Talk:Latin/Spoken

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Mehercule! There are numerous grammatical errors in this guide...pending full review, I recommend these translations be approached cum grano salis.

I believe that it should not be "ubi vivis" "ubi habitas."


 * Salve! Please go ahead, be bold and correct them. Etiam, know that some of us are trying to see if Latin can be learned to be spoken. Gratias ago.--Jondel 08:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

"Quot annes habes?" seems wrong. It should be "Quot annos habes?"

Why are there macrons on some words but not others? --[Zephyrus]
 * Someone seems to have fixed annes (thanks!). Macrons look weird to some people, and the Romans certainly didn't use them, but because this work is about spoken Latin, we should add them where they are missing. Peter Chastain (discuss • contribs) 20:25, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

"Tūne Paula es?" doesn't look quite right to me. Shouldn't it be "Esne tū Paula?"? (Actually, I personally would just say "Esne Paula?", but then I have a terrible habit of omitting pronouns.) --72.72.108.193 (talk) 06:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

NPOV deviation
Goodness, there is plenty of deviation from NPOV here.

"The strongest claims for the Italian pronunciation are its undeniable beauty ..." I shan't deny it either, but this implies it has more beauty than the classical pronunciation. This is wholly subjective.

"'Classical' pronounciation ... makes the claim that it is what the ancient Romans actually spoke, although the claim remains uncertain as the classical pronunciation is a reconstruction based on philological research." It goes on to cite Vox Latina, which has statements of ancient grammarians and other direct evidence.

"To some, the classical rules ... produce an unpleasing effect." Weasel words, and ones that can go the other way, too. Carolus 04:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Purpose:To Speak, converse
The purpose of this article/wikipage is to assist or encourage spoken or conversational latin. Latin seems to be associate with literature only. If people can learn to speak Klingon, Esperanto , etc why not Latin?--Jondel 14:41, 13 May 2007 (UTC)