CONVERSATIONAL LATIN | Matthew Keil

Matthew Keil gives a demonstration of how he teaches his students conversational Latin.
Latin Language w/ English subtitles.
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[@victorthecat7790]

If only every language teacher was this passionate.

[@claymodelexpert]

if only every teacher was this passionate

[@Alorah_]

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[@mikeockshuge829]

If only every student was passionate about learning.

[@Alorah_]

Mike Ockshuge Yeah..do you learn latin?

[@mikeockshuge829]

Yep, took 3 years of it. And my statement is not necessarily targeted to learning Latin but the entire process of learning a subject.

[@theblekboi]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITS MR KEIL, IM DONE. THATS MY TEACHER.

[@blovlh6258]

Is he a good teacher? As in you're not bored out of your mind when in his class.

[@theblekboi]

Hes awesome, he gives everyone decent grades (100%) and very few tests and quizs. And when he does, he gives us so many ways to "cheat". Like letting us taking the midterm home, or making a test 2 days.

[@coltonreeves6893]

+MrMadmanEPIC, The Maddest Man Around That's not a good teacher, that's just a guy who lets everyone pass, regardless of whether or not they deserve it.

[@theblekboi]

Colton Reeves No, he fails people who don't do work, or are lazy. He is just fair and nice in grading. Trust me, he also takes his time and teaches us all the aspects of Latin.

[@blovlh6258]

+MrMadmanEPIC, The Maddest Man Around Can you somewhat speak latin or type it at least?

[@lv.99mastermind45]

I'm trying to picture the Romans constantly speaking this.

[@iddydods9283]

+Alexander Hoard Imagine English speakers sounding like Borat. That's what he's doing to the language.

[@lv.99mastermind45]

Is he the weeaboo of Latin?

[@vincentchung7664]

That's the perfect way to put it!

[@opsimathics]

wealthy romans spoke greek

[@grillchicken1215]

they didn't actally speak like this, this is traditional pronunciation established in 15th century, roman latin sounded "harsher" (like valyrian from GoT).

[@NightWolf1928]

Haha this guy was my Latin teacher! Great guy with such a great amount of worldly knowledge

[@IAmOneWithArt]

To the people who said it sounds like Spanish and Italian: Both Spanish and Italian are Latin languages that developed from vulgar Latin in Spain and Italy.

[@desisarod]

exacto

[@cartman9053]

france and rumanian from latin

[@SuperBustyEva]

Aaron Lewis in other words all Romance languages derived from original Latin that Greeks used

[@RadioEdit-rs3vz]

Old latin sounds more like Ecuadorian/Peruvian spanish than Italian pronunciation

[@lepredator189]

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK

[@Francis1930]

I've studied Latin in a Benedictine monastery for the past 10 years. It's one of the most beautiful languages of the western world, and is the basis of all language from Italy to the Americas. This is marvellous!

[@SDCDIABLO]

Except english, which is germanic not a romance language...

[@asdfasdf4345artsdfg]

Spencer Kaufman True, it's not a 'romance' language, but around 50-60 percent of our language's vocabulary has been derived from Latin; in addition, some words are even taken directly from the language---not to mention common phrases. English is based upon Anglo-saxon, Norse, Greek, & *Latin* as well. But when it comes to grammar/structure, English is not similar.

[@DrZenith]

maccollectorZ (Commenting Account) Recte dicis, amice! I was going to slap down the ignorant Mr Kaufman but you've done it for me. English is at least as much, if not more, derived from Latin directly, or indirectly via Norman French than from Germanic roots -important as they are. (And don't let's forget a bit of Norse!). Thanks for correcting him.

[@asdfasdf4345artsdfg]

Chris Eden :-) Thanks! Some people don't even know that most of English vocab (50%+) is derived from Latin. Luckily, I take Latin and learned, in English class, the languages from which English derived. It almost annoys me that some people discredit Latin, when one can barely have an English conversation without using various Latin-derived words. In fact, I can name several words that I have just used in *this* conversation.

[@asdfasdf4345artsdfg]

***** I can concur with certain points you have made, but I see no reason that casual speak cannot bring up Latin-derived words. It's impossible to have a reasonable conversation with a person, in the English language, without using one or more Latin-derived words. Heck, the simple word 'conversation' comes from Latin.

[@CrazyBoy-pd4ht]

That amazing feeling when studied latin for years and you understand all of this. I love this

[@CrazyBoy-pd4ht]

M MT I had a professor for the first two years and studied on my own for the rest.

[@oguzqagan]

dead language.

[@Lucifer-ks7sm]

Panzer VI Yes and so should Hebrew. But if people can bring life into them im sure we can do it with latin

[@Nathan-yk5km]

Onur Turk that’s part of the appeal for me, and the greats who spoke the language. The time it was used. It’s really cool. I’d rather know dead Latin than living Turkish, not to offend

[@Nathan-yk5km]

Xavier Smith wouldn’t the case be that they used Vulgar Latin which just developed into Italian as we know it? In which case it’s similar to any language

[@ryanmcginnis2936]

This guy's hold on Latin is exemplary, probably the best I've heard yet. It flows naturally like Italian but a bit like Spanish

[@4godand4thegays73]

Ryan McGinnis Theres morning closing about his speech. It sounds rigid and theatrical, the fluency feels forced. He obviously has a good grasp on the language, but his trilling of the r into rrr isn't accurate nor are many of his micro pronunciations in vowels.

[@randymudge7435]

I agree. As a native English and Spanish speaker who has been to Italy a number of times, I can actually follow most of it, although clearly the subtitled English helps. Much closer to Italian in nouns and verbs. His delivery is very much Italian sounding. I'm not sure if that is intentional or representative of ancient, spoken Latin. Your thoughts?

[@williams.5952]

Look up Terence Tunberg, Luigi Miraglia, Milena Minkova, Scorpio Martianus, and so on. They are FAR better.

[@blackraven6049]

Guys no joke, he is my current latin teacher.

[@lerg12]

***** damn dude you just got wrecked by your teacher.

[@cassiuscyparissus5567]

if you mohammad speak good latin, you'll be one awesome mohammad. no kidding

[@martaprofice6499]

I wish Latin teaching in Italy was like this, not that boredom of just grammar and conjunction but also actual conversations in it, this way Latin would be less hated by us students and we won't have such low grades

[@NicoLReino]

+Marta Profice I hear you, the same shit happens in Spain with both Latin and Ancient Greek. +KOSOVO 4000 Γειά σου! Εγώ ισπανός είμαι αλλά μιλάω λίγο ελληνικά γιατί έχω μένει στήν Κύπρο. Είσαι σωστή στο λύκειο δεν μαθαίνεις τίποτα.

[@intanto1]

"but it is kept to a minimum" not sure it is a good thing.

[@vincentius9311]

Consentiō, sed etiam sine magistrō Latīnē loquī sē dōcēre potestis. Cum in scholā eram, nēmō Latīnē loquēbantur sed ego incēpī.

[@yumerchASMR]

I hope someday I become this good at Latin.

[@reptilia5]

+Rex Lana / yumerch Shouldn't your name say "Regina Lana" instead of "Rex Lana"? Rex is a masculine noun and regina is feminine.

[@yumerchASMR]

reptilia5 it's an inside joke, i know it's supposed to be regina, but the nickname was given to me and i accepted it before i knew very much latin

[@ceremy]

Are you now?

[@boshugo]

4 years are you?

[@kangumbra]

@@yumerchASMR Postene loqui Latine?

[@Kwonghun]

Actually his pronunciation is really authentic :P

[@Arturest]

Is his pronunciation really correct?

[@blovlh6258]

mario tenuto How so?

[@rzeka]

better than most English speakers who try to speak Latin

[@Daniel-mq7wi]

He is using a mix of classical and ecclesiastical Latin. So not entirely.

[@MBison-im2qy]

Let's just take a time machine back a few milenia with a tape recorder to find out

[@shazalakazoo7957]

This is the correct way of pronouncing Latin! Congratulations! I love it.

[@flower-uw1hm]

Matthew Keil teaches Latin far better than any of my Italian teachers taught Italian to us at school. ie e talks mostly in Latin during the class - not in English. Our Italian teachers always spoke mostly in English during the classes, but gave us tasks to do that were Italian based and usually gave us all their instruction in English. Matthew Keil's way of teaching Latin is the best way of teaching any language. ie to speak to the class in the language you are teaching. It is common sense. But my Italian teachers did not have this basic common sense on teaching languages, despite having to been to university to get their teaching degree.

[@robquinn9999]

Latin is a very cool language, and given how few non-clergymen have any degree of familiarity with it, achieving conversational fluency certainly is an accomplishment. The pompous delivery however, is entirely optional.

[@ExVeritateLibertas]

These days few clergymen, even Catholic, have more than a passing knowledge. Case in point - when Benedict XVI announced his abdication - in Latin - a lot of the assembled bishops did not fully understand what he had said.

[@reginamaruta8276]

Since lwas a Latin beginner l started listening to him and l have enjoyed this language. Now have enrolled full time. Thanks to Keil.

[@ArturoSubutex]

That's incredible, the way he hesitates and somehow makes mistakes and immediately corrects them proves that he's not repeating something he has learned by heart, he's actually talking in Latin.

[@seancoleman5021]

I only started looking at these spoken Latin videos recently and I'm surprised how much I can understand. The subtitles are a big help. Outside school I only heard it spoken at the very odd Latin mass. I learnt it the traditional way at school with the grammar but I enjoyed that. I read a little every weekend; at the moment I am on Ovid's Metamorphoses and have reached the point where I can really enjoy the poetry. These videos spur you on as you realize that there are others who share your interest. I'd better try saying something in Latin, something I've never done before so it will be wrong. Here goes: Multum mihi placet pelliculas istas et audire et spectare, et auctoribus gratias ago. That was straight off the cuff - I didn't spend an hour with a dictionary!

[@7ic7ac]

As an Italian, I have to say it feels like he's waay overcompensating for the lack of the trilled R sound in his original language, to the point it sounds a bit like a caricature. Still quite impressive though.

[@Andres-xr6bn]

I’m hearing it too. Native Spanish speaker but I hear people blow out that rrr in literally every instance of the r. It’s funny because normally it’s people who are otherwise fluent who do this-just put in the extra effort to learn when not to do it ffs.

[@timwendland4122]

@@Andres-xr6bn I imagine the problem was that when they started the language they couldnj't do it, so they overexaggerated it, then grew used to doing it this way.

Still sounds better than the other Latin speaking teacher at Princeton University who has a thick American accent and overemphasizes weird parts of Latin words, making it sound like a butchered mix between German, Spanish and the sim language.

[@yveltalsea]

charlottesasaki this one HUNDRED percent. that video made me so incredibly uncomfortable

[@AnalogOpher]

As a student of Italian I can relate. Trilling the r and especially the rr is a real issue for many students. Then one day i heard how they speak fluent Italian in the alpine region of Italy, with a total german guttural r. Then i said fuck it, just do the best you can.

[@MissVictoriaSongs]

He seems like a cool guy

[@blackraven6049]

Trust me, he is. He's actually my teacher.

[@PeterAllenWebb]

Always good to see a teacher that loves their subject and has a passion for passing it on. Excellent.

[@AntoniusVladislavius]

that's the kind of teacher you'd want

[@zalambdalestes7394]

Latin: "Through me, people from different countries are able to communicate with each other." Esperanto: "Am I a joke to you?" English: "Chilax, guys. Britannia rules the waves!"

[@eljuano28]

Esperanto: "Ĉu mi estas ŝerco al vi?"

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

we need more enthusiastic teachers like this in the world, Matthew Keil is very passionate about what he does which is teaching a dead language but as he said ancient tongues are becoming popular in the modern world, it's simply wonderful :)

[@brianwalsh6666]

o magister perhumane, nos Latine locuturi te salutamus. bene dictum, melius actum. qualis artifex vivit! praecipuas tibi gratias.

[@Arturest]

It would be very nice if we could resuscitate Latin by creating a state which had Latin as its official language where everybody would speak it, like the Jews/Israelis made with Hebrew that was also a dead language, as far as I know, and now is a contemporary language. Maybe EU (European Union) could be that state.

[@sereysothe.a]

EstonianLad90FJ Vatican City technically has Latin as one of it's official languages

[@CutHardstylez]

EstonianLad90FJ well Latin is widely used in law and medical

[@NanosoftRussia]

EstonianLad90FJ As high-school student on languages, there is no worry about Latin language disappearing near future. It is used in variety of languages, even in Asian languages Latin words as foreign became traditional, like 'tempura" =deep fried food in Japanese language. Of course it would be great them to have own country where they speak it. Vactican is beign one but tourists are most population of the country. Remember that Latin is used in everyday language like english! :D

[@na-hr6yx]

EstonianLad90FJ I severely doubt that a crap language, like Latin, would help to build up confidence into the European institutions.

[@Arturest]

+this comment will self-destruct in 10, 9, 8 No, it's not. Who told you that?

[@werecollie]

my high school has mandatory Latin for all four years (i'm in Latin 2 now), but we aren't taught how to speak it. Wish we were, this sounds really rad

[@reptilia5]

Glad I found this video.Great teacher.Really puts his heart into his teaching.

[@renaissanceguerrilla863]

What a cool video: great to see a teacher with such genuine enthusiasm for teaching ...

[@killerbee2562]

I wish my Latin class had been like that, I might have learned a lot more then I did from wheelocks. That said with my Spanish, portuguese and what latin I remember I can understand about a 1/3rd of what he is saying.

[@fragmentshard]

killerbee256 Oh, Wheelock isn't half bad, especially if you always work through the exercises. I must say, though, I preferred using Moreland and Fleischer's Intensive Course when my class transferred to that text. And I'm sure the other languages help a lot, especially with that accent!

[@ayesha36]

killerbee256 Wheelock seems amazing to me. I had Ecce Romani...

[@setioryski5961]

it will be cool if people speak latin without italian accent

[@keegster7167]

people do that all the time; it just depends where they learn it.

[@saveriodeluca7083]

It isn't italian accent😧

[@keegster7167]

It is, though. The phonology may be different in Italian, but it's still very similar in Ecclesiastical Latin, and the stress and length of vowels are different, but the pitch and intonation is the same, making it sound very Italian.

[@saveriodeluca7083]

King Keegster I'm italian and I study latin (because I have to at school) and I can tell that yes,latin has,with its accent rules something similar to italian(infact for what I remember, italian is the secon most similar language to latin,the first is an italian dialect so...) but the way this dude speak is not italian-like. And,again, I don't know where you listened italians or supposed to be, speak like that,but italian doesn't sound like that. Maybe some dialects,but dialects are a separated thing from italian, some are even considered languages themself so...

[@27blanx]

setio ryski 🤦‍♂️

[@NCRaiquaza]

Beautiful. So similar to italian, and spanish and portuguese. He's so passionate, deserves a medal.

[@franciscodelacalle4528]

I wish I had had teachers like Prof. Keil... Great video. Gracias.

[@joanatome23]

I'm Portuguese and my language definitely came from Latin, I can understand a lot! He's so hilarious lol

[@jbcu.7943]

I would fail my Latin class if my teacher only spoke Latin 😫

[@KarinaGonzalez-ch6ju]

+Laura V u were just in a buzz feed video talking about satan

[@jbcu.7943]

+Phan ships Phan. Haha yeah

[@fernandafsuarez]

I swear I saw you on a buzzfeed video

[@jbcu.7943]

N Cat indeed you did haha

[@-TheBugLord]

+Laura V Buzzfeed is cancer

[@andreivladpalica7397]

I like his passion, it's just inspiring.

[@speedzero7478]

I admire this guy's skill. What an amazing language.

[@chinesespeakwelsh]

i reckon it must be the fact that the sounds of Latin are sort of 'reconstructed' by modern scholars, as a result it kind of sounds like Esperanto to me.

[@lisbethyoung3047]

the only problem I can find with is accent is the "R" 's he says rrr instead of r. that happens a lot with people whom their mother tongue is not french, spanish, italian or portuguese (latin languages)

[@Lucifer-ks7sm]

lisbeth young It's always like this in Latin

[@lisbethyoung3047]

Yuki Kaneshiro its not. The way you dont say "miserrerre" you say "miserere" just like you pronounce the r in your last name

[@bratzlover501]

I don’t think it’s just Latin languages, my first language isn’t a Latin one but we pronounce r normally

[@michaelhartl]

It depends on the style. In ecclesiastical Latin, "r"s are usually flipped, but in classical Latin they're rolled. As "Wheelock's Latin", a standard text, notes: "r was trilled; the Romans called it the littera canīna, because its sound suggested the snarling of a dog." The speaker in the video rolls his "r"s because he generally follows the classical Latin pronunciation conventions.

[@youthsuf]

The rolled r pronunciation is pronounced in many languages , not just the romance languages you just said

[@user-nn4sp1vw3s]

I love this.. thank you for the passionate work ..is rare ..😢😢..

[@DrZenith]

What a great teacher! If I'd had someone like him Latin would have come alive for me at school. As it is, years later, I'm trying to learn -and also to speak and understand- this wonderful language from which sprang European culture and languages. Optime magister! Monstratorem sequimini!

[@imhellag]

He is like the Giada de Laurentiis of Latin. Impressive yes, but the flourish he puts is very flowery... But it's not like any of us know what it actually sounded like. That's the beauty of studying a dead language right. No one can call you out on bad pronunciation LOL.

[@EricMazariegos]

XD true Giada is so excessive but it sounds heavenly

[@radred609]

***** It sounds very much like he is a native italian speaker

[@God001111]

imhellag oh god yes you can be called out on pronunciation, you kidding me? we have so many sources of how things were pronounced, people wrote about it a lot. that, and comparing many languages and working backwards. if you pronounce "veni vidi vici" as "venny veedee veechee", you're doing it wrong. "way-knee weedee weekee"

[@DrZenith]

In fact he has an excellent accent; in terms of reconstituted pronunciation. This is the way of speaking that since around the year 1500 has been recognized as being close to the original spoken in ancient Rome.. He does not pronounce Latin in the Catholic church manner of Italy. No, he's really very, very good.

[@DrZenith]

+imhellag We DO know what it sounded like; or at least to a very good approximation. Check out Evan der Milner on this, or read about the reconstituted pronunciation. We have an excellent idea about how the Romans, or at least the more educated strata, pronounced their language. Of course, as der Milner says someone speaking it today will give it a touch of their own accent. I speak French fluently, for example, but a French person will immediately know I'm English. I had a German friend who spoke French as well-if not better-than me but with a slightly teutonic accent etc, etc......

[@ivanxdxd]

uuuh quod erat demonstrandum?

[@Hyperstuff121]

Please do... we are all delighted to hear!

[@OkraDayss]

Its really cool how I could understand some of this without looking at the subtitles. Ive been taking latin for 4 years lol. I feel like learning with a. teacher that passionate about it must really help reinforce the language!!

[@irenetsk]

I am learning Latin at school. I am Greek and I can assure you there are some common points between Latin and Greek mainly because Greeks moved to Italy before the Roman Empire years and had a significant influence in the forming of the language. However, those influences are kind of difficult to identify since you'd need to know both Ancient Greek and Latin fluently and search in the roots of the words. The verb fero for example (which means bring or carry) is the same in Greek, other than that there are a few numbers etc. And I guess at school we pronounce Latin with the most Greek accent possible since we're not actually studying the language on its own, just 50 latin texts.

[@irenetsk]

Kiernan Dennis-Foley ναι βεβαίως!

[@gweromonitor4419]

"I can assure you there are some common points between Latin and Greek mainly because Greeks moved to Italy before the Roman Empire years " Actually not very much. It's mainly because of them belonging to main vast language family called "Indo-European". Nobody doubts about them moving there, but still I suggest you to stop there. This is a weak fallacious assertion you mentioned. " had a significant influence in the forming of the language. " Wrong. Clearly that's an extremely ignorant statement coming from someone that doesn't know about linguistics and I say you to remove that ignorance you have. Because it's really really bad. In fact Latin existed before Ancient Greek inflence and Ancent Greek actually did absolutely nothing to form the language. It doesn't work that way. Latin is in Romance language family while Greek belongs to Hellenic one. "Influence" doesn't determine fundamental basis of a language. That's absolute nonsense. Don't confuse them. "However, those influences are kind of difficult to identify since you'd need to know both Ancient Greek and Latin fluently and search in the roots of the words." Clearly you don't know much about scientific finding on that matter. No, it's not that difficult to trace even for a man using linguistics as a hobby. But of course scientific research is always more accurate and legit type of research. "The verb fero for example (which means bring or carry) is the same in Greek, other than that there are a few numbers etc." Clearly, well it IS *in fact* because Latin and Greek have a common ancestor called "Proto-Indo-European language" and not the other way around. Plus, there are ZERO evidence for this matter and a ton of nationalistic ridiculous nonsense that a very intelligent man laughs at their weak presence. Heck, even Old Norse has a verd pretty similar. Did Vikings knew Classical Greek? Absolutely ridiculous. Not even a logical chance. Indo-European theory is more solid and legimate.

[@irenetsk]

Sure many European Languages belong to the Indo-European family, I'm sorry I didn't include that. But all the rest are literally taken from my school books, I don't think they could be denied.

[@gweromonitor4419]

***** " I'm sorry I didn't include that." Εντάξει. Δεν χρειάζονται απολογίες. Δεν είναι μεγάλη υπόθεση απλά πρόσθεσα και ξεκαθάρισα κάτι. "But all the rest are literally taken from my school books, I don't think they could be denied." Όντως. Αλλά δεν είπα αυτό. Απλά είπα για το πραγματικό γεγονός πως οι θεμελιώδης καθημερινές λέξεις δεν πάρθηκαν απο κάπου. Έχουν κοινό πρόγονο. Δεν υπάρχει λογική αμφισβήτηση γι' αυτό, μόνο εθνικιστικός παραλογισμός. Δεν αρνούμαι την μεγάλη αρχαιοελληνική επιρροή στο αρχαιορωμαϊκό/κλασσικορωμαϊκό λεξικό, απλά δεν είναι θεμελιώδης. Οι περισσότερες περίπλοκες επιστημονικές ορολογίες έχουν Ελληνική καταγωγή και λέγονται και δεν υπάρχει αμφισβήτηση τώρα για αυτό. Άσχετο. Είσαι φωτογράφος;

[@gweromonitor4419]

Kiernan Dennis-Foley Τι κάνεις, στραβάδι; XD Χαχαχαχα. This is called "Argo". It's a 90s-early 2000s slag Greek talk and it survived now...into a shitty form. Seems like only shit phrases survived and only to irrationaly swear someone with those fallacious phrases.

[@pheagol]

Salve Matthee, gaudio affectus fui cum primum te loqui Latine audivi! Noli audire quod alii dicunt de pronuntiatione tua. Nescientes scientes reprehendunt. Est satis bona! Certe, sunt aliquot errores abs te facti loquente (velut ubi ponis "quoque", velut "aliquid alter"et al.), sed homo nondum natus est perfectus, et omnes formas recte dici in loquendo difficillimum aestimo scioque. Fortasse aliquando in conventu aliquo conveniemus. Fac semper vexillum Latinitatis vivae portes et deus aut dei tibi semper adsint. Cura ut valeas, Philippus

[@DrZenith]

Piscina Recte dicis et recte scribis amice. Hodie, difficile est, praeceptores invenire qui linguam latinam loqui possunt ut nos audire et imitare possunt.. Pronunctiationis rectis, de latinam, per nos, qui hanc linguam loquuntur, non existant. Multas gratias tibi ago per tuum commentarium. (grammatica mea non est perfecta. Sed, errare humanum est!)

[@pheagol]

Sunt varii modi pronuntiationis, et non licet dici unam esse meliorem altera. Sed mihi pronuntiatione classica uti videtur aptissimum ad loquendum, quia clara est et facile intellegi atque disci potest. Matheus noster utitur classica, quamquam non perfecta est. Sed, ut dixi, quis est perfectus?

[@michella1913]

+Piscina Cum inter uaria genera appellandarum litterarum non liceat dicere aliud melius alio, mihi tamen accommodatissimum Latine loquendo antiquum illud uidetur, quippe quod clarum sit et facile intellegi possit. Mattheus noster antiquo quanquam utens, haud optime dicit. At sicut rogaui, quisnam optimus ?

[@michella1913]

+Piscina Only for the sake of correctness (non reprehendo !), I'm giving below a few suggestions: I. a) I think that "affecto" should go along with you (ego) and not with "gaudio"; so, you should write "affectus sum" (I was moved); b) if you want to say to Matthew that you were happy as soon as you heard him speaking Latin, you should write: "Gaudio affectus (or adfectus) sum cum primum te Latine loquentem audiui !"; what you wrote means that you were happy as soon as you heard (i.e. people told me) about the fact he speaks (or was speaking) Latin, which is quite different (but perhaps it was your actual meaning, though). II. "Pronuntiatio" in Latin means "declaration", not "pronunciation" (the way we pronounce the words in a language); this one is rendered by the Latin words "appellatio" or "prolatio" or even "vox"; so, you should write: "Noli audire quod alii dicunt de appellatione tua". III. a) If you want to say that Matthew made some mistakes, you should use the adjectives "aliquot" or "nonnulli", instead of "pauci" which means he made few (not many) mistakes; b) the preposition "ab" (or "abs" as you wrote it) is usually shortened to "a" before a word beginning with a vowel sound (according to Antiquity grammarians); c) "error" means the fact of straying, physically or mentally; a mistake is rendered in Latin by "erratum"; so, you should write: "Certe, sunt nonnulla (aliquot) errata a te facta loquente". IV. a) "et omnes formas recte dici in loquendo...": the active voice should be used here, therefore "dicere" and not "dici"; b) "Aestimo" doesn't mean "to reckon, to deem", but "to appreciate, to esteem", so you should use "censeo" or "existimo"; so, you should write: "et omnes formas recte dicere in loquendo difficillimum censeo scioque". V. "Conuenio" is rather used for "to gather, to assemble"; "congredior" is better for saying "to meet"; so, you should write: "Fortasse aliquando in aliquo conuentu congrediemur". VI. a) In "Fac semper uexillum Latinitatis uiuae...", the consecutive clause isn't introduced properly; you must use the conjunction "ut" together with a correlative (which is not mandatory, though); b) if not in the beginning of sentences, Latin nouns don't have an initial capital letter; so, you should write: "Fac ita (or sic) ut semper uexillum latinitatis uiuae portes et deus aut dei tibi semper adsint". So, finally your text should altogether look like that: « Salve Matthee, Gaudio affectus fui cum primum te Latine loquentem audiui ! Quae de appellatione tua dicunt alii, eis ne aures dederis. Nescientes scientes reprehendunt. Est satis bona ! Certe sunt nonnulla errata abs te facta loquente (uelut ubi ponis "quoque", uelut "aliquid alter" et al.), sed homo perfectus nondum natus est, et recte dicere omnes formas in loquendo difficillimum esse censeo scioque. Fortasse aliquando in aliquo conuentu congrediemur. Fac ita ut semper uexillum latinitatis uiuae portes et deus aut dei tibi semper adsint. Cura ut ualeas, Philippus » I hope it helps and that you won't take offence at my suggestions. Vale !

[@pheagol]

+michella1913 Thank you for the work you invested. I think you mean well so I won't get angry here. :) Still, not all you say is right. I want to make this short because I do not feel like long discussions, but since you invested work, I will quickly refer to your points. I. vocative of Timotheus is Timothee. Vocative of meus is often just meus. II. a.) Mea culpa. b.) Not necessarily. But in this case your version would be better. III. No. I could give you passages. But your version might be right as well. IV. pronuntiatio est satis bona. V. a) thanks. b) just wrong! c) error is fine VI. so? VII. a) difficillimum est ;) b) No! aestimo is fine. VIII. Sorry, but congredi is not what I meant. convenio is fine. IX. a) Sorry, but in this construction you are wrong. Goes without ut. b) No! Names can be written with capital letters. Like Latinitas. So, looking at this, I think, you made my text worse. Excuse me, but I think, expect for my one embarrassing lapsus, the text looks fine just the way I wrote it. If I may, humbly and without the intention of being mean, give you an advise, then let me say that you should read more and various Latin authors. Valeas.

[@InClaraVoce]

I adore the way he speaks it

[@dominicthedefiant3210]

Why is everyone hating on him in the comments I don't understand it.

[@NicoLReino]

You're right, I just don't get it. People are ignorant as fuck.

[@maximkoroteev9625]

I did not read other comments but he makes mistakes in latin when speaking.

[@dominicthedefiant3210]

Maxim Koroteev So do please speaking English for the first time. But its no reason to bash him like everyone else is. Most of them don't even speak Latin.

[@blueberrycupcake4403]

Anyway, is a big accomplishment he can speak it, isn't perfect, but is many times better than the rest of us.

[@TheCastillerian]

Maybe because he's using the Classical pronunciation of the language and not the Ecclesiastical.

[@RenanzinhoSopadeAbobora]

its sounds like a mix between italian and portuguese!

[@MrPauloteixeira21]

And maybe, spanish. In Portuguese, some words are exactly the same as Latin.

[@lahagemo]

Paulo Henrique da Silva Teixeira Thumbs up because I speak Portuguese and a lot of the stuff he said I understood w/o having to think about it.

[@lovemusic003]

The background music sounds like Vivaldi.

[@ChristianWandzala]

It is.. :) from the Four Seasons I believe

[@kianoghuz1033]

For an anglophone, I must say his pronounciation is quite good. Would love to have a professor like that

[@kagi95]

I've been studying French for 6 months, and I've been loving it ever since. When I get fluent in French, I know for sure which language I will be studying next. I hope I get have teachers like him.

[@DorianMeyer7]

pulchra lingua deorum latium non mortis est. quae diffusa per orbem rursus

[@dirtyshotGamerMC]

is quae genitive

[@oliverrodriguez7470]

Latium is a place.

[@uncabral]

Dead here means nobody speaks it as native language.

[@bigPianist99]

Benedictus!

[@qeddeq1]

you get a bunch of latin enthusiasts together and they will nearly come to blows on classical pronunciation, because no one knows how caesar really sounded exactly, although we have the hard c and so on as guides. i would aim for clarity in pronunciation rather than trying to sound italian and fixating on the r's

[@rebeccahicks4949]

Except that he's not sounding Italian. Also, Italians don't fixate on the r's unless they're written as doubled. For a single r, they just give it a brief flip.

[@chrischris4615]

thank you brother for the inspiration.

[@naota3k]

His annunciation and accent are fantastic.

[@stjacquesremi]

I want to learn latin! butI know nobody who could teach me

[@juancarlosjuradoreyna8574]

But, you can use this book: lingua latina per se illustrataes.scribd.com/doc/74632456/lingua-Latina-1-Orberg-Familia-Romana-Libro-Completo. Lingua latina pluchra est.

[@amimah7708]

Use the cambridge latin course books and their website

[@robertocarfagni-scholalatina]

See this website: latinediscereaude

[@exbladex99]

Sardinian is closest to Latin... Then Italian, then Spanish, then Romanian... These are closest to Latin in that order according to research.

[@sergioprieto1437]

Not actually... I speak Spanish, Italian and Catalan, Italian is not closer to Latin than Spanish. If I'd say which one is closer... I'd tell Spanish before Italian. I do speak Latin so I can see the differences between all those languages and no language is closer than any other. There are words that Spanish still keeps from Latin and Italian doesn't and the contrary. Take care!!

[@wildwoodwanderer6980]

+Sergio Prieto that means nothing. Just because Spanish has kept some words they are wholly pronounced differently. The Italian dialect retains more of the Latin feel and general sound compared to a Spanish "a", latin "a" and Italian "a" sound.

[@sergioprieto1437]

+Falkyrie u are wrong bro.. The real latin dialect sounds nothing like italian. There is some videos like the one of destiny of rome where they speak latin with italian accent. But classic latin is closer to spanish than italian. Galician is even closer in some words that are pronounced in the same way as latin. Real latin sounds nothing like italian bealive me. There is a movie in latin called * "Imperator " (in classic latin)* or something like that, u can find it on youtube. u'll see how similar it is to whatever. Spanish by personal experience is much more similar than italian..

[@sergioprieto1437]

+Chiara Brunelli Vabbè.. puoi pensare quello che vuoi, io solo ti sto dicendo che ho studiato molte ligue e so di che cosa parlo. So che difendi la tua lingua ma comunque non puoi dire nulla se ignori completamente l'argomento. Quando scrivo in latino e lo mostro a mio amico "italiano" non capisce un cazzo, credimi.. è normale, in realtà il latino si parlava di lo stesso modo nell'Italia e nella Hispania.. Non dirò niente di la lingua Sarda perché sono sicuro che è bellissima, però sto mostrando quello che ho studiato.. prenditi cura chiara!! 😉

[@blueberrycupcake4403]

Wtf? hahaha se lo spagnolo suona "cattivo" per te, cioè diverso della questione che voi stanno parlando. Entrambe lingue hanno cose simile, ma nessuna lingua è più vicina della lingua latina né lo spagnolo, né l'italiano. :p

[@rzeka]

Cool to see someone who doesn't pronounce everything like they're reading the periodic table. And he's so passionate!

[@Amazoniel]

What a cool teacher, I wish I had a teacher like that, when I was in school.

[@RapidInstincts]

this is some shit from assasins creed. I wish i could learn. Isn't the language dead?

[@dominicthedefiant3210]

Yeah, but many people still speak it.

[@Alorah_]

i dont think the language is dead. it can be used many times and places

[@alexm8380]

Some people say it isn't due to the fact that it actually changed it way of pronounciation,spelling etc.As you know,Portuguese,Italian,Spanish & French are came from a Romance language,which is Latin.So people don't think it is dead,it just evolved.

[@Alorah_]

yeah so true!

[@merolleiro]

@1.22 he says "repetitiones" shouldn't that be pronounced with a Z sound instead? "repetiziones"

[@TomRNZ]

The "T" always sounds like an English "T" in Latin.

[@merolleiro]

What I'm talking about is: "TI before a vowel (except when it comes after after S, T or X) is pronounced 'tsee'; for example propítia (proPEEtsee-ah). Otherwise Latin TI is like English tee." from www.leatherheadcatholics.org.uk/LatinSounds.shtml

[@TomRNZ]

merolleiro That's some strange pronunciation there. It sometimes almost looks like an Italian pronunciation guide,. I'm guessing because it's from a Catholic website, it may be some kind of church pronunciation. It certainly isn't classical Latin because there is no "J" in classical Latin. Here is a better guide: www.open.ac.uk/Arts/introducing-classical-latin/

[@fabianfischer4229]

You are right, the Reconstructed Classical Pronounciation would be /propitia/ because in Classical Latin t is pronounced as /t/ regardless of its phonetic environment.

[@blueberrycupcake4403]

Is the same pronuntiation in italian too!. "ripetizioni".

[@ViShal-hs9kk]

Come to Midwood High School and you'll see the most interesting Latin teacher. I still have this guy and i must say he is the best teacher I ever had. He is strict, gives great lectures on life, and to keep the class jumpy he has a great sense of humor.

[@ianelliott9442]

what a character lmao i love this guy he found his passion

[@orlandolopezmartinez5282]

Lol i don't need subtitles

[@blueberrycupcake4403]

yo tampoco, Hi5!

[@orlandolopezmartinez5282]

+Blueberry Cupcake 👋

[@alvaroach]

Sabiendo el lenguaje Español y Français ayuda mucho

[@blueberrycupcake4403]

Al Smith y el italiano también.

[@karafosso]

No soy una hablante nativa de Español, Francés, o Italiano, pero estudio Latín. Me gustaría que mi maestro nos hablara en Latín.

[@jeffreystevens8042]

Although conversational Latin is useless, its pretty cool to hear someone speak it fluently.

[@williams.5952]

Your first claim is just _completely_ wrong.

[@lindamiranda2877]

me encanta este muy bien. gratia.

[@pheagol]

Great way of teaching latin, fantastic speaking-skill, good pronunciation.

[@SoulF15]

Questo sembra uscito da una soap opera che vuole imitare il latino, questo non è latino, ma un goffo tentativo di gufare il latino, scusate ma non si può sentire , sbaglia tutti gli accenti, tutta la fonetica qui è sbagliata

[@ShishiSonson]

Poveri inglesi.

[@Timurv1234]

I understand you perfectly, but my Italian is not good enough for me to speak it. And yes, you are right, this is not latin, you can see when he stumbles on basic words like tanto or whatever. He is maybe able to decline a noun, and fast, but what kind of a latin speaker pronounces Cicero with a K?

[@ShishiSonson]

Actually there has always been a group of "purist speakers" who think that old romans pronounced the "c" as a "k". Cicero --> Kikero, Caesar -> Kaesar and so on. They even think that ae is pronounced ae and not e. Who knows.

[@Timurv1234]

Yes, of course, but we have to respect the evolution of the language. If, with time, ae transformed into e, than obviously, it was needed and good. Languages evolve.

[@ShishiSonson]

Maybe late latin was pronounced like modern one, anyway we can't know how Octavianus prononunced hus own name.

[@ErisDulig]

In Harvard, I am sure.

[@Chickenassable]

What teaching this?...Do these kids look like Harvard? Nah, a lucky High School.

[@Ballplayer300th]

zach hahahaha. old comment but this made me laugh. yeah classroom looks high school

[@dront9]

Замечательно. Плучили огромое удовольствие от Вашего латинского произношения

[@rickysanchez8709]

He loves his and hope makes a effort and change

[@j.c.serranosanchez3190]

I think he speaks with a sort of barbarian accent

[@change_5088]

J.C. Serrano Sanchez LOL

[@gui3777]

Latin people, once mighty and proud. Now just related to hispanic culture. What decadence ):

[@DontCallHerDotty]

That's kind of racist

[@gui3777]

***** Yeah... today everything is racist, everything is offensive.

[@DontCallHerDotty]

Guilherme Beraldo My toilet is offensive

[@gui3777]

***** hahaha What a butthurt fellow.

[@DontCallHerDotty]

wtf is this

[@anderarjonaroca4507]

It´s great to see a latin teacher giving his lessons in Latin and in English. I think than all the people who study Latin should learn it by listening and speaking the language, just like it´s done with English, Basque, Spanish...

[@SweetTaLe]

What a lovely video, I love this guys enthusiasm. I wonder if he still speaks/teaches Latin today? If he does I bet he's gotten really good at expressing himself in the language. Maybe as good as Luigi Miraglia! I can't speak this well yet, but I'm studying and getting there. Magister, spero te bonum esse in temporibus praesentibus! Vale.

[@thanatosweib]

good not to have all the mistakes he makes in the subtitles xD

[@javimystery8256]

He pronounce latin like italian, amd it is wrong

[@DarkFilmDirector]

+Javi Mystery There is no valid proof of exactly how Latin was pronounced. But it can be heavily inferred from the way it is written in plays to rhyme or in how languages like Sardinian and Romanian are spoken - since they are closer to Latin than Italian or Spanish.

[@patrick-sprachenmusikstudi5351]

+Javi Mystery ? He pronounces "v" like "w" and c always like "k" - so what's the matter?

[@javimystery8256]

+Mediantor You must pronunce "v" as "u" in Spanish (I'm Spanish)

[@DrZenith]

+Javi Mystery; He does NOT pronounce it like an Italian, and he is right. It's YOU who are wrong. Read a few things on the subject before sounding off. It'll do you good and teach you modesty. A lesson which you clearly need to learn.

[@patrick-sprachenmusikstudi5351]

Javi Mystery The Spanish "u" is nearly the same as "w" in English but nevermind

[@rubyvampiredean.]

From Vietnamese love. My passion is languages, cultures and cuisine🤩🤩

[@dla6661]

The soft and musaic words spoken here are a bandage on the wounds which are carved into my mind learning the bloody Latin.... Keil + many......

[@calimero7538]

English accent not good for Latin.

[@vikingsailorboy]

people who like to "lecture" in latin or old english or any other dead languages just like the sounds of their own voices.

[@vikingsailorboy]

Hahaha yeah man it was ridiculous lol. I totally understand studying extinct languages for historical purposes, seeing the evolution of language families, etc, but to speak it with no one who can respond to you... these people are always just theatrical drama nerds lol

[@vikingsailorboy]

***** hahahahaha ooommgg that is hilarious. haha yeah, everyone has their hobby! it's all probably some underlying psychological escapism or need to belong to a fantasy world

[@Qabalist]

It was referred to as littera caniina for a reason.

[@Telonelemon3]

So do musicians. They use their talent to make money. That's how an economy works.

[@bulutguner4606]

Yay! Let's all insult people for being overly enthusiastic about something. Let's call them nerds because that's clearly an insult. Because they should definitely be insulted for their enthusiasm.

[@Guitcad1]

@novanine9 ARE YOV VSING ALL CAPS IN IMITATION OF THE ROMANS? OR ARE YOV JVST BEING RVDE?

[@yeetpete3526]

My Latin teacher is just as awesome. Bene est!

[@robertoboehler-blumenau-sc8818]

My native language is portuguese and am amazed to say that I could understand many phrases he said, and I never did any latin classes. The motive is obvious, portuguese is a latin-based language.

[@anubisu1024]

He's definitely one of the greatest Latin teachers. Not just read textbooks, not just make us memorise conjugations and declensions. How nice if a Latin teacher speaks to us in Latin!

[@msft777jf]

Take me back to the good old days. RIP

[@saffron3986]

linguistics and the evolution of language is such a fascinating thing, because i was able to pick up on some words in his speech that exist in english and french. they don't seem much different from latin.

[@bloepbloep200]

Matthew, quam festivissime! Very, very nice, indeed.

[@ottogemona]

Gratias tibi ago, Matthew Keil. Barbarus, sed magnus Magister in lingua latina et latinitate tu es. Vale!

[@nacles__3234]

Very charismatic, he knows how to keep Latin alive. Beautiful language, not easy to pronounce for non romance speakers.

[@RaGaZzAcCiO23]

This guy is amazing. Its very rare to find someone who knows Latin this well. I would love more than anything to learn it since im italian. I would love to learn our ancient language.

[@dalemarieable]

Mr Keil, Bravo! I love Italian opera and also am an artist and literature student. I want to learn Latin to read those classics and also to move around WITH COMPREHENSION in the international world of classic art! This is the BEST way, I am sure. Unfortunately, Iive in Phoenix, Arizona. Best Regards.

[@hgfjyrdetryu]

Listening to his conversation really helps me learn latin :).

[@monke6774]

Its really mindopening how similar it sounds to Spanish and Italian.

[@reptilia5]

Please post more of your Latin classes.I am really enjoying your teaching.

[@jr0f1]

Totalmente de acuerdo, me pasa lo mismo, no entiendo todo, pero lo suficiente para comprender el sentido de lo que dice. Me sorprende que los estudiantes angloparlantes aprendan latín, siempre pensé que a las personas de habla inglesa se les hacía difícil la pronunciación. ¡Muy bueno!

[@DrewTrox]

His pronunciation is awesome!

[@sunshine_fairy]

Beautiful

[@123Miscellaneous]

He's a wonderful person and a great teacher. Full of energy and wonderful support, of course with those super corny jokes here and then.