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| Tigresuisse Triglot Senior Member SwitzerlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6005 days ago 182 posts - 180 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 11 16 April 2009 at 7:11pm | IP Logged |
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Hi guys ... I'll be soon learning latin for several purposes (my job, culture, etc.)
I bought 2 books and I think they will be helping me studying but I have a question. Does exist a website where I can find some latin texts (or whatever) read by someone? I know there is a difference between the pronunciation in Italy and in the German/English speaking regions, but does it exist something like that? of course I'll appreciate any other online free source in this sense and about the latin language in general. Thank you very much Marta 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 2 of 11 19 April 2009 at 1:53pm | IP Logged |
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There may be something under the English Wikipedia entry for "Latin language".
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| Alras Diglot Newbie Mexico beauty-is-truth.blog Joined 5691 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Japanese, Greek | Message 3 of 11 26 April 2009 at 9:48pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, differences in pronunciation exist. There's the "Italian way" of speaking Latin:
that pronunciation is called Ecclesiastical, because it's the one used by the Catholic Church. Then there is the Classical pronunciation, which differs in the way some vowels and diphthongs are pronounced. It's the most used by Classical philologists around the world, although most people associate it with English or Germanic philology. You will surely study the differences between both pronunciations in the very beginning of your Latin course, but I really recommend you not to worry yourself about these issues that only concern to philologists and to the Church hierarchy (except if you wish to recite poetry or to understand the Tridentine Mass or something). You can pronounce it the "Italian way" and every Latinist will know what you say. It's useful to know the two pronunciations anyway in order to understand both the Pope and a reciter of Horace, but as I told you, you are going to study them in the first lessons of your Latin courses. And they are not very different, anyhow. There are indeed some online resources to listen to Latin in the web, and most of them use Classical pronunciation: http://latinum.mypodcast.com is a podcast that aims to be an auxiliary to Adler's "A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language"... somewhat unorganised, and I really don't like the pronunciation in the recordings (very dramatic sometimes), but nevertheless a good resource for your Latin hearing needs. http://www.negenborn.net/catullus presents the poems of Catullus both in Latin and in translation to many languages. The recordings from recitations of several poems can be downloaded. http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/ a Finnish internet news radio station, and all in Latin... just for pros. Also search for Latin readings in youtube, there are lots of them. And sorry for stressing this again, but don't worry too much about pronunciation. Remember it's a dead language. Use your time to study written Latin. When you are able to easily read intermediate texts, then you can move on with prosody and "correct" pronunciation. I hope this has been useful. Greetings from Mexico, Diego 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jae Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5664 days ago 206 posts - 239 votes Speaks: English*, German, Latin Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, French | Message 4 of 11 24 May 2009 at 4:42am | IP Logged |
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You can also hear spoken Latin poems as a podcast. Just search under the "language" section of the "educational" section of podcasts on the iTunes store (although the podcasts are actually free). Also, there's a Latin version of Wikipedia, so you can read about what ever interests you: http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_prima (It's called "vicipaedia"). Good luck with Latin! I have studied it for three years and love it! It's a very interesting and cool language with a complex history!
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 5 of 11 24 May 2009 at 10:36am | IP Logged |
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Hi,
Here are some links which may be of interest for Latin in general. I found this site - http://www.scorpiomartianus.com/ - a very short while ago and haven't had time to check it out yet. If anyone knows it I'd like to know what you think! www.textkit.com - learning forums for Latin and Ancient Greek (Attic, Epic, you name it) http://www.pullins.com/txt/LinguaLatina.htm - this is a course for learners written entirely in Latin. All new words are learnt in context or through marginal illustrations. Have a look at the first few pages of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata - Familia Romana. Since Italian is your mother tongue anyway, Latin should be easier for you to pick up vocabulary wise than most. Hope those help Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| senor_smile Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6386 days ago 110 posts - 115 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Latin, Russian | Message 6 of 11 25 May 2009 at 6:54pm | IP Logged |
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here are some more Latin links for those interested:
News: http://ephemeris.alcuinus.net/ http://www.radiobremen.de/nachrichten/latein/ Dictionaries: Parsing dictionary with just about every word I've ever had to look up. Modern latin vocabularies 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| minus273 Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5765 days ago 288 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Ancient Greek, Tibetan | Message 7 of 11 25 May 2009 at 7:51pm | IP Logged |
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For texts, nothing can beat Perseus, a Zeus-send.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:tex t:1999.02.0002 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tigresuisse Triglot Senior Member SwitzerlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6005 days ago 182 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian | Message 8 of 11 26 May 2009 at 8:17am | IP Logged |
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Thank you very much to all of you !!!!
All your posts are very helpful, thank you guys from Switzerland!!! Marta 1 person has voted this message useful |
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