Comments on Filius Lunae: Pater Noster

I wish it was just a little slower, but I'm gl...

2012-01-16T09:15:39.599-08:00

I wish it was just a little slower, but I'm glad to find this video!

Pater noster, qui es in caelis: sanctificetur Nome...

2012-01-16T09:13:30.212-08:00

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:
sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;
adveniat Regnum Tuum;
fiat voluntas Tua,
sicut in caelo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem;
sed libera nos a Malo

@Graham: I say it as reng-num there. @Matthew: Ea...

2009-10-28T02:22:06.670-07:00

@Graham: I say it as reng-num there.

@Matthew: Early in my reading of Latin, I learned and became accustomed to pronouncing final m that way. I would have to look up some references, and I can get back to you on that. With the disappearance of final m in Vulgar Latin, along with other sound changes, many declension endings could no longer be differentiated: casa, casā, casam

I am not sure I agree with the pronunciation of &#...

2009-10-21T04:31:05.405-07:00

I am not sure I agree with the pronunciation of 'gn' in 'regnum'. Wasn't the g a velar nasal or something like that, as in Swedish 'regn' ('rain')?

That's fascinating. I learned Latin for 3 year...

2009-10-20T01:03:09.855-07:00

That's fascinating. I learned Latin for 3 years at school, and had two teachers... an older one who just pronounced the words with a standard received English accent, and a younger one who gave things a definite Italian feel. Guess which one I preferred...

One question... you pronounce word-final M as a velar nasal (I think). How do we know that was how it was pronounced? Does that