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Hello Steven! Another excellent video extremely useful for all these people who enjoy studying languages. It is most fascinating to see how the meaning of many words shifted within the Latin-Italian area. Thanks to you I can definitely figure out how an English speaking person, if he/she has learnt Latin, can certainly understand Italian. Judging by the way you pronounce Latin, you are bound to speak perfect Italian! I also loved the way you hinted at everyday English, should you hear or listen to modern Italian I sense you would opt for Finnish 🙂. I am learning Swedish and I have noticed they use new terms, such as "fondamento" and many other ones. I wonder if you are aware of this evolution. If you taught English you would have a stunning amount of learners! I wish you a most happy evening! Giorgio 🙂

Hi, Steve, I'm Marcos, I'm from Brasil ( that's how we write in portuguese ) . I saw an advanced lesson by you and liked it a lot, so I decided to check it from the beginning I found your first lessons and I love the way you teach because everything is clear and simple the way you explain Congratulations for your initiative I'll try to do the whole course Thank you very much

Ave Stefano! I have come across your videos by chance and I was immediately impressed by your skills and talent. I am a translator now retired but I had to study Latin at school. Your manners are astounding and your affable and friendly attitude turn each lesson into a real enjoyable journey. I wish I had had such nice and suave teachers as you! Besides your accent is far better that that in Gladiator! 🙂 It+s plain to see how much you love what you are doing, a truly delightful man! A stupid question: do you think that ingens might be related with engineer? I wish you a happy and rewarding city from the Eternal City. Giorgio 🙂

Apologies guys for the spelling error: the verb on the last line is ‘refringere’. I missed out the ‘r’.

Greetings! I just came across one of you video lessons today; I hit the like button and subscribed. Thank you for creating your orderly lesson playlists. I wish you much success! Keep them coming. -- Subcriber from USA

It is really great to find a channel like yours. Congratulations. I rest grateful to you

Gladiatorem in taberna video. In taberna solus sedet et vinum bibit. Gladiator magnus et fortis est, sed hodie non pugnat. Cur gladiator non pugnat? Gladiator tristis hodie non pugnat quod gladium non habet. I see a gladiator in the tavern. He is sitting alone and drinking wine. The gladiator is big and strong, but today he is not fighting. Why is the gladiator not fighting. The sad gladiator is not fighting because he does not have a sword. Pistor nunc tabernam intat. Gladiator pistorem videt salutatque, 'Salve, pistor. Ubi est gladius meus?' Pistor probus respondit, 'Salve, gladiator. Gladium non habeo, sed panem habeo.' A baker now enters the tavern. The gladiator sees the baker and greets him. 'Hello baker. Where is my sword?'' The honest baker responds: 'Hello gladiator. I don't have a sword, but I have bread.' Mercator nunc tabernam intrat. 'Salve mercator', inquit gladiator. 'Gladium non habeo. Ubi est gladius meus?' 'Salve,' clamat mercator.' 'Gladium non habeo, sed pecuniam habeo. Multam pecuniam habeo.' 'Eheu!' clamat gladiator. 'Gladium meum, non pecuniam cupio. Pugnare volo.' A merchant now enters the tavern. 'Hello merchant' says the gladiator. 'I do not have a sword. Where is my sword?' 'Hello,' says the merchant. 'I do not have a sword, but I have money. I have lots of money. 'Oh dear!' exclaims the gladiator. 'I desire my sword, not money. I want to fight.' Nunc Ulpia tabernam intrat. Ulpia est matrona. Ulpia matrona benigna est. Hodie togas in foro emit. 'Salve gladiator' inquit Ulpia. 'Quid facis?' 'Salve. Nihil facio.' Respondit gladiator. 'Pugnare cupio, sed gladium non habeo.' 'Gladium non habes?' respondit Ulpia. 'Latro in via est. Latro audax in via est. Fugit et gladium tenet.' Now Ulpia enters the tavern. Ulpia is a matron. Ulpia is a kind matron. Today she is buying togas in the forum. 'Hello gladiator' says Ulpia. 'What are you doing?' 'Hello, I'm doing nothing', responds the gladiator. 'I desire to fight but I have no sword.' 'You have no sword?' responds Ulpia. 'There is a robber in the street. There is a bold robber in the street. He is fleeing and holding a sword. Gladiator subito e taberna exit et latronem in via cum gladio videt. 'Latro,' inquit. ' gladius meus est!.' Latro mendax gladium tenens respondit. 'Minime, gladiator, gladius meus est.' Nunc gladiator iratus est. Gladiator fortis gladium rapit latronemque superat. Puer in via stans gladiatorem salutat: 'Salve, gladiator. Quid facis nunc?' Gladiator respondit, 'Nunc ad arenam contendo. Gladium meum habeo et pugnare volo!.' The gladiator suddenly exits the tavern and sees the robber in the street with the sword. 'Robber', he says, 'The sword is mine.' The lying robber, holding the sword, responds: 'No, gladiator. The sword is mine.' Now the gladiator is angry. The strong gladiator snatches the sword and overpowers the robber. A boy standing in the street greets the gladiator: 'Hello gladiator! What are you doing now?' The gladiator responds, 'Now I hurry to the arena. I have my sword and I want to fight!.'

Latin was a pain in the neck, when I studied languages at the university.

Legere in Latin is much familiar with the Legere in Italy

Hi, the lesson is so interesting. I am studying Italy lately. It sounds like two languages so familiar

The concept of cases is almost the same as in Slavic languages. But WHY was it completely lost in Romance languages (except some traces in Romanian)?

How did "servus" become a popular greeting in Europe (especially in Germanic languages)?

Do you learn another language

Transcript: ubi est leo? leo est in arena. leo est magnus. ubi est gladiator? gladiator quoque est in arena. gladiator stat nunc in arena gladiumque tenet. gladiator leonem (magnum) videt. gladiator leonem non superat. gladiator hodie non pugnat. gladiator pugnare non vult. gladiator nunc ad villam contendit. quo contendit gladiator? gladiator nunc ad villam contendit, quod perterritus est.

Thank you Steven

Thank you Steven 😃

Hello, will you be continuing this series again soon? Also, do you offer private lessons? I know most of the basics, but must perfect them in order to facilitate my reading comprehension.

I've become addicted to your videos! You're a fantastic teacher!

English translation: Quintus Fabius is the master. Quintus, who is a farmer, works in the field (in campo) every day. Today (hodie) also he works in the field. Quintus is tired (fessus) today. Cornelia is the mistress. Cornelia is sitting in the atrium with her daughter. Cornelia is watching the slave girls. The slave girls are working in the kitchen and are preparing a good dinner. Money (pecunia) is on the table (mensa). Cornelia counts the money on the table. Cornelia greatly (valde) loves the money. Cornelia is happy. Her daughter is happy too (quoque). Quintus, who is tired, now enters (intrat) the house. He sees Cornelia and his daughter in the atrium. 'Hello! I see (video) money. I love the money. I am happy (laetus). But where is the dinner (cena)? I am expecting a good dinner today (hodie) because I am tired.' Quintus is a strict master. Quintus sees the slave girls. He watches the slave girls in the kitchen. Now he chastises the slave girls because he is angry (iratus) and is expecting his dinner. Now the slave girls carry the dinner. 'But where is the wine?' exclaims (clamat) Quintus. 'I expect wine. Where is the slave?' The master is angry. The slave is not in the kitchen. He is not in the hall. He is not in the house. The slave, who is lazy (ignavus), is sitting (sedet) with the girls in the garden (in horto). Quintus sees the lazy slave in the garden. Cornelia also sees the slave in the garden. Cornelia gives (dat) the slave a signal. The lazy slave enters the house and carries the wine. Quintus sees the wine. Now he is happy because (quod) he greatly loves the wine. He loves the wine, the dinner and the money! Well done if you managed to understand all or even most of it! Maybe listen a second time.

Vocab: silva = wood / forest; arbor = tree; flumen = river; aqua fluit = the water flows; truncus = trunk; radix = root; ramus = branch; ramulus = small branch; arborem tango = I touch the tree; avis = brid; aves audio = I hear the birds; aves canunt = the birds are singing; flos = flower; flosculum = little flower; flos est pulcher = the flower is beautiful; lacus = lake; silva me delectat = the forest pleases me; secundam naturam vivere = to live according to nature 🙂

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Thanks Steven - I had forgotten some of the meanings of declensions but it's all coming back now 😊

Thanks for the reminder of the pronunciation Steven, I'll get the hang of it eventually :-)

Great thanks

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good work man, keep doing these videos

Hi, Steven, I wish you a lot of luck with this cannel, If you persist with this channel you will become famous, I am pretty sure.

Thank you!

Your videos are filling in the gaps in my knowledge 🙏🏻

This is going to help me.

Good luck with your new venture. I hope you get a lot of subscribers

This is an excellent resource for my start in learning Latin

Wonderful, Steven! Pls keep going

Thank you very much! Wonderful!

Thank you! Great!