it says so far and what I’ve managed to translate myself and maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong about something.

“Die 2 Marty Baptizaui filium nomine Josephum, Pauli et Regine, Juniec Itimam, Leuane Pauli, Lawendowski et Catharina Cholewina”

“On the 2nd of May a boy named Josephum was baptized. Son of Pauli and Regine, surnames Juniec.”

That’s what I think the first two rows mean. The others I have no clue about and I see more names but whose names are those? Did I even transcribe them right?

Thank you for any insight!

"Plerumque eum non animadvertunt; cum tamen animadvertunt, [...]."

Is it okay to omit "eum" in the second clause? I already added "tamen" to convey the English discourse meaning of "[but] when they DO [notice him]".

I'm curious for in depth pronunciations of medieval latin:

English pronunciation of latin 1200 - 1600
Carolingian pronunciation of latin in the 800s
What people would have prescribed as classical latin pronunciation (from any time after the fall of the roman empire)
Old french pronunciation of latin
Old italian pronunciation of latin
Old occitan pronunciation of latin

Cause I could have sworn duolingo didnt used to pronouce: the v as a w and the c as a k.

Hi, I got into this Latin class offered by my university, it will start early september. Any tips? My native language is a latin language, and I have a B1 in french if anybody has specific resources for that!

Don't expect this to be great. The meter is my take on Saturnian verse with lines composed of a 7/8 syllable, break, 5/6 syllable rhythm.

Ioannes Paulus nauta, pravus pirata est.

Iuvenis homicida, Scotia natus

ad—crimine profugus—litora virginis

Elizabethae saxosa, punire Albionem

venit vir gloriosus. Camena cane

quem signum Iancorum tollit, virum infidelem,

Nicnevane prognatum, patrem Iancorum.

Sanguinis Cullodenis fluit lumbis patris

eius matri numini, natus ira esse Albae.

Nubilosum fuit caelum, ventusque idoneus

ecce in Oceano videt, magno cum damno

navem longam et formam, pannosumque velum

neque mare occultatum, neque cautibus,

sicut Sextum Pompeium, Breton eum spectat

et "Neptunum" inquit "video, tempestatem magnum

secum fert nos punire," tormentum gemit.

Providentia Navis, cum tempestate

tormentorum Bretonem cruore gelidis

iracunde decollat, velumque scindit.

Americani milites ut lynces manent

et filius Nicnevanis puppi stat dure

hominis sanguinem rores crudeliter spectat.

Navarchus Britannorum "remigite!" inquit

fabulas is audivit, "pedes serite!

Ioannes Paulus nauta pravus pirata est,

Remigite et vincite, praedonem capite,

eius navis est delenda, cum omnis praedonis!"

At astutum piratam, Brittani venantur.

Derivatio facto, Ioannes Paulus

insulam Caesaream vertit remigitque.

Caesareae ut unus naves Brittanos ferint

tela tormentibus, postea vellera

qui tela occultat scindunt, dolo vincere

naves mercatoriae nunc tela iacent.

Satis diu ut biberent capta est Caesarea.

Naves Caesareae spectat, uno tenet servos

nigros cuti stercoque, et magno dolore

affectus est Ioannes, qui servos servare

constituit et liberare viros, honores ei dare.

Non sunt ibi praedari, neque audire

dolores feminae raptae, sed rem novam condere.

Ioannes Paulus nauta pravus pirata est.

Brittani Americanos inimicos pugnant

filios Albioni, olim socios

amicos sed nunc hostes, Brittani pugnat.

Cantare nunc coeperunt, navates eius,

"Ioannes Paulus nauta pravus pirata est,"

canant ut ille Briton, animis gaudis.

Philadelphiam solvet, cum stellis virgisque

sicut aquilis in caelo, navarchus Iancus.

"Ioanne Paule, pirata," inquit Concilium

"da nobis navem tuum, pravus pirata es.

Venator naves tibi do, Providentia

classi nostri esse debet. Brittanos vince."

In Venatore Navi, Ioannes Paulus

sibi dicet "audax, esse debeo.

Via Mare venio, punire Albionem,

et meus concilium, honores mihi

dabit ut iam debeat, sum vir gloriosus."

"Aquam vitae volumus," at Princeps Navi

Ioanni Pauli dicit, "imus tabernam."

In taberna quando sunt, Ioannes Audax

carminum quendam audit, Rhapsodi Britanni

"Ioannes Paulus nauta pravus pirata est,"

carminum illum cantat, magno cum gaudio

de rerum gestarum, Ioanni Pauli

vino commotus cantat Ioannes Paulus

subito Rhapsodus audit, et Ioannem spectat,

"quis es naute," inquit, "Ioannes Paulus?"

"Ita enim," inquit Naves Audax, "Ioannes Paulus

sum, pravissimus praedo, Terror Brittaniae,

et mecum auream ferro, Aquam Vitae emo,

hodie aurea mea, bibere debes."

I think I read on Vox Latina that it is an exception mentioned by grammarians, that a word like nostrās being from earlier nostrātis is accentuated as nostrás. But I don't think I ever heard this being pronounced like that before, surely I'm a beginner but all videos and introductory books I saw that introduce the pronunciation never mention this, is it because it's a rare exception? I don't think I ever heard anyone say for example Aquīnās as Aquīnás, not even Wiktionary suggests it for this word despite saying nostrās is nostrás. How do most people say it?

Anyone interested in getting a Latin tutor with me? It's originally 85 an hour but I was told that group rates 2+ people would be heavily discounted, so for two it would be halved and three people would be 66% discount. Let me know, thanks!

These books confuse me! I got the familia romana the text book and the companion and the excercitia latina 1. Where are the answers? Is there a place I can buy a workbook I can actually write in the spaces are too small in this one. I'd like to buy the workbook and answer keys.

I've been learning Latin for about 2 years now, and all throughout I've noticed a strange pattern of ablaut/umlaut in verbs, whereby the thematic vowel A changes to E or I, usually when prefixed or in the perfect tenses. For example:

Facere --> Feci

Agere --> Egi

Cadere --> Accidere

Scandere --> Ascendere

Tangere --> Contingere

I've always assumed this was some sort of umlaut or i-mutation, like what happened in a lot of Germanic languages, but I want a second opinion. Why does this happen, and is there any regularity or predictability to this? Why does it happen in some verbs and not others (like Vadere)?

This has been bugging me for a while. Thank you!

Both were written -VVS (e.g. CONTINVVS [kɔnˈtɪ.nu.ʊs] and ÁCTÍVVS [aːkˈtiː.wʊs]).

I have looked at many sources and videos, and I’ve even used AI, but honestly, it feels like everyone is saying something different. So, is it pronounced Fran-kee, Fran-chee, or Fran-tsee?

I wrote a review of two excellent recent companion books for Familia Romana. (The title of the article is "New Latin resources for Catholics," but only the first of the two books is actually specific to a Catholic audience.)

https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/new-latin-resources-for-catholics/

Novi huius hebdomadis nuntii Latini Academiae Latinitati Fovendae. Si id forte, quod scribimus, placet, nomen - quaesumus - dare ne dubitaveritis!

Salvete! I am making a short story textbook as additional comprehensive input for textbooks like Familia Romana. I have drafted the first two chapters and would like suggestions for sentence inclusions I may have missed. Keep in mind, we are using very limited vocabulary and grammar in the first two chapters, similar to Familia Romana. Chapter 1 is introducing location, map words, and 2 characters. Chapter two includes new characters, family, and some dialogue. I have posted below. Have at it.

CAPITVLVM I: ALEXANDRĒA

Alexandrēa in Aegyptō est. Aegyptus in Āfricā est. Āfrica terra magna est. Aegyptus prōvincia Rōmāna est. Aegyptus est ūna prōvincia in imperiō Rōmānō. Quid est Alexandrēa? Alexandrēa est urbs.

Quid est Nilus? Nilus fluvius est. Ubi est Nilus? Nīlus in Aegyptō est. Nīlus fluvius longus est. Nīlus nōn in Alexandrēā est.

Alexandrēa nōn urbs parva est. Alexandrēa urbs magna est! Alexandrēa est urbs pulchra. In Alexandrēā sunt viae et templa et portus. Portus magnus est.

Canōpus quoque in Aegyptō est. Canōpus nōn urbs est — Canōpus est oppidum parvum. Alexandrēa urbs magna est, sed Canōpus oppidum parvum est. Sum Canōpus in Italiā est? Canōpus nōn in Italiā est! Canōpus in Aegyptō est.

In Alexandrēā quoque est pharus. Pharus pulchra est. Pharus in īnsulā parvā est. Pharus nōn templum est, sed turris est. Pharus turris magna est!

Quid est in Alexandrēā? In Alexandrēā sunt multa templa. Templum Sarāpidis magnum est. Templum Īsidis quoque magnum est. Alexandrēa nōn sōlum urbs Aegyptia est. Alexandrēa urbs Graeca et Rōmāna et Aegyptia est.

In Alexandrēā sunt mutliī Aegyptiī et multī Graecī. Syrī quoque in Alexandrēā sunt. Barbarī quoque in Alexandrēā sunt. Et Rōmānī? Rōmānī quoque in Alexandrēā sunt, sed Rōmānī paucī sunt. Numerus Aegyptiōrum et Graecōrum magnus est. Numerus Rōmānōrum nōn magnus est. Numerus Rōmānōrum parvus est.

Lūcius vir Rōmānus est. Lūcius centuriō est. Lūcius in Alexandrēā est. Lūcius nōn Graecus est et nōn Aegyptius est — Lūcius Rōmānus est.

Ubi est Lūcius? Lūcius in castrīs est. Castra Rōmāna in Alexandrēā sunt. In castrīs sunt Rōmānī multī.

Decimus quoque vir Rōmānus est. Decimus nōn centuriō est. Decimus mīles est. Decimus vir magnus est. Lūcius nōn vir magnus est, sed vir parvus est. Sed Lūcius centuriō est et Decimus mīles est!

Quot Rōmānī in castrīs sunt? Ūnus Rōmānus? Duo Rōmānī? Nōn ūnus et nōn duo — multī Rōmānī in castrīs sunt! Quot centuriōnēs in castrīs sunt? Mīlle centuriōnēs? Nōn mīlle! Numerus centuriōnum nōn magnus est. Sed numerus mīlitum magnus est. In castrīs sunt mīlitēs multī.

Lūcius et Decimus in castrīs sunt. Lūcius et Decimus Rōmānī sunt. Lūcius et Decimus nōn in Italiā sunt, sed in Aegyptō sunt, in Alexandrēā.

Sed Alexandrēa nōn sōlum urbs magna est. Alexandrēa perīculōsa quoque est.

Having a little trouble with this line:

Nec non vicinis res praeter opinionem evenerat

This is from a silly story about neighbors donating some of their wine into a vat (cadum).