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Learn more about the history of and differences between Ecclesiastical and Classical Pronunciation here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpbUhaiGj9tsl9U “Why did the Italians you spoke in Latin to continue to use English with you, or sought people who knew English to help you?” English is the universal language, and Italians will speak English with tourists of any nationality if they don’t speak Italian (as I pretended in this video). It’s a statistical improbability that anyone in the world traveling abroad in the 21st century wouldn’t know at least basic English (though it does still happen - there have been many Poles who speak Latin who have no English ability and have used Latin to communicate in Italy). “What language did they think you were speaking? Did they think you were American?” They believed I was Spanish or Romanian. None of them believed I was a native English speaker. Only one of the gentlemen named the language as Latin, though that certainly wouldn’t have identified my nationality. “Why was the last guy so rude to you?” On the third encounter, the gentleman was talking on the phone. I spoke to the lady next to him, whom I surmise was his girlfriend. Given the inherent strangeness of the situation, the gentleman acted as if I was hitting on his girlfriend, and thus became hostile. “Is it true, as the last gentlman said, ‘No one speaks Latin apart from you.’ ?” In this the gentleman demonstrated a truly impressive level of ignorance (assuming he was serious), since there are tens of thousands of fluent speakers of Latin around the world, plenty of whom are Italian: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aajTiWx6icaXb8U, and Polish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goiciYV3aZtnZ6c ) Watch me speak Latin and Ancient Greek to a Greek Man! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6fJpGiXeK6sZsk ⬅on my other channel @ScorpioMartianus Amici d'Italia, la pronuncia che si insegna nelle scuole d'Italia non è la pronuncia del latino classico. In questo video uso la pronuncia autentica degli antichi romani del primo secolo, che si chiama la "restituta" classica. 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[@tommasocompagnini117]

I''m not that good at latin but I would have been pleased to heard you speak It, if I had met you by chance! Saluti da Roma😂!

[@ancomarzio8190]

ahahah, frate', ma che ci fai a Roma xD ahahah, ma sei pazzo xD

[@ancomarzio8190]

non è che non ci piace, è che pensiamo che tu possa essere una persona molesta, non capiamo le tue intenzioni xD la gente se si arrabbia è perché ti scambia per qualcuno malintenzionato, perché si sentono presi in giro, perché ovvio che nessuno parla latino ma che grande che sei per averlo imparato come lingua corrente xD

[@jeupater1429]

You should do it again with ecclesiastic Latin

[@gabrieledonofrio1612]

Nice! Try it in Central Sardinia, I'm sure people there could understand you better 😎

[@simongrozov1801]

“I’m sorry, my Latin has gone a bit rusty, haven’t used it in like 1500 years”

[@kipchickensout]

XD

[@Barbarossa125]

Besides, it was the world language until only 300 years ago. c:

[@bourbon4033]

@@Barbarossa125 no? Dialects appeared even before rome fell, and pure latin was only spoken by the nobles and the clergyman.

[@morganseppy5180]

@@Barbarossa125 I don't think so. It was still widely studied and used in high mass but not spoken 300 years ago.

[@BMoll87]

😂💯

[@enquiryplay]

As a native Norwegian, if a random stranger started talking to me in Old Norse, I would probably think it was just a drunk Dane.

[@normangulseren]

:D Ahahahahahah :D

[@kathyoneill4011]

Ha ha Is your ancient language taught at the university, though? Just curious

[@Thomassonable]

@acutus. Or someone from Island.

[@fidelioal]

@@kathyoneill4011 Good question, now I’m curious as well.

[@arnijonsson8651]

@@kathyoneill4011 Old norse studies are thought in the university of colorado boulder but the closest living language to Old Norse is Icelandic

[@av4l4rion]

My Dad had to learn ancient greek at university (he studied theology). On a holiday trip to Greece he tried to communicate in this language, but no one understood him 😂

[@gRomoZeka27]

Really? Too bad. I had an impression that Ancient Greek and Modern Greek are still somewhat similar, enough to get a very simplified idea of what a person is talking about. I studied Modern Greek for one year. There was a guy in my group who once brought something in Ancient Greek and was able to read some of it with our teacher's help. All of us were A1 level at best at the time.

[@User-ic1uq]

I think I read somewhere that modern Greeks understand around 80% of written Ancient Greek. But the pronunciation did change more significantly, making the spoken form unintelligible for the average citizen.

[@user-wt2yn2vw7m]

What you say is not true. There are very few who do not know. He may have asked very young children who are not very interested in learning ancient Greek in their twenties further than what we learn in school. However, just so that you know even today Greeks speak ancient Greek even though it is in their new form.

[@av4l4rion]

@@user-wt2yn2vw7m My colleague is from Greece and I asked her if she could understand ancient greek. She said she could read and even translate it because she used to study ancient greek, but normally noone understands spoken ancient greek.

[@paulb3482]

@@gRomoZeka27 Yeah unfortunately modern greek and ancient greek aren't mutually intelligble, even the letters and pronounciation are a bit different nowadays.

Bro, your fluency in Latin is mind-blowing 😱

[@larsrons7937]

As a time traveller he has spent three years in Ancient Rome.

[@henriqueseidi7431]

As a native Latin speaker, I can confirm

[@TheMaulam12345]

what do you speak " Sword " in Latin?

[@larsrons7937]

@@TheMaulam12345 I would say gladius.

[@oyuyuy]

How do you know?

[@willforest5302]

this dude should dress up as a roman and walk along acting confused like he was a roman soldier who just fell into a time warp and is now modern italy

[@menchita]

You and I concocted the same movie (or at least hidden camera harmless prank) inside our heads!

[@gchinoca]

that would be amazing

[@catherinevaz6139]

Yes, like a time traveler that’s exactly what I was thinking :)

[@rookki]

lol exactly what i was thinking a perfect time traveller prank!

[@ateginadeusaportuguesadano458]

LOL, i dont laugh like this for a while

[@evan-moore22]

"Rome Gets Trolled for 6 Minutes by Its Own Language"

[@abelpalmer552]

Underrated comment.

[@Glassandcandy]

@@abelpalmer552 >underrated My guy, it’s literally one of the highest rated comments on the video. Lol

[@VariusSep]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cringothebot276]

"We do a little trolling" as the romans would say

[@angrydoodle8919]

@@cringothebot276 everyine knows trolls were invented and loved by ancient romans

[@waynewestlake5924]

I love the one Italian guy, when he finally understands you're speaking Latin, says, "No one speaks Latin apart from you!" Interesting experiment and damn, you're so fluid and natural speaking Latin it just sounds like any other modern, living language.

[@Sineseol]

Just to mention, noone actually knows how latin language sounded.

[@scryptum]

The guys has been rude

[@Oggylv1]

@@SineseolThats not true.

[@Sineseol]

@@Oggylv1 It is true, latin language was not used in its original form after the fall of Rome. Priests used a formal language and even that is changed a lot in the last 1500 year..

[@Oggylv1]

just google something about restored pronunciacion of latin

[@leandrusmaximus]

As a Spaniard who speaks a bit of Italian I'm sure they understood you but they couldn't guess why they could understand you without you speaking to them in Italian!!! Blowing minds!!!

[@msblue1003]

It was a bit messy but in the end he got all the info he asked for

[@creolespanish34]

A Spanish friend travelled to Belgium, visited a historical fortress where they reenact a change of the guard from the times when Flanders belonged to the Spanish Crown. The whole ceremony was in ancient Spanish, but the reenactors recited the words by heart. My friend says that it was mind blowing that he could understand everything they said

[@maryreilly5092]

Exactamente!

[@Eman-vp5wk]

@@msblue1003 Was that important? He could've just said "yeah I'm just messing with you. I'm just seeing how much Latin you understand"

[@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs]

Obviously the hands were missing,🤌🤌🤌

[@el_canchero]

Reminds me of the joke where the tourist goes to Rome and speaks Latin to a local who responds, "it's been a long time since your last visit!"

[@johankrushammar7336]

😂😂😂

[@manuelventurelli1592]

Name of the video?

[@chomply]

Link?

[@lucianodavila8889]

😂😂😂 Very good joke!!!

[@notyourbusiness1352]

Not to mention, 2000 years XD

[@user-gr5hi4um2u]

I'm looking forward to a «Can Greeks Understand Ancient Greek?» video in Athens

[@AraboNormand]

There's this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGPJg4eJbamNbrc though it's not exactly the same

[@user-gr5hi4um2u]

@@AraboNormand Yes, I've already watched that one. But they are only asking Greeks how they do relate to Ancient Greek, not trying to communicate with them in actual Ancient Greek Language

[@AraboNormand]

@@user-gr5hi4um2u You're right, it still has to be done as Luke just did it for Latin. idk if anyone has the ancient Greek fluency for that though

[@user-gr5hi4um2u]

@@AraboNormand Oh, Luke has it for sure. Or at least, to held some basic direction asking conversation, as in this video

[@lotter4390]

I think the answer would be no. I've heard Ancient Greek is more different from Modern Greek than Latin is to Italian.

[@louaasirvin1592]

Brilliant ! I think the most difficult thing is to stay "locked" on your latin even when they start speaking english to you. And when the last person almost got agressive, you still did not give yourself away. Good job !

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Thanks!

[@gyrocompa]

That aggressive reaction was such a pity ! He should have considered himself lucky !

[@damedikid387]

​@@gyrocompaactually, that's how most of Romans today are. For a long time , Roma was abandoned on a population and social level. 100/150 yrs ago Rome was the poorest main city in Italy and felt hopelessly. So actual Romans are often so much "hood talker" exactly like in the video. "I don't have time to waste for your fun experiment". Obv I'm generalizing but there's a lot of this attitude down there

[@nicola1122]

@@damedikid387i am Roman, I don’t know about what period you refer. But Rome in the. Whole of history was ever rich, before to take part of the reign of Italy, was entirely under the command of the pope. Right now economically talking it can be later only on Milan

[@farotz]

My teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek would have replied without any problem. I remember him speaking both languages very fluenty.

[@spiderplanner9715]

Chiaro che se avesse trovato un chierico importante, o un professore di lettere e pochi altri appassionati usciti dal liceo, avrebbe avuto un colloquio quasi normale... e diciamocelo, in tutta onesta, non sarebbero neppure così rari.

[@farotz]

@@spiderplanner9715 Beh, insomma. Io ho fatto il Classico e poi studiato archeologia, pero' di gente che sappia parlare latino fluentemente, al livello dell'autore del video, ho conosciuto forse 2-3 persone in vita mia. Se parliamo di greco antico, poi, solo il mio professore del liceo.

[@flaviopons142]

Anche il mio professore di latino e greco parlava fluentemente entrambe, non ho mai capito perche' non ce le abbia insegnate cosi'. Facevamo 11 ore a settimana tra le due materie, sarebbe stato assolutamente possibile, come per qualsiasi altra lingua.

[@skyline390]

"Can Italians understand Latin" Me, an Italian: this is gonna be interesting First dude: Ma che stai a dì? Always me: perfect start

[@alessiom3174]

😂😂

[@identifiantidentifie397]

Perfect start for a street brawl

[@mihaicrisan9946]

Volevi dire sempre me ma l'hai tradotto in inglese e in inglese non esiste. You could have said me again or just use me

[@skyline390]

@@mihaicrisan9946 è esattamente ciò che ho fatto. Di che stai parlando?

[@mihaicrisan9946]

Che cosa è always me? In Inglese non esiste lol

[@bhudoman]

I'm Roman. In 2001 I was approached by an elderly Hungarian pilgrim who had gotten lost and couldn't find his logdings, run by nuns. We only were able to communicate in Latin. What a surreal afternoon. He probably got kindapped and had his organs harvested, since my Latin was rubbish

[@Aleksandr68351]

😭😭😭

[@nateoxchoa7649]

Lmao

[@morp9671]

That last sentence got me wheezing harder than a lung cancer patient.

[@qwertyasf]

My god 😱😂

[@Lycurgus224]

Well, at least you tried. Poor bastard is probably in the afterlife talking unbelievable amounts of shit about you but by golly, you did your best.

[@jensboettiger5286]

When I worked in food service we had an Italian waiter, and seeing him happily chatting away with guests who spoke back in Portuguese and Spanish without any real issue was an eye opener. They sound so different but it only takes a little exposure for them to understand each other.

[@natsukase3708]

at the end of the day, they're all speaking in latin 😂

[@KibyNykraft]

It is kind of like that with norwegian and the føróyskt (Torshavn / Faroe isles). We don't understand much the first 7 sentences of each other but with some focus it works pretty ok

[@diegouzeda2491]

As a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker I can say that is easy to understand Italian because of the very clear way that they pronounce things. Spanish is also very clear when it comes to phonetics if they don´t speak too fast (Mexican Spanish is very easy to understand in my opinion). However, Portuguese and French may be harder to understand because sometimes is difficult to identify the way the sound of certain words will turn out based on the way they are written, since vowels and consonants may change pronunciation.

[@kshenriques]

I worked once at this pizza shop in NYC and the owner spoke Italian to his Mexican workers who spoke no English and they all seemed to understand each other pretty well

[@milademascolo9976]

​@@diegouzeda2491I can understand Brazilian Portuguese but when someone speaks European Portuguese I can't understand them at all lol 😂

[@LuPoj]

As a native Polish speaker, if a random stranger started talking to me in Old Polish, I would probably think "that guy travelled in time, I have to join him!"

[@veritasdeutsch6608]

Zhělěyu bo viděti kŭděžь to vŭ pravьsti istinně!

[@brexitgreens]

As ​@@veritasdeutsch6608 demonstrates, I would mistake that stranger for a tourist from somewhere like Bulgaria instead. Weren't all Slavic languages very similar a thousand years ago? Or if he spoke mediæval Polish, I would mistake him for a contemporary peasant.

[@juliaj7939]

To prawda!

[@mrsmith1938]

What's old Polish? Russian?

[@LuPoj]

@@mrsmith1938 Incorrect. Proto-Slavic have the same root, but they diverged ca. 600 AD.. Russian is East-Slavic, Polish is West-Slavic. 2 different language families.

[@joshfootball228]

Imagine you're just sitting there and all the sudden Mr. Clean comes up and starts speaking Latin

[@sonyablade3001]

i just died from this comment

[@JCA51698]

😆😂🤣 well done!

[@DixieBanjo]

Legit LOL

[@andyharman7581]

The biggest laugh I've had in weeks.

[@TheSublimeLifestyle]

😂😂😂

[@alyasuramza]

Pitbull be like "Mr. Worldwide" but me boi Luke's "cosmopolitanus sum" here is way more superior

[@jasmadams]

My favourite part! The Roman shows up 2,000 years on and says "Globalism...? Hold my wine."

[@david9933]

Biggest Linguistic flex ever

[@david9933]

Biggest Linguistic flex ever

[@rikospostmodernlife]

Superiorer I might say

[@mariagabbott]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@macronencer]

I learned Latin at school for three years, but that was in about 1978. It's really great to see someone speak it fluently, wow! I love this experiment. I'm guessing that Latin and modern Italian are a lot closer than, say, Old English and Modern English. I think we Brits have had a lot more huge and disruptive changes to affect the way we speak over the centuries. Am I right?

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Thanks! See the playlist of others like this

[@EingefrorenesEisen]

As a native English speaker learning Spanish, I recently saw a video on old English excerpts where people tried to translate them. I understood/guessed maybe 10% of the new words. I was only right about half the time lol.

[@scottcjmckelviephotography]

As someone who is currently studying Gàidhlig and do wish to learn Brythonic (Welsh) as it is closest to what the Picts may have spoken, what I can say is that, much like auld English when you give literal translation, you find it sounds very much Shakespearian or as someone jokingly said, Yoda like.

[@Louie-pq3kv]

You are right mate! Old Wycliffe English, Shakespearean English, Elizabethan Era Middle English of the KJV Bible, and what we speak today. It goes earlier than Wycliffe btw that is ancient and not comprehensible today at all.

[@Louie-pq3kv]

@@scottcjmckelviephotography Shakespearean was in the middle of Wycliffe English and Elizabethan English. It'll be interesting how the Angol language mixed with Germanic Latin and French to have what we have today.

[@bimonsolivar8898]

So funny that the "salve" as a greeting is exactly the same and wouldn't make anybody think you're weird. Awesome that this has traversed time so well!

[@piffpaff9674]

Who on earth is capable of speaking fluent Latin in our times? Bravo!

[@Mr.Sr.Jr.]

I think the same thing when I find people who can speak Klingon pretty much when someone's nerdy enough about something they will devote a ridiculous amount of time to mastering it even if it is completely useless

[@Magdalena-Mabi]

​@@missprimproper1022 I did my MA in Classics but there were no speaking classes ever! So wow!

[@silviaberlanda278]

My latin teacher!!!

[@nancydelu4061]

They do it in the Vatican all the time! There used to be an older priest and a couple of nuns who would give walking classes with no reading or writing allowed. I remember one comment was, "Even retarded kids and foreign prostitutes could speak Latin in 0 CE Rome!!!"

[@hanswurst5433]

A proffesor at the LMU in munich holds his seminars in latin. Don't know if he's still around, but the guys was a legend

[@TheHavoc007]

You should ask catholic priests around the Vatican City. It would be interesting to see if they speak some Latin.

[@JonGunnarssonDotA]

Catholic priestess is a bit of a oxymoron. (The plural of priest is priests. Priestess is the female form of priest.)

[@thomasthemenace]

That would be really interesting

[@kaio2285]

I dont think they gona answer in latin is a language that its only written/studied but nobody really tries to speak

[@TheHavoc007]

@@JonGunnarssonDotA My bad. But I guess it is one of the autocorrect fails that sounds very funny :D

[@TheHavoc007]

@Reino de Hiperbórea I bet they don't. Especially if they are relatively young and not enrolled in one of the Vatican universities.

[@anuragrsimha]

It's fascinating to notice how intimately related the romance languages are (the descendants of Latin - French, Spanish, etc.)

[@camilla8409]

As an Italian I think the last guy is very rude, but I understand he being confused about what is happening. when he said " no one speaks Latin apart from you" I couldn't stop laughing🤣🤣🤣. So good idea and very well done, congratulations!

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

Italian people: can you speak English? The Roman guy: why do they keep asking me about the future language of one of our insignificant colonies up north?

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Speak Cockney English English like Austin Powers to them.

[@frbo9002]

Well at that time the people of Britain did not speak English or any germanic language though!

[@dickon728]

Claudius, actually.

[@reddzzzz3241]

@Hernando Malinche At that time the English were still Germans

[@chaoswarriorbr]

It wasn't a colony under JC. Not sure if could be even considered a puppet state. He defeated some tribes and help put back a king in power. The conquest came only under Claudius.

[@gfr73]

I'm Italian and studied Latin for 5 years in school. Italians are not expecting tourists to speak in Latin, so initially they don't understand what language you are speaking. As soon as they hear words similar to Italian, they can understand the meaning of what you are saying but they are still not convinced that it's Latin, because nobody speaks it.

[@chiaraf633]

In più, il latino non si pronuncia in quel modo in Italia...

[@musical_lolu4811]

In other words, water is wet.

[@memedesima7953]

@@chiaraf633 in che senso scusa?

[@chiaraf633]

@@memedesima7953 in Italia si legge seguendo le regole di pronuncia dell'italiano, all'estero si usa la cosiddetta pronuncia restituita (per esempio, la C viene sempre pronunciata K). Se ci fai caso, dice "mag-na" anziché "magna"... Questo può aver reso la comprensione ancora più difficile

[@aaandddiamo6991]

also Latin at school consists mainly in translating classic works from Latin to Italian, it is not taught as other languages where you would learn to ask for directions and so on

[@user-we3eg9vs8z]

LOL this was hilarious. They probably thought "this dude is a time traveler!" That said, kudos to the bro. That was insanely good.

[@matthewsaints350]

Last guy wasn't having it.

[@Spvrinnaeli]

"Where are you from?" "I am a man of the world, sir." Had me ROLLING LOL

[@BigDvsRL]

Mr Worldwide

[@xano2921]

@@BigDvsRL cosmolitanus est

[@danieldaniels7571]

Local time traveler

[@akillateef1012]

I LOVED that!!

[@jamesmccloud7535]

And that's a fact!

[@loulie1997]

I love that you're speaking perfect Latin and the Italians are probably thinking "This guy's Italian sucks!"

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

🤣

[@bletrick3352]

It’s almost like Latin and Italian are completely different languages

[@91djdj]

@@bletrick3352 Its the same with German and Old German. Whenever i read or hear it, it just sounds weird and funny to me.

[@bletrick3352]

@@91djdj Yes but Old German is still German while Latin isn’t Italian otherwise it would be called Old Italian.

[@91djdj]

@@bletrick3352 I think Latin is the same to a Roman Italian what Old German is to many Germans. The grade of influence from other languages might be similar. Latin is just a very specific and well described ancestor of Italian. I think the first word that described the German laguage as whole was thiodisc=the language of the common people and was mentioned somewehere around 1000 AD. Before that German people didnt care "framing" their language.

[@ThatFigureSkaterZamboniGirl]

That was really interesting. I speak Spanish, am a bit familiar with Catalan, and while I don’t exactly actually speak Romanian I understand it and can manage to express myself if I must. It surprised me how much Latin with that pronunciation made sense to me, actually! The root is so apparent, and it helps to have known some words like “ubi” already. You should try this in Romania and Spain too. 😃 Romanians like to say how their language is the closest to Latin, so it would be fun to see how that goes.

[@Heriboux2]

I’m French with a bit of Occitan and yes.

[@milademascolo9976]

I would think Sicilian is the closest to latin....its much older than Italian or Romanian plus Romanian has a lot of slavic influences. But I'm no expert

[@milademascolo9976]

I just googled it for my own curiosity and it's actually Sardinian, haha

[@oscard9643]

I am Romanian and I understood him quite well, actually. I wouldn't be able to answer back in Latin, but he would probably understand Romanian, too, if he speaks Latin so well. I don't speak Latin, but if I read a text in Latin, for example, I get what's all about, even though I don't understand every single word. I still understand the text. I actually understand Latin better than I understand Italian. Languages can be really funny and interesting.

[@Dor32123]

I love experiments of this kind. Thank you for the video. And the people who tried to help were generally nice and sweet.

[@Gudi._.]

"Are you joking with me?" "Quid?" Best part of the video

[@SaguntoYT]

*DĪC ITERVM!*

[@i_am_ravs]

is this a barbarians reference?

[@SaguntoYT]

@@i_am_ravs Fortasse....

[@PHILOLAVS]

@@SaguntoYT understood that reference

[@someguy2744]

5:04 (Although, he blew his cover of not knowing English by answering the "Where are you from?" question slightly before. - 4:41)

[@identitymatrix]

Lets take a moment and appreciate how hard it is to actually speak latin. I love how you just walk up to him and speak in Latin just like it was the most normal thing to do, like if the Roman Empire was still around

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Thanks very much. I didn’t prepare any of what I said; I just spoke off the cuff.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

@@polyMATHY_Luke it's great u didnt mix it up with some modern italian words, despite them repeatedly insisting the modern italian word

[@Leprutz]

@@polyMATHY_Luke How long did you learn latin for if I may ask?

[@AlexandreLuiz-ph8ns]

​@@polyMATHY_Lukeyou're amazing

[@MrChristoferoful]

​@polyMATHY_Luke I kind of hate you for that 😂

[@tommoncrieff1154]

I studied Latin for 6 years. My father was helpful as he could speak fluent Latin (and read Ancient Greek). He told me he had had a conversation once in Latin. He was in Japan in 1945 at the surrender and he met a Buddhist monk. The only language they had in common was Latin. So he persuaded me it might come in useful!

[@MustafaKasim-pf4pj]

Sir, thank you for this wonderful video. It’s such a pleasure to see you walking around and speaking Latin, reminding Italians of their fascinating history. ❤

[@sgtleobella]

That guy at the end had a point. I basically took from him, 'wait, you can speak Latin, but not English, Spanish or Italian? Yeah, right.' haha

[@DeluxBass]

Technically, English is a Germanic language not a Roman language so the English one gets a pass. Spanish or Italian *would* be possible with Latin, so yeah I can see how he got caught

[@monsty26]

@@DeluxBass probably he meant that there are not Latin native languages anymore

[@jarlnils435]

@@DeluxBass but you can speak english fully romanic or fully germanic. It has nearly for everything a word in the other language group. And the grammatic is more brytonic than germanic. Not entirely of course.

[@Mike-jz9hr]

Maybe if someone were a Catholic priest or theologian from some non-western country

[@martixxlol5817]

@@jarlnils435 sorry, can you elaborate on that romanic/germanic ways of speaking english?

[@sevchyk]

When he said, “No one speaks Latin apart from you”, I laughed.

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Yes, what a fool; there are tens of thousands of Latin speakers kzbin.info/www/bejne/aajTiWx6icaXb8U

[@sevchyk]

@@polyMATHY_Luke Not because of that. I mean, in that district of the city you must have been the only person who used Latin as a spoken language. There are people who know it, but they don’t come to random people with the words “Ignosce domini”. In that department he was right. In addition to that, you really joked with him, because you said that you don’t speak English.

[@agrippa5643]

​@@sevchyk Still he answer rude hence he's a fool. Poly just did a test, i see no wrong with it. You guys should treat things more lightly

[@sevchyk]

@@agrippa5643 The dude just figured out that the dude was laying bullshit on him. Nobody is obliged to be a role model for a test…Especially, after he said that he doesn’t speak English, Spanish, Italian. “Are you joking with me?”, was a logical question.

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

Irate fellow, that.

[@doctorteethomega]

This was so fun. It helps me improve my terrible Latin proficiency. I'm also glad that you gave people an interesting challenge but stopped out of courtesy when the last guy became annoyed.

[@carlobasilone3133]

I have been watching your videos for a while and have never come across this one before. It looks like maybe your first attempt at speaking latin to modern romans. The last gentlemen seemed prepared to give you the modern roman greeting of "Vatella pija 'nder... " if he thought you would have understood. Its great to see how far this has come and a lot of fun to see the origins. Please keep up the good work.

[@TomSmith-dp9zb]

"are you joking with me?" **draws sword** "QUID?"

[@RexGalilae]

*bacculum carpit* Julius: Quid?

[@Pyroo0]

this made me laugh out loud 🤣

[@RexGalilae]

I'm just imagining Juliis walking around Rome with his stick shouting "MEDE! Veniiiii!"

[@yoboyfargoth1208]

You mess with Lūcius you get the gladius.

[@aqidon]

Swords inside the pomerium?

[@agastyawiraputra2208]

I laughed when you said "sub terra" which is literally "under the earth" and they immediately recognized what you are talking about hahahaha

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Yup! I know how to make myself comprehensible

[@tommasoscandola2410]

"Terra" means also "ground", so it's even more clear to understand what he was searching for. ;)

[@zarroncello1]

Yes. sub terra, sub terraneo, sotterraneo. For us terra is planet but also the ground.

[@lucianodavila8889]

@@tommasoscandola2410 The same in Portuguese.

[@Caxacate]

Subterraneo can also be subway in spanish

[@dorianrodriguez40]

That was a heck of a good documentary. Bravo!

[@evilkakepie708]

Currently learning Latin. This brought me great joy!

[@matteohetzy7599]

I'm Italian. When I was a young boy, during a summer trip to Germany with my father, I remember that in our hotel in Coburg surprisingly nobody spoke english and my father did not know german. A guy in the hotel was a young university student and my father had studied latin at Liceo, they understood each other in Latin

[@sif_2799]

That's awesome :D

[@budibausto]

This confirms that half Europe should be reunited under one city, one emperoer and.....oops!

[@sammexp]

You sound really old

[@emanuelarex1694]

Fantastico!!!

[@Amadea27]

That's hilarious! 😂

[@the_miracle_aligner]

American? What nonsense! I can always tell a true Son of Rome when I see one.

[@gaius6187]

miracle aligner that u?

[@the_miracle_aligner]

@@gaius6187 Aye tis I Gaius :)

[@the_miracle_aligner]

@L'Ephebe93 Damn right 🤣

[@sergeyatlukhanov2658]

I know, it's so funny to see an ancient Roman guy trying to pass for an American😄 He's not very good at pretending😁

[@nicholaslemosdecarvalho5328]

Your covers are awesome!!!

[@coolbrotherf127]

I studied Latin for a while so it's really cool to see it spoken fluently. I've pretty much only read it as finding a speaking partner for Latin is a bit difficult.

[@fredvarao3894]

Italiano is so beautiful, I'm a Portuguese speaker, I love it! Italiano e molto bello!

[@Lightbulb909]

I love the part at the end, when he says “no one speaks Latin apart from you.” That’s just so funny to me.

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Especially since it's so incredibly ignorant: tens of thousands of people speak Latin.

[@nexus7720]

@@polyMATHY_Luke thats not true u cant expect us italians to speak latin

[@lazios]

@@polyMATHY_Luke Scusa Luke ma non c'entra nulla quante migliaia di persone parlano latino al mondo, in Italia (come ovunque) nessuno si aspetta che una persona si rivolga a lui in latino. Lui è incazzato proprio perché lo ha capito che stai parlando volutamente in latino (ovviamente lo sa che in realtà parli una delle lingue da lui elencate), quindi si sente preso in giro. *E' questa la ragione per cui ti dice "qui nessuno parla latino a parte te", come a dire ... "se vuoi info puoi chiedermele, se vuoi prendermi per il culo... vai...".* Non sono una persona maleducata ma nella stessa situazione mi sarei incazzato pure io perché anche se non parlo latino avrei capito che tu lo stavi parlando e mi sarebbe sembrata una presa in giro (forse se mi beccavi di buon umore ti avrei chiesto perché lo stavi facendo). Le persone che non si sono arrabbiate probabilmente neppure hanno capito la lingua che stavi parlando, magari pensavano parlassi una lingua simile all'italiano, dato che mentre ti rivolgevi a loro si saranno accorti di comprendere alcune parole. Sono (quasi) certo che qualsiasi italiano che ha riconosciuto la lingua si è comportato in due modi; o si è arrabbiato pensando a una presa in giro, oppure ti ha chiesto perché gli stavi parlando in latino, ciao Roberto.

[@MindlessMadness12]

@@lazios this comment deserves more likes 👍

[@mysteriumvitae5338]

@@polyMATHY_Luke And tens of millions, if not even more, used to do so.

[@krenv2052]

My grandfather used to be an engineer, and he would go all around Europe to sell his company's products. He spoke good English and fluent German on top of our mother tongue French, but one day he got to talk with a man who didn't speak any of those languages. They managed speaking to each other by using Latin that my grandfather recalled from when he was a pupil!

[@dragonmartijn]

@krenv until the 19th century Latin was still very much the language of science, just like that of religion in Europe. Scientists of whole Europe talked Latin to each other and publicized in that language.

[@raus_mit_Islam]

Cool!

[@nathan225]

Quel âge a votre grand-père?

[@breadman5048]

cool story bro Edit: like legitimately cool story bro

[@gropatapouf5998]

That's crazy I can't remember what I ate yesterday 😂

[@fjsy55rp]

Awesome. Great social experiment. J'adore 😍

[@Hellokittyhearts]

This was so entertaining to watch and wow this is incredbly impressive

[@Sentientmatter8]

"I'm a man of the world. I speak Latin." This man takes no prisoners.

[@someguy2744]

"You're Roman, right?" - Luke slapped that guy in the face and he didn't even know it. (4:45)

[@AmstradExin]

Epico! :D

[@notanomba4598]

@@someguy2744 ES ROMANUS, NONNE ?

[@johankrushammar7336]

😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@zarroncello1]

"Do you speak romano"? "I SPEAK ROMANUM, GOAT!"😂😂😂

[@StereoSpace]

Fascinating hearing Latin spoken as an everyday language.

[@naturamico]

Yes, but somehow mispronounced.

[@diabolical8964]

@@naturamico We really don't have records or any idea how it should be pronounced. There's not much information on accents/pronunciation

[@guilhermebranco8572]

@@diabolical8964 there's plenty of classical writings on the pronunciations and such, hence why we know the "R" are "rolled" for example. The ideas are there, molding the mouth movements to produce the correct sound might be the biggest problem. I believe a native speaker of a romance language, with the same amount of study and practice, would have an accent closer to the real thing than, say, a native English speaker.

[@giacomoarceri]

@@rougewang5332 Se l'hai studiato per 6 anni, evidentemente è perché sei stato bocciato, e non è un caso. Tu parli della pronuncia ecclesiastica, o italiana, che è solo una convenzione e non corrisponde alla pronuncia storica della lingua. Luke, invece, usa la ricorstruzione molto affidabile di come il latino doveva suonare ai tempi di Cicerone

[@DangerRussDayZ6533]

@@rougewang5332 He's speaking Restored Classical Pronunciation of Latin. You most likely learned Ecclesiastical Latin. If you read his description, he is not using the Ecclesiastical pronunciation on purpose because Italians would most likely understand.

[@kiloyardstare]

Fantastic video! Best thing I've seen on YT in a long time!

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Thanks! Check out my other comprehensibility experiments

[@bergmann2128]

This is one of the coolest videos ever. Last guy got so pissed off he started understanding latin. With some effort these italians actually understand it.

[@freddy3863]

That diss at the end, “I’m speaking Roman, aren’t *you* Roman”. What a flex. That guy was not having it though.

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

If you mess with a roman, you can get rowdy in a matter of seconds. The guy was going into that direction I can tell you. Especially because they tried to speak English and our latinist didn't flinched for a second, it's seen as a sign of disrespect

[@emanuelesuella9938]

@@giorgiociaravolol1998 sì però è stato molto bravo a mantenere la calma il protagonista del video nonostante appunto stava rischiando di irritare il tipo

[@zaxmaxlax]

@@giorgiociaravolol1998 Yep. Things were heating up there. I think an italian could tell he was american by his accent but I may be wrong. The guy even made the effort to speak in english, he literally told him to take his phone and google instructions in latin LOL.

[@TheFirstGroover]

@@giorgiociaravolol1998 stava andando in una direzione? Cioè? Non c'è nulla da giustificare. È stato solo maleducato, cafone e ignorante.

[@ComeDireBoh]

@@TheFirstGroover parli del ragazzo romano? Non sono del tutto d'accordo, devi ricordarti che tu sai chi è il ragazzo che parlava in latino, e sai che stava girando un video innocente. Quel ragazzo romano però ha solo visto un turista che cercava di farsi dare indicazioni in latino, è normale pensare che voglia prenderti in giro.

[@straizobrando8334]

I am impressed at how fluid he is in latin lol, it sounds like he speaks it in his daily life

[@SB-qo3bf]

Because he does :)

[@fabiz_strat9884]

Si ma la pronuncia non è proprio corretta

[@thunderwolf1393]

He does lol. Check out the rest of the videos in this channel.

[@SB-qo3bf]

@@fabiz_strat9884 Mi spiace deluderti, ma la sua pronuncia, benché con un forte accento americano, è con tutta probabilità molto vicina a come realmente si parlava il latino classico, al contrario della pronuncia ecclesiastica che viene comunemente insegnata nei nostri licei.

[@danecchio6621]

@@fabiz_strat9884 ma perché hai risposto in Italiano non ti capisco XD

[@martinscalona-clarinet9042]

Amazing video. It doesn’t only show that Italian doesn’t come from Latin, but also people make every effort to guess where you come from and try to communicate with you.

[@Ricardo-nc9hn]

"Anglice non loquor, ignosce mihi" says after understanding perfectly they're speaking english HAHAHA Nice video! I really learn a lot with this Gratias plurimas tibi ago!

[@mireklalas]

Your Latin is excellent. I studied it for four years, could understand you well, but it's the first time I heard Latin spoken with an inflection of daily usage, as it was probably spoken in the streets. Long story short, your Latin brought Latin to life for me.

[@jordantsak7683]

How do you now that his latin is excellent? Have you been in ancient Rome and listened to the true latin? His latin could be appreciated only by a mother tongue speaker. Do you know anyone still in life?

[@mireklalas]

@@jordantsak7683 It is excellent in the context of my knowledge of Latin -- I could easily understand him, and it had a very credible, life-like flow. Is it excellent compared to the actual Latin spoken in ancient Rome? You are right, I have no way of verifying that. By my comparison, again, was made in the context of my linguistic knowledge: sentence structure, vocabulary, flow. We can recognize various forms of excellence without becoming time-travelers.

[@francescodanna3934]

As an Italian who has studied Latin quite well, I almost completely agree with you, however its pronunciation is the only thing that betrays it: some vowel inflections are purely English-speaking, not to mention the sounds of "g" and "c", which always have a sweet sound in front of the vowels "e" and "i" (for example, no Latin would have pronounced "descendere" that way, he says "deskendere", which is incorrect and typically English). I take the liberty of criticizing this, though, precisely because this guy's competence is incredible, and his ability to speak and think in Latin is beyond imagination. So, you are right to assume that he somehow revived a dead language, and don't listen to the guy above: we know how our ancestors spoke Latin, very well too, and I'm almost ashamed for my countrymen appeared in this video.

[@stepfanyshirley7192]

@@francescodanna3934 the thing you mentioned about himenglish-speaking latin is something I saw someone say the other day, that English native speaker spreaks Latin with their english accent, not a latin-languages accent

[@tommasoscandola2410]

@@francescodanna3934 I agree with you, Francesco! And yes, maybe it's because I've studied latin too (anche se con la media del 4, lol) but I understood everything at first hearing. And I actually watched the video just to hear his inflections and see how impactful they were in understanding. But I must say that I was pleasantly surprised there.

[@mjudec]

I'm not hugely surprised by the outcome, but this is the first time I've heard Latin spoken and it sounded like an actual language, rather than a torture device. Also, your mastery to hold these conversations about modern things was lovely.

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Thanks very much! You’ll find a lot more on my other channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/aajTiWx6icaXb8U

[@sevchyk]

Yeah…”Bene”, hahah. The guy looked like he walked out from the fourth century.

[@Slothi_Deathi]

i was waiting for the demons to show up

[@memmedbaku4606]

the difference between Latin and İtalian is about as much as the difference between Turkish and Azerbaijani 😂😂

[@you_tube_user994]

Fun fact: in latin, the word describing torture happens to be "work".

[@Patxi__]

🤣🤣🤣It was so funny! specially the last one when he ask where are you from and what language do you speak.

[@hewasfuzzywuzzy3583]

They probably wonder if they're having a heart attack or and out of body experience ... or something to that effect. This was really entertaining, educational, and hilarious. I'm currently learning Latin through an online course that uses Henle's books. And I'm also working on learning the other Romance languages because they all gave their roots in Latin. So they don't feel that hard to speak or read right now. But language comprehension and memory is the hardest part of it all. It just takes repetition and immersion yourself as much as possible into the language. And, it also helps a little (maybe a lot) to learn about the culture and the day to day use of the languages. Thank you for sharing this wonderful moment.

[@y.r._]

"Are you joking with me?" "... ... ... Quid?"

[@aurelius388]

Quid pro quo

[@y.r._]

@@aurelius388 Chad pro quo

[@aurelius388]

@@y.r._ Divertente.

[@ateginadeusaportuguesadano458]

Lmao, that was funny

[@tubekulose]

Quid est veritas?

[@bigden.english]

It's amazing how everyone says that they don't understand you yet end up understanding and giving what you were asking for

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Exactly. Hence the experiment, since I was sure I could communicate what I needed even in an unfamiliar but similar language

[@krabkrabby]

That's because we Italian people generally are very intuitive and we're pretty good in communication even when we're ignorant af. We consider communication very important and we try to help when it's possible. So we can listen someone talking for a while until we catch a word that we can understand, and we can suppose the meaning of an entire argument just by it and by your vocal tone of voice and your body language. So when they heard the names of places he was looking for, they automatically understood what was the need of the guy, also because he looked like a tourist and he was very calm. Btw.. Many Italians are able to understand Latin because some schools teach it. Obviously the Latin we study at school sounds very different, but still.. The Latin that this guy talked, sounds very close to a mix between Spanish and polish imo. I'm not able to understand it because we never studied it in my school. But I can understand something if I read the text, not sure why...

[@user-oh7ud7ke9f]

It took him maybe 20 seconds to find out what does he say

[@micheleh5269]

Would anyone understand Middle English?

[@kjell1448]

Same with some old arch enemies, most bosnians say you that they dont know Serbian (yeah right), and ukrainan and russian isent similar (suuree)

[@coguar0]

That is hilarous. It reminds me when at hich school we went to Greece and my professor of ancient Greek started to talk in ancient greek to our bus driver that didnt understand a word

[@loquidity4973]

This was awesome!

[@juliusfucik4011]

Having gone through 6 years of Latin in high school I could understand a great deal, but what most surprised me is how beautiful it sounded. My teachers never did sound this melodic and natural.

[@BunsenHoneydew001]

I had three years of Latin, and I thought my teacher spoke it very well. But compared to this guy, her pronunciations were the verbal equivalent of running in mud 😋

[@lonniehubbard2302]

I had four years of high school Latin and became a linguist. It was so wonderful to hear spoken Latin, I just giggled... :0)

[@mokkamalia8290]

*That's because it's not Latin, but it's Latin pronounced as if it was Italian, so lots of the words he says actually ARE Italian (since Latin and Italian often only differ by pronunciation).*

[@JAR37]

You did 6 years in HS?! 😂

[@AssyrianKing4ever]

Hope atleast you graduated tho

[@ClaudioGrecoPhD]

"Ma che staddì" is the perfect example of modern Roman language.

[@MrGMS1221]

Also an example of their education.

[@user-un7gp4bl2l]

@LegoGuy87 Stai a dire

[@ClaudioGrecoPhD]

@LegoGuy87 It's a contraction of "stai a dire", which in turn is a regionalism for "stai dicendo". The sentence translates to "what are you saying" but with a "wft" vibe to it.

[@ClaudioGrecoPhD]

@LegoGuy87 Kinda, but again it's not a generic Italian thing, it's specifically from Rome. It's a bit stereotypical: people from other regions may say "aò ma che staddì" to make their impression of a person from Rome ("aò" being the Roman equivalent of "hey").

[@MrGMS1221]

@LegoGuy87 Since the citizens of Rome speak like if they've never been at school, instead use the correct form "Ma cosa stai dicendo?", they change the gerund verb with "sta(re) a + dire". Conjugated in the second person singular is "Sta(i) a di(re)".

[@lcbrittain]

I love your Latin pronunciation! Just like Italian! I learned Latin at school but we were taught to pronounce it with an English accent. Later, when I went to Rome, knowing it made it easy to pick up Italian, and thereafter, I spoke Latin with an Italian accent as you did. It sounds much more authentic.

[@michaelfeher8466]

One of the best videos I've seen so far!🤣🤣🤣

[@oceantree5000]

Clearly, the sequel to this should be Simon Roper in London, asking directions in Old English… 🇬🇧 😄

[@gonzaloh8086]

Ew, barbari

[@noutram1000]

Chaucers English...

[@mhdfrb9971]

I bet they don't understand a word in old english😆

[@Miglow]

He'd have better luck in Scotland.

[@mhdfrb9971]

@@Miglow yup. scots are closer to old english

[@ShaderKite]

Someone took the "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" a bit too seriously ;d

[@ryand.5857]

I actually laughed out loud at this 🤣

[@feiyu8988]

lmao！

[@sdrobo]

He should have spoken the actual Italian roman dialect then. It would be fun. But foreign people can't understand this. At "Oh ma che sta di'" I pissed myself laughting

[@user-vv1jt1qn5q]

😂😂😂 thanks for this brillant idea ! Italian people are really helpful and kind.

[@Nakaisthebest]

Great video! Thanks for bringing some light on the Latin pronunciation of Italian speakers :-) Anyway, everybody tried to help you. That's the most important thing :-)

[@danielmalachi8793]

Mate, you have some seriously big balls to try that!! Credit to you for keeping a straight face, especially considering you speak Italian and could understand... the last bloke was getting a bit angsty, wasn't he!?

[@libatonvhs]

yeah he kinda told Martianus to frick off :/

[@realtalk6195]

Italy has well over a dozen languages natively, so this is nothing out of the ordinary or embarrassing TBH. It's no different then not knowing Mandarin in China and speaking something else, it's not _that_ unusual.

[@rw3899]

The City isn't what it used to be since that eastern cult took over

[@PodcastItaliano]

@@realtalk6195 sure, but nowadays 99.9% of Italians speak Italian either exclusively or alongside their "dialetto", there are almost no exclusive dialetto speakers. You'll never see a Neapolitan trying to push Napoletano on a Milanese, for instance, since both will speak Italian

[@JVerde853]

@@PodcastItaliano oh wow, it's you!

[@Bolpat]

Imagine if it just so happend he ran into someone who moderately understood Latin, played along, and tried to actually answer him in Latin. That would have made my day.

[@ciaotiziocaius4899]

He should have probably stopped at younger people who studied it recently in high school

[@Yoedric]

He should have gone to the vatican

[@dickon728]

Mine too. All done with a straight face.

[@susannasapignoli5914]

The real pronounce of Latin Is unknown. There are only possible pronounces. Perhaps an ancient Roman would have not understood the pleasant Latin speaker.

[@SweetyPrincessMarghe]

@@ciaotiziocaius4899 Nonsense, every 30/40 yo has studied latin in middle school and highschool in italy but that doesn't mean they can speak it fluently lol and on the contrary, very young people are even less likely to know latin since it's not mandatory in middle school anymore but it's up to the teacher to teach it or not, and the only high school where it's mandatory is a specific type (liceo classico) and some rudimental basics in liceo scientifico but that's it.

[@jazzander5314]

I studied Latin for 3 years at school. I'm glad that I did, because it helped me understand French, and I can understand Spanish and Italian when I read them. I love to order at those restaurants!

[@diegouzeda2491]

I am sure you can also understand my native Brazilian Portuguese in writing. As for understading the way we speak, it´s another matter since neither our Spanish speaking "cousins" cannot.

[@eponymous_graphics]

THAT ... WAS AMAZING ! A brilliant mini-expose on the viability of a "dead lanuage" .. not so dead (unused) after all ! Brilliant. Bravo et Bravisimo !! well done. this should be a thesis or a dissertation. Thumbs up.

[@buioso]

As italian (not Roman but from Milan) who learned latin in high school i would have recognized you spoke latin, and get the general meaning of what you were asking. But for sure i won't be able to answer iln Latin. Great video, i'm really impressed how fluently you speak latin.

[@ciaotiziocaius4899]

Exactly, I think most Italians who went to a classical high school could probably understand the sense of the words

[@crocsy1439]

We learn Latin to read texts, not to have conversations in fact. These are not my words but J. G. Droysen's, one of the most respected figures in Latin and Ancient Greek history. Most 4th year liceo classico students (aged 17-18) can translate a manual about war tactics but can't answer to an "how are you" bc that is not Latin's purpose.

[@alphaviki7987]

@@crocsy1439 But it can be 👀

[@lorenzocabrini]

Interesting, because I could hardly make out a word. However, if somebody speaks Latin with Italian way of speaking, then yes, I can figure most of it out. I am from Rome, is that we are especially bad at Latin?? Or maybe just me. I speak several dialects of LISP, but maybe not my ancestor languge.

[@crocsy1439]

@@alphaviki7987 I mean... we would need a context where to apply it lol You can't just ask your friend even trivial stuff like what youtube video he watches or if they like your new car using Latin, it's usage in spoken situation is very impractical

[@YiannissB.]

“Polyglot prankster gets lost in Rome”

[@viperking6573]

@@davidgoldman1452 Luke didn't see someone who coudl speak the latin language? I'm a fan of greek xD did I get that right?

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

Είναι αλήθεια

[@MrPillowStudios]

@@polyMATHY_Luke mihi est hic?

[@Antpaok]

@@davidgoldman1452 your spelling is a bit off in case you care about accuracy, the proper way to write Luke would be "Λουκ" and in this case the verb "found" would have to be in the third person past tense, you have it in the first person, so instead of "βρήκα" it should be "βρήκε". Also "κάποιος" needs to be in the accusative form in this case as the action is happening toward them so "κάποιον" instead of "κάποιος" which is the nominative for someone. And lastly you're missing the article "τη" in front of latin language which is also in the accusative. All together your sentence should look like "Ο Λουκ δεν βρήκε κάποιον που μιλά τη λατινική γλώσσα"

[@Antpaok]

@@davidgoldman1452 κανένα πρόβλημα φίλε μου, χαίρομαι που μαθαίνεις τη γλώσσα μας! Συνέχισε έτσι! Είμαι βέβαιος πως θα τα μάθεις καλά

[@davishropshire5361]

I studied Latin for 2 years in high school and competed in sight recitation at the JCL competitions. Nice to see someone speaking Classical Latin 😊

[@TejaMan]

Avevo due professori di italiano e latino che tra loro chiaccheravano e scherzavano sia in latino classico che in quello ecclesiastico.Nelle versioni io andavo malissimo ma,sentendolo parlare in realtà è abbastanza comprensibile per un italiano,tanto quanto potrebbe essere lo spagnolo.Bellissimo video!❤

[@etHero]

"no one speaks latin asides from you" fucking killed me xD

[@albertocanonico4757]

@Saverio Aiazzi May be he just understood "San Giovanni" and he said: "di là".

[@danieledalmonte7560]

i'm italian but i hate those people. they put their time over everything, don't matter if seconds or years, or what they do for living. they just want to stick to their boring, ignorant lives. if you hear someone speaking real latin you're supposed to be amazed, damn!

[@ianng5098]

@@danieledalmonte7560 couldn't agree more. That guy was stupid rude.

[@dariusclovis1374]

Tyche Please don't spoil the comment box with your street gutter!

[@davix8669]

Julius Caesar's face: 😭

[@myytacc9851]

You should include your Latin speaking friends and pretend you are lost tourists so people wouldn’t think you’re joking.

[@polyMATHY_Luke]

That’s the plan

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@polyMATHY_Luke uP

[@Alexander-tx4bw]

@@polyMATHY_Luke you could also dress up as Roman nobility. Then pretend to be utterly confused by the state the city is in and ask passerby if they know the way to some antique location like the theater of Pompey or Neros palace. I am sure people would catch on to you speaking Latin far quicker and get a good laugh out of it, too

[@micahbenally5139]

Even better, dress up as stereotypical Americans with baseball hats and new balance sneakers

[@loraz5343]

100 percent this. Be time travellers.

[@CapitanRocco]

- Gli italiani possono parlare il latino? - Si, ma non sempre gli fa piacere.... 🤣🤣🤣 GRANDE !!!!

[@gurufabbes1]

Do this MORE. it was fantastic!

[@basileerla]

There is a bias here Luke! Here in Roma we are so used to "Turists", particularly in the city center, their sixth sense smelled US the moment you showed up. The ὀξύμωρον of a perceived US citizen speaking something that was not English got them even more confused :D

[@antonxuiz]

Recognizing greek words that my language has taken as loans after decyphring the alphabet will always put that little extra fun in the joke

[@bronsonevertsen4180]

D'accordissimo. L'ultimo poi ha fatto la parte del preso in giro e si è arreso e fa "Nessuno parla latino a parte te. Quindi prendi il telefonino, vai su Google e cerca in latino la Basilica di San Giovanni" 😂 lì sono morto. Non so come ha fatto a tenere la serietà Luke hahahaha

[@Raycheetah]

"Are you messing with me?" I thought that guy might get a little rough! =^[.]^=

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

I agree, but isn't that part of the fun? Playing with people's expectations. It might even have been advantageous. If people had time to think about what was being said and how it was being said they might come to realise, perhaps from their school days, that this is Latin, but with the tourist expectation they are instead just flopping about for which foreign language is being spoken and at the same time as just about getting the sense of what is being said. It's that last bit which was being tested.

[@jaysterling26]

@@Raycheetah I'm surprised there wasn't any use of the vernacular ( or was that edited out?). Perhaps the same experiment outside , or nearby, the University?

[@Charliechorizo]

Vulgare: "where are you from?" Romano: "Cosmopolitanus sum" 🤔

[@m.charron]

That was a great experiment, and good for some laughs too!

[@CarlosInfante-mx8hc]

As a Spanish speaker, I understood both languages hahaha speaking Spanish is like having super powers when it comes to understanding Latin languages

[@yoult]

"No one here is speaking Latin except you" - oh, how the mighty have fallen

[@discounthistorychannel7292]

It's amazing how much time strangers dedicate to giving directions for foreigners. I honestly respect that.

[@eduardog3000]

Especially since everyone has a maps app on their phone.

[@lynxcato3327]

Maybe they want foreigners to have a good impression of Italy, so they try to be hospitable.

[@traurigesland4622]

We're Mediterranean people. Guest is sacred in greek and roman culture. Being in your house or in this case in your City and Nation. The G Maps doesnt work as an excuse, there are tons of reasons someone wouldn't or couldn't use it. We're so used to turists its no big deal. I speak french, spanish english and of course mothertounge Italian: I once actually just made me follow by a turist and I brought him to the place he wanted to visite and in the meanwhile we chew the fat. I has finished my errands and i said why no? I like using languages when I can. Tip #1: Modern Romans are friendly and kind. Be a respectful tourist and you will find nothing but great ospitlity. We saw so much shit in the years. Girls and grown mem having bath in a 500 years old fountain monument and shit like that. Hooligans and drunk people destroying the city center harassing our women. If you ever meet a prejudiced roman Citizen, it is never without reason. Be a good tourist. We have kindness and hospitality in our DNA code. Remember that the Romans were the only Conquistadores in hiatory to let the won nation people have its own religion, tradition and even its political internal situation as long as they paid what due to Rome, respect roman soldiera and Praetoriani and NEVER NEVER NEVER try Revolt (only the Israelis were a pain in the ass in this regard, so many revolts. Life's of Brianrian docet. You see how are moral system sprouted such an experiment so unique in history. So different compared to the other: British Empire and Spanish Empire. Not to talk about before: Gengis Khan, Persia, Islam, that was just pur barbarity. You can see the difference

[@renzoraschioni3886]

@@traurigesland4622 Persians too did let conquered people keep their religions, traditions and rulers; I don't understand why you put them into "barbarians".

[@pizzibarbarodellamaremma3179]

We are just used to it

[@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded]

Now, this is the type of content we need

[@lewistaylor1965]

Fascinating experiment...Thank you...very interesting

[@_elifilen]

I love how the first person was so chill, and patient with him.

[@Darwinek]

*patient

[@_elifilen]

@@Darwinek thank you :p

[@cry2love]

He was scared that he spoke like his elders 😂

[@vladimirchylik6754]

That's because he didn't recognize the language. He understood it a little which confused him even more.

[@mercurio7424]

Bro u saw him well? AHAHAHAHA wtf is he doin with that chair? Lmao i can only imagine the hard work he was under

[@micahnewman]

They say "I can't understand you" but then they actually understand him. 😁

[@lukeeller8310]

I'm italian and i can tell you that i understood some of the words but without understanding exactly the meaning of the entire phrase.

[@TimyrK]

Brilliant idea and stringent experiment