Vatican Priest Speaks Latin with American on the Radio 🎙️

[@ScorpioMartianus]

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[@suem6004]

Thanks. I am talking over with my husband why I should sign up for the ancient languages institute. We had a nice discussion why Latin over Greek. Cross fingers ‘Santa’ will gift me the Latin class. I would not be here without you. Never considered that I could even take Latin independent from a classics department. Gratia

[@AmarilioAlcantara]

In Italian he didn't 'get' everything, but he managed to make the conversation very readable. 🙂

[@fabiolimadasilva3398]

Sem problemas, meu caro! Grato pela publicação do vídeo.

[@tituswilliams8063]

At first ther were only one but now a lot a roman took a time machine. Ok next american election the president is JULIUS MAXIMUS AMERICANUS and the name of the country is SECUNDUM SENATUSPOPULUSQUEROMANUS It's ok to me. UT VALE

[@rikitikitavi2885]

Don't need them, thanks.

[@valberm]

The priest was waiting for this moment all his life.

[@Keys2Notes]

REAL

[@lasensaciondel3d568]

🎶Oh, loooorrddd🎶

[@janosch7210]

Please god give me a chance to show of my godly latin skills, in the holy name of the lord, amen! ❤ And chances were given

[@maurodigiovanni1082]

Per nostra fortuna

[@saa82vik]

I’m sure he speaks latin with a lot of other clerics and faithful or even latin scholars

[@budyniozaur]

A Polish priest speaking Latin with an American youtuber in Rome, on the Vatican radio. The times we live in, man

[@ScorpioMartianus]

They are truly great

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@ScorpioMartianusBoris Johnson would love this

[@Utilizador-gs3lx]

Welcome to globalizaiton

[@Fosco007]

Latin was the lingua franca of Europe until well into the 18th century. Similar to the modern English used now worldwide

[@sergiomarrocco1926]

And what is wrong about?

[@gussalazar449]

It's impressive how that gentleman speaks Latin so fluently and makes it sound so contemporary. It's sounds like some kind of Italian dialect spoken like that.

[@ieBrazil]

Latin has different pronunciations. The one this priest uses is called ecclesiastical variation. That is also why it sounds familiar to a neolatin language like Italian.

[@someguy6924]

Lol true.. when in fact, Italian is actually the "dialect" from Latin.. fascinating

[@novelero03]

That’s what I was about to say, all Romance Languages and other variations of Latin (like ecclesiastical) derive from Latin. But then there’s classical and Vulgar Latin (correct me if I’m wrong).

[@kinnie6104]

Vulgar Latin is the origin of the current languages derived from Latin.

[@alessandroarsuffi9227]

​@@kinnie6104there is no such thing as "Vulgar Latin", at least not understood as a single ngle language. It's more of a transitional phase when local popular "dialects" of Latin began to detach from Classical Latin and deviate towards the Romance language.

[@saxtonhalegaming]

Hearing them speak Latin just feels so natural. Like I am listening to two people having a normal conversation. There's no stuttering, hesitation, or confusion. Just two men having a perfectly normal conversation but in a language foreign to most of us. Truly they are masters of their craft.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Very kind. It is as you describe; we both speak Latin frequently so it’s second nature to us. It’s fun

[@bcalvert321]

@@ScorpioMartianus Junk language. Over 2/3 world has never heard Latin. 99 % don't care anything about it. It died for these reasons. It was used for centuries to keep the people from knowing what was in the Bible. A priest could speak Latin and then tell the people any lie he wanted.

[@chuggon7595]

@@bcalvert321 you do know latin came before the new testament, right? Almost every language in the world is derived from Latin, in fact, the alphabet we use is called the Latin alphabet for a reason.

[@AnglosArentHuman]

@@chuggon7595 The only languages derived from Latin are those of Iberia (not including Basque, which is an isolate language), Italy and France (not including Breton, which is Celtic), plus Istriot, Romansh and Romanian. Most languages are *influenced* by Latin and Classical Greek to some degree since a lot of vocabulary pertaining to e.g. medicine comes from them, but pretending that languages like German or Mandarin are, as a whole, derived from Latin is ridiculous.

[@bcalvert321]

@@chuggon7595 Of course, it was the official language of Rome. But it was not spoken by most of the Roman Empire. The countries in the empire were able to keep their own language. Israel spoke mostly Hebrew, then Aramaic, Greek, then Latin. Greek was spoken in most of the East. In the north, Rome had a very hard time spreading Latin because the Gauls and the Germanic tribes refused to learn it. You are wrong about everywhere learning Latin. If that were so it would not be called a lost language now. Many can read Latin but it is not spoken as a language itself now.

[@dacius3094]

As a Polish Catholic, im utterly amazed by this polish priest, whose Latin is just phenomenal. It was a pure pleasure listening to you both talking Latin ❤

[@f_society91]

Why do you have dacicus name and Romanian flag?

[@dacius3094]

@@f_society91 yeah, im half Romanian

[@Antonio_DG]

Then you are half Roman, because Dacia was colonized by Latin-speaking Romans after a war of extermination.

[@dacius3094]

@@Antonio_DG yeah, I guess

[@goqsane]

I hope this Latin scares away all the little boys and girls who have been hurt by those Catholic demons.

[@Havelthegravel]

As an italian, i was always fascinated with how the latin sounded so natural and even practical, even after so many years latin is still a very beautiful language.

[@nightking5144]

Vero! ma papà Dante lo ha reso immortale, immaginando la nostra meravigliosa lingua!🇮🇹💪

[@dariusclovis1374]

ITALIAN = MODERN LATIN LATIN = ANCIENT ITALIAN

[@nunyabiznez6381]

tibi adsentior

[@xhesikagjuzi8368]

​@@dariusclovis1374yeah.... Kinda. Italian, French, spanish, Romanian, and other languages like the catalan, and others too, are the modern vulgar, sure, the modern vulgar of Italy, Gaul/france, Spain, romania/Dacia and so on. The fact is that while outside Italy, they are proud of this heritage, in Italy not 😂 it sound a little bit too retro, to claim that, to some Italian 😂 I M Italian too.

[@Brandon55638]

Come americano che ama imparare le lingue, sono d'accordo con te. È la lingua antica più bella, soprattutto perché, a differenza dell'italiano, è una lingua moraica come il finlandese, l'ungherese, l'estone, il ceco e il giapponese, per esempio. Questo perché la natura fondamentale e la grammatica del latino si basano sulle vocali lunghe e corte, indipendentemente dalla pronuncia che usi. Preferisco usare la pronuncia classica, ma a volte uso la pronuncia ecclesiastica. Secondo me, gli idiomi colloquiali e la poesia suonano belli in entrambe le pronunce.

[@wenliu5051]

The priest makes it sound like Latin is still a living language, impressive

[@standev1]

Vir cum specula non est, sed sacerdos.

[@wenliu5051]

@@standev1 he is a man is he not? He wears glasses does he not? A man isn't just defined by his position but also by his appearance.

[@standev1]

@@wenliu5051 technically he is, but not merely. Technically a King is also a man, but we don't describe a King as "a guy". It is not proper to refer to someone ignoring his most prominent and obvious dignity.

[@wenliu5051]

@@standev1 he's a man first and foremost, his position within the church is of no consideration to me in my comment about his fluency and accent of Latin. It is about the man's language skill I am commenting.

[@wenliu5051]

@@standev1 it would have been proper to say he is a man with glasses but he is also a priest.

[@Epsilonsama]

That Monsignor has a really fluid ecclesiastical Latin. It shows how much love he has for the language. As a native Spanish speaker it was fun being able to follow along the conversation without reading the subtitles.

[@tommyblackwell3760]

I studied a little Latin at uni and married a Frenchwoman so learned that as well, and I had the same experience. He speaks it so clearly and comfortably, I hope I can get close to his ability!

[@FelipeReyesAlvarez]

As spanish speakers we can understand portuguese and latin really easy without studing it cause the words sounds almost the same but french and romanian are more difficult

[@quinncreel6091]

I think you're wildly exaggerating. I'd wager you didn't understand MOST of it.

[@juanvm5992]

Igual me pasó a mí sin saber latín, entendí bastante de lo que dijo, especialmente cuando le obsequió el libro.

[@mattchtx]

@@quinncreel6091 Spanish is my second language and I have also studied French. I’ve never seriously studied Latin, but I have the same cursory understanding I think most followers of this channel would. I’d say I understand 80%+ of the base of the words. The conjugations of the verbs are understandable. The declinations of nouns and adjectives are mostly lost on me. It’s enough that I’m able to follow along and feel like I’m understanding. I’d imagine for someone whose first language was a Romance language it would be even easier.

[@sammcpeak6854]

As a catholic seminarian studying Latin, this extremely impressive and inspiring! Let's restore the primacy of Latin in the liturgy!

[@阳明子]

ONLY the Priests should know what is being said during mass! Just like Jesus said "The average person should not understand your preachings"

[@codyevaristo8029]

@@阳明子 that's what your missal is for....

[@alfatejpblind6498]

@@阳明子All pious muslims in the world make an effort to learn classical Arabic to understand their religion. You don’t see them complaining that they ”don’t understand what’s being said”. If you christians actually had some rigor and honesty in you, you’d at least have the respect for yourselves and your religion to make an actual academic effort. But go on translating, distorting and vulgarizing your religion more by all means, you’re just proving the muslims’ point. You have reduced all of reality to the profane to this point. Sincerely, an agnostic.

[@declup]

Hocus Pocus

[@telperion3]

@@阳明子 The fact that people coudln't understand what's said in the mass is a fake. There's plenty of people who have a good level of intelligibility with a language without being able to speak it. It happens between cognate languages and it always happens with second generations who cannot speak the languages of their parents while they understand them. this always happens here in italy where our granparents speak their dialect but we have grown up talking in italian. I'm italian and I could understand many things that have been said in this video while I'm never exposed to the language and I've never studied it. Just think of the people who went to mass like if they were people who went to visit their granparents who talk in dialect, so they can understand them but cannot answer them except for a few sentences.

[@markjosephbacho5652]

As a Filipino Catholic, hearing people speaking in straight Latin just amazes me. Awesome.

[@a_l7515]

Latin is such a powerful language.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

Speaking latin is says makes it easier to learn other western european languages due to the commonality.....

[@Mulmgott]

@@johnpatricklim4509Not just western European languages lol. Romanian is a latin language and spoken in eastern Europe and around 50% of Albanian vocabulary comes from Latin. An Albanian example: "amicus" (friend) became "mik" in our language.

[@mvdrebel]

We need you to learn Latin and then confront the Philippine Atheists mafia.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Can Pilipinos speak straight Tagalog, or are English words absolutely necessary?

[@snix8242]

My latin teacher here in spain can also speak fluent latin and you remind me so much of her! People like you two are keeping this beautiful language alive, gracias!

[@grimble4564]

It's crazy that this is the language that slowly tied Europe together over the course of 2,000 years and then it fell out of use so suddenly. So many important conversations, documents, and rituals throughout history were done in Latin and now most people would consider you smart just for knowing a couple words or phrases.

[@maurodigiovanni1082]

Chissà il perché...😅 chiedetelo agli Gnostici e ai Cabalisti 😊

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

I love how everyone else around them is like "okay we'll just let them geek it out as hard as they like, they're having genuine fun right now and so are we."

[@ln5321]

Fantastic video. I got the impression from him coming back to give you the book after your conversation that he really relished the chance to converse in Latin with someone, which I think speaks to his love of the language and happiness at seeing others work to keep it alive.

[@arilrasnical]

Such fluent church Latin, really had a native language vibe to it a pleasure to listen to

[@szymonpiotrbuczynski7653]

I'm proud of this priest cause he is from my country :D God bless this channel and all the viewers

[@sicsempertyrannisasisiempr4822]

Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian: Our grandfather never died, it is alive and kicking!!!

[@zidokthepriest]

Ave Glória, Ave Império!

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

Imagine of we reconstituted the Roman imperium to reclaim our legacy as Latins We would be the dominant force on Earth just like Rome was over 2000 years ago

[@francescomariaraimondo3395]

Lingua Latina est mortua. Hac de causa est facta immortalis! - Magister Aloysius Miraglia

[@staticshockk]

For Italian it would be great grandfather as the Italian language is just a dialect from tuscan language which is one of the many languages spoken in the Italian peninsula.

[@perrymanso6841]

You don't count Catalan? I guess we go our own way then...

[@gauntlettcf5669]

As an Italian and a Catholic, your video makes me want to learn latin, both Classical and Ecclesiastical 😍

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I’m delighted! The best part is that it’s actually the same language, and you can pronounce it either in the Ecclesiastical way or Classical way; they’re both perfectly understandable to everyone who knows Latin. Try my LLPSI playlist to get started

[@gauntlettcf5669]

@@ScorpioMartianus Absolutely will do, thank you so much, magister!

[@mylifeforthelord5535]

Yes brother, let's start to learn it again! GOD bless

[@gauntlettcf5669]

@@mylifeforthelord5535 indeed, brother! God bless ✨️

[@JelMain]

Your easiest route is to get into Renaissance Latin, it's a halfway house.

[@olivers.4527]

Wow. He is amazing. Very fluent in Latin, and he speaks with so much conviction about the importance of the language that makes me want to learn it.

[@franklyspeaking8335]

As a Roman Catholic living in the United States I have always had a fondness for the true language of our church. I’d love to learn this beautiful language.

[@BellaFirenze]

Jesus did not speak Latin. Jesus would have great difficulty understanding the Roman Catholic Church.

[@Crossfirev]

@@BellaFirenze Great observation there. He'd also have trouble understanding any modern spoken language. Latin is one language of the past of which holds strong culture linkage to a 'golden' age of Christianity. It's just how it happened to occur. I don't believe anyone is trying to speak Latin literally directed at Jesus, figuratively? perhaps. I can only truly speak for myself I suppose.

[@franklyspeaking8335]

@@BellaFirenze I know what language he spoke. But I know what the language of the church is. I don’t need a lesson from you.

[@BellaFirenze]

@@franklyspeaking8335 It wasn't a lesson. It was a comment. Take a Xanax. Yikes! Warm greetings from Florence.

[@vinceeuloayengmi5092]

@@BellaFirenze Jesus lived during the time when Israel was under the Roman Empire. How sure are you He did not spoke Latin, ever?

[@ivanhendr]

The priest speaks so beautifully!

[@irodjetson]

Lets bring Latin back to our Priests!!! I go to a Latin Mass parish, and it's awesome praying in the mother language of our Church!

[@christumferens1716]

reveniet latinitas ad Ecclesiam nostram solventque hi qui eam e nobis subtraherunt!

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

Im all for latin but wasn't The Lord's prayer first written in greek and spoken in aramaic? Also, the pope allowed the Croats to have liturgy in their own tongue in the year 1248.

[@irodjetson]

@@croatianwarmaster7872 Three languages in the cross

[@FelipeReyesAlvarez]

Yeah, i´m Colombian and i have meet a lot of priest deffenders of the Latin mass here

[@irodjetson]

@@croatianwarmaster7872 The Lord chose three languages for the biggest tool used by him for our Salvation, Hebrew, Greek and Latin, he most likely spoke many languages and not only Aramaic, but he speaking Aramaic is not a problem, he chose Latin also for his Church

[@vincekilloran843]

How fun--once the monseigneur got going he just couldn't stop talking! (I loved the nice Roman touch at the end to glance at one's watch and then announce that they had to dash off.)

[@marinogiovine7982]

È stato bellissimo ascoltarvi, una conoscenza sublime del latino!

[@stevenzheng5459]

Wow, I admire this guy's fluency and expressiveness!

[@haramanggapuja]

As a back of the stadium linguist, I found this - and all your videos about Latin spoken in the modern world - absolutely thrilling. The joy of speaking Latin as a modern language as expressed in your conversations is inspiring. Although my background is more with Germanic languages, I find that I can still understand what’s being said at least well enough to get the intention & general meaning & context. And seeing people speak with such fervor, with gesture & body language brings Latin into the 21st Century. Truly a joy to watch & learn.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks so much, Nils! That means a lot.

[@strangenessEPR]

As an Spanish native speaker it’s amazing how much I could passively understand while I was doing other stuff.

[@marciocorrea8531]

Indeed. I´m a Brazilian and could understand more or less 30% straight.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Spanish has many roots in Latin so that is not a surprise.

[@GenaiaVeller]

Me paso no puedo creer cuanto pude entender. 😂😂😂 es loco mi cabeza no lo procesaba que pude entender casi un 70%

[@daviducockny]

You can feel how enthusiastic the priest was to finally be fluent in Latin.

[@palma23adi]

Magistri Turek et Fusco erant optimi mei ac peritissimi magistri apud nostram pontificam universitatem studiorum Salesianam. Nunc ego quoque linguam latinam doceo apud nostrum minus seminarium in Indonesia. Curate ut valeatis!

[@rolandovelasquez135]

Wonderful. We should all learn Latin!

[@johnpaullaizure7330]

This is amazing, keep up the great content!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@nataliawilde775]

Мечтала всегда послушать, как люди между собой говорят на латыни. Это как будто слушаешь древних римлян! Как красиво!

[@leobrud]

Священник говорит точно не как древний римлянин Это средневековая латынь. Хотите древних римлян - посмотрите фильм "Страсти Христовы".

[@kristofmelath408]

"The Passion of the Christ" is unfortunately also in today's ecclesiastical latin:( however, the "Barbarians" series on Netflice is in very good restituated latin!

[@Aquilifer321]

This is ecclesiastical Latin, the ancient Romans spoke a more "rough", more "popular" Latin. The Italian language is 90% "popular" Latin, if you like that type of language I recommend you learn Italian, and if you can the Sardinian language.

[@Myrmidon74]

То, на чём они говорят - это целиком искусственная конструкция. Исключительно письменный (формальный) язык со средневековым итальянским произношением. В обычной жизни римляне даже в "золотые времена" Цицерона и Цезаря УЖЕ говорили не так, как писали и использовали упрощённую грамматику. Например, слово "consul" уже тогда произносили как "cosul", и даже сокращение было "cos.", а не "cons.". Много было звуков, которые не произносили, отпадали окончания, были сокращённые формы слов, дифтонги сливались в одну гласную. А потом вообще стали сокращаться и совсем исчезать падежи и склонения :)

[@Aquilifer321]

@@Myrmidon74 What they speak is Ecclesiastical Latin. Until the 1970s it was the official language of the Catholic Church, Prayers were recited in Latin just as sermons were recited in Latin.

[@Reibaku]

My wife’s grandmother is 83 years old. We are from a small town in the north west of Mexico. She told stories from back in her youth how the mass was given in Latin and the priests would face the altar, giving his back to the people in the church and this was in a remote town with barely 2000 inhabitants. Today, mass in Latin still happens, it’s called “Misa Tridentina” in Spanish.

[@user-xo9pz7fd3j]

Messa tridentina in Italian 😂

[@katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32]

I was learning Latin on the first year of medical studies in Wrocław, Poland. I am not fluent, I remember the very basics and I wouldn't have any conversation in Latin but it gave me great ability to understand a lot from written Spanish and Italian (a bit less French). ❤

[@gothfather1]

Lucius you show the world how beautiful a language Latin truly is! Excellent work, I commend your skill. Your videos are fantastic.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@MatthewBluefox]

4:20 - Minibus ... I did understand that! I drive one meowself!

[@faintsherin4468]

I love you all for keeping this language alive! I am learning multiple languages since I was little and Latin is my currently top priority, some folks might think that I'm wasting my time on learning these "dead languages", but I love Latin and Sindarin and can never think of dropping them! Ego sum studet et scribit Latin!

[@oolooo]

>Sindaring over Quenya Cringe .Death unto Thingol ! .

[@sergkondratev8607]

People always wasting time, on games, alcohol. spending your time on things that contribute to your spirit, not just material productivitis in eyes of others is equal important :)

[@floatingsara]

@@sergkondratev8607 very well said

[@saltycoffe1631]

@@sergkondratev8607 That's some straight up truth. Games and drugs are a waste learning is not.

[@loreman7267]

I love Sindarin, too. I wish there was more if it, so more could be said!

[@LisandroLorea]

I wasn't expecting to be able to more or less follow both conversations. I love the translation for "tweet".

[@jonathansgarden9128]

This touches me on a deep level. I am an amateur linguist and polyglot and I adore your channel and somehow missed this gem!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks so much! Yeah the algorithm works strangely

[@raonipaes]

This is actually amazing. As a native portuguese speaker, I can understand so much of it without subtitles!

[@Zio_Muschio]

Delightful! 😊 listening the differences between Luke’s restituta pronunciation and priest’s ecclesiastical one.

[@jparts]

Eu falo português e consegui entender algumas frases do que ele disse sem necessitar de legendas. Muito interessante.

[@sebastiandomingos335]

Meu Pai is Portuguese and mi mama de costa rica, I speak Spanish and a little Portuguese and it's amazing to me to be able to hear it because I can understand it in a way like a couple of sentences and I get the point of what they are conveying

[@Panico747II]

Normal, nossa lingua é latina ué kkkk, eu falo português e italiano e entendi algumas coisas, vi que tinha coisas semelhantes a espanhol também etc, quanto mais linguas latinas você souber mais semelhanças irá notar.

[@gilbertoamigo7205]

Fico imaginando se algum nativo em Ingles conseguiria entender este idioma falado há, digamos, 1000 anos atrás. Nós, falantes do Português, entendemos mais da metade do que foi falado em Latim.

[@TRAVELLINGCHANNEL1]

​@@gilbertoamigo7205 Esse idioma nunca foi falado. Latim eclesiático foi criado pela igreja católica e os romanos não entenderiam o que esse pessoal fala. Tanto é que a pronúncia é italiana ou seja toscana de Florença.

[@greenarcangel]

Es chistoso como entiendo todo lo que dicen y tengo que poner atención para darme cuenta que estoy leyendo portugués je je je

[@floatingsara]

I am in awe for two reasons now: 1. Your knowledge of the language 2. The fact that I UNDERSTAND this conversation !!!! I didn't expect that 😱

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Great!

[@GuilhermeKendall]

Latin just sounds like italian, but it's more easier to understand. I only realized he was speaking latin when i turned on the cc subtitles haha this is so awesome! Btw I'm a portuguese speaker

[@СемёнЯкимов-щ4с]

There's more life in Latin than there is in me. So yeah,it's not quite dead.I didn't understand what you were talking about, save for a couple of words that I've come across in English, but it sounded fantastic.

[@sandrogattorno4962]

@@СемёнЯкимов-щ4с And wend I, as Italian, I've study rushian I've found useful that I've already k'now a little of other "Yasik", Look, as esemple: Eng: "House", Italian "casa", Latin "Domus" Rushian "Dom". All the rushian words like: "Istoria, geografia etc" comes all from grek or latin, wend I learn "Moloko" I never forget cause reminds me "Milk" and in French "Bistrot" mean bar/fast food cause in Rushian mean "Fast". Evry new language you study you found that the indoeuropeans are all related even if are tre big chunk "Slavic, germanic and neo latine".

[@Sathrandur]

Subtitles have now been provided.

[@HMot-g2x]

This reminds me of a story I read years ago about a priest who was visiting China. He met a member of the Underground Church, who spoke no English, and of course he couldn't have his translator with him, in case the guy ratted. So they realised they could chat in Latin, and had a long, interesting session together.

[@Gaibreel]

My god, latin needs to rise again. 😮 i want to be at this level one day.

[@SteveLeCanard]

Is it just me, or did he make a pun (or I guess just really clever turn of phrase) at around 4:40? "Monumento et momento..." If so, amazing grasp on the language.

[@HMot-g2x]

I caught that, too!

[@friedasorber1653]

We had latin conversations in high school. I loved it. A wonderful language to learn to think logically. More tha 40 years later I can still understand a lot of what they say.

[@frettychervil]

This is awesome. I was beginning to think that since Vatican II the priests had lost this skill.

[@toffonardi7037]

most of them yes

[@Nikalette100]

How joyful was this priest in getting to chat to a fluent speaker of Latin.

[@kaidrache2395]

9 years of Latin in school and I still need to pause every few seconds to reads the subtitles :D These guys are completely amazing!

[@LUCKYDUCKIES]

Salve, Lucas de Raniariis! Anima mea parva est! Incantatus sum de conversatione vostra in latino multo fluente.

[@branc2658]

As an Italian I like how the rhythm of the Ecclesiastical latin is quite similar to the rhythm of the Italian language. So similar.

[@graczgraczyk25]

Temo, il sacerdote parli quotidianamente l'Italiano percio' il suo latino rispecchia un po' il suo italiano, pur essendo polacco. Comunque pronuncia il latino a modo italiano non polacco. Per esempio: concilio, non contsilio.

[@16tons30]

He speaks Latin with an extremely heavy Italian accent. I very much doubt that this is how the Ancient Romans did really speak it. It actually sounds pretty strange and unauthentic.

[@lavillenouvelle]

@@16tons30 that's the kind of latin we are used to in Italy. Any other pronunciation looks foreign and fake to us.

[@16tons30]

@La Ville Nouvelle - Atelier d'architectes So it seems that to Italians "unitalian" pronunciation of good ol' Latin is a kind of cultural appropriation (cf. the latest craze coming from the allegdly politically correct Americans) or even theft or usurpation. It seems that the clerics of the past two rousand years failed to pass down the original Latin pronunciation, so today each country has their specific way to speak it. English speaking people pronounce Latin as if it were a variety of English (the upper register of the vocabulary is of Latin origin anyway). And German speaking people keep discussing how to properly or correctly resp. authentically pronounce the letter "c": like a hard Germanic "k" or rather like a softer "ts" (not the Italian "tsch", mind you). So, as an EXEMPLUM GRATIUM, the eternal question is whether CICERO is to be pronounced KIKERO or rather TSITSERO. See also KAESAR (hence KAISER) or CAESAR, et cetera, et cetera ad infinitum. Latin is ubiquitous, it seems. Quod erat demonstrandum. BTW: My favourite Latin phrase is MULIER TACEAT IN ECCLESIA! (am only joking, though)

[@Yomi2012]

@@16tons30 each Roman province people spoke Latin with regional accent. The eastern part of the Roman Empire spoke Latin with a Greek accent

[@HMot-g2x]

As an English-speaking Catholic with only duolingo-level Latin, I could understand an awful lot more than I would've been able to say!

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

I was amazed that the Msgr here pronounced Latin pretty much as I would instinctively. And then I learned he's Polish as well :D

[@Belerofonte2588]

As a Spanish speaker i understood every word. It sounds so awesome!

[@arcanaartis]

Magnífica pronunciación. Un diálogo exquisito. Gracias.

[@GarfieldRex]

Just WOW! 👌 A conversation is just heaven for ears. Wish TV shows were like this xd

[@dikeson]

The crazy thing about it, as a native Brazilian-Portuguese speaker, I could understand some words

[@mafaldarusso6441]

I'm italian and I understand every word... the difference is only about construction of the phrases

[@kebi7792]

Pater Valdemārus accentum Polonicum audiendum habet, sed Latīnē perfectē loquitur.

[@MilornDiester]

I know it wasn't very complicated but I'm so content that I understood this sentence just by looking at it.

[@graczgraczyk25]

Si' ma con la pronuncial italiana, non polacca

[@MikerBikerB]

Na prawde!

[@cacogenicist]

Very Italian-sounding ecclesiastical Latin. Yeah, no perceptible Polish accent.

[@maniniescobar244]

I could listen to it all day

[@craigpattenden]

This is like stepping through time and hearing the romans speak, amazing.

[@iuscr3god]

Delightful to listen this beautiful Latin conversation. I love this language.

[@Vatican_Banker]

I converted to Roman Catholicism (from atheism heh) and it's a bucket list to learn Latin, in part because it surprised me how much Latin is still used in the liturgy today.

[@gabriellaporro6183]

Gratulationes Rufus! Vale Optime!

[@antoniodesousa9723]

wow congratulations to the Padre , amazing he could carry out the entire conversation in latin

[@GregKozak]

Polak Polaka od razuuslyszy. Wielkie brawa za poziom !

[@joseantoniodepilares6509]

I do not speak Latin, but am fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. I have to say that I have to make a huge effort to understand written Latin in momuments and what-not; but listening to these men speaking with such fluency and security I can say I could understand about 85% of it. And where I came up short on words context would fill in the gaps. Amazing. It makes me want to adquire (not learn) Latin. Valete!

[@coffeemachtspass]

Enjoyable conversation. That was a thoughtful gesture by Monsignor Turek, as well. I really should practice Ecclesiastical pronunciation, though.

[@SilvanaSerra-lt3yc]

ecclesiastic pronunciation is horrible

[@TrinityDivineMozart]

I'm not Catholic but Angelican but I am wonderfully bilingual with Spanish, French, Romanian and Italian this is absolutely good and wonderful. ❤️✝️🎼

[@oliveri9407]

Come back to the one true faith ✝️

[@Seraphim.of.theEucharist]

I go to Latin Mass and chant the Compline night prayer with the priests and brothers at my parish in Latin. They also offer Latin classes on Sundays which has been an incredible experience to learn. From elderly ladies to middle school kids all join in and the demand for more classes continues to grow here in Chicago. I now often say my personal prayers in Latin and try to write some of my poetry in Latin. Such a beautiful language and a rich patrimony for the Church and the Western world.

[@ТарасСтецько-н5щ]

Grazie mille per aver condiviso con noi questa bellissima conversazione! Latin is one of the most beautiful and fully developed languages. Thanks for conserving and sharing it!

[@piotrwachowski4841]

Hallo. I learned the Latin language 20 years ago while studying Slavic Philology, where I had three semesters with this faculty. And although I haven't used it since then, I immediately understood the context of the conversation and 80% of the words. Something amazing that shows that it is a magical language. A Catholic priest who talks to you in this language, based on all the rules and canons that should be used. Because it is not only learning Latin words or proper grammar, but also proper phonetics, syllabification, accentuation, and the ability to place sound emphasis on appropriate syllables in speech. And things like that. The proper combination of all these rules will make the language not rough and jerky when heard, but fluent, rhythmic, with that characteristic lilt. This is why it is a great pleasure to listen to this priest. Latin spoken in a high form almost resembles singing. Catholic clergy have Latin classes in their study, but also lessons in voice emission, diction, articulation and homiletics. These are valuable skills, because nowadays they are perhaps the only group that can still communicate in this language in such a melodic way. Latin was the language of the elites (political, intellectual, artistic) and it was not even proper to speak this language in a bad way. There is even an anecdote (it is difficult to check whether it is true) that Julius Caesar, while learning the Latin language, put small stones in his mouth to train his facial muscles and larynx to speak freely.

[@MacheteMambi]

Return the Mass of the ages. Latin Mass now is a must to save Church

[@BudapestGirl111]

Thats amazing! I also had Latin courses at high school for 4 years and I loved those years, was not able to speak that fluent though. It is so good to hear.

[@LeoRegum]

Dulcissima! Sentio vere laetitiam tibi. Pulchrum est donum, et amicitia nova.

[@Rustedinmyshackleferd]

For unknown reasons i tend to sing latin and speak and understand it fluently when i am spewing fire out my rear.

[@Droledecoco50]

This is infinitely awesome !

[@LuciTulcea]

Listening to this is a joy and also soothing!

[@umbertoblasimme1646]

Fantastico vedere ed ascoltare un sacerdote italiano e un giovane americano cultore del latino , ai nostri giorni , discutere amabilmente , come se il latino fosse la loro lingua madre !!! Veramente bellissimo !!!

[@Ekphrasys]

In Italy in Classical high schools (Liceo classico, scientifico, linguistico) you have to study Latin!

[@ermannododaro]

Pulchre! Gratias Vobis ago, Magistri! I'm really impressed. Che meraviglia ascoltarvi.

[@Mashaconbotas_26]

Imagine being a 2nd Century BC roman getting to know that 2000 years later his language would be broadcasted on the radio

[@t.p.mckenna]

My late uncle was a nuncio and representative of the Holy See under popes Paul VI, JP1 & JPII and latin was the lingua franca in his day, but then he was ordained in the Saint John Lateran all the way back in 1950.

[@moiseshernandez1065]

The latin can be a way to be universal and allow the people to have or take the mass all over the world, one day I was invited to a protestan church in USA to a conference called, “learn about catholic church” as a catholic I was invited by my protestant friends, the conference was a bunch of attacks to the church and one of the comments was that every country has a different church, so, the catholic church is a division of a lot of churches by country, I stated that that was false, as I heard the mass in Italy in Italian,, France in french, Spain and Mexico in spanish and USA in English and in a Serbian church in USA in Serbian and I was able to follow the mass because the mass ritual was exactly the same in all churches and countries; so I have the idea that at least start with the most common prays like the “our father” that i call it “El Padre Nuestro” and other prayers to pray with all the world.

[@lesliecuff2079]

This is amazing!

[@antonioandradedeoliveira7545]

Seria muito interesante que a fala fosse legendada com o texto latino em tela. Gratias!

[@Liam-qr7zn]

Latin text is available in the subtitle options for this video.

[@RicardinioGo96]

Che bello poter sentire il latino come una lingua viva in una normale conversazione!

[@dawidwojacki5049]

This is the greatest video I've watched this month. Latin is just so beautiful

[@caiuamoreira7500]

As a Muslim of Italian heritage, my love for Latin grows each day. I would definately study the language in Italy. My heart and soul belongs to ALLAH, but my ancestors and how they communicated through such linguistic beauty is an ability of high priority to develop in my lifetime! Much love to my Christian brothers!

[@riccardoghelli4076]

Kudos for the open-mindedness 🙂

[@vinnieg6161]

Allah is the same God catholics worship dude, also the Jews.

[@caiuamoreira7500]

@@vinnieg6161 I would only agree that Allah is the same god JESUS worshipped. If Christians worshipped the same God Muslims and Jews worship, why would they call themselves Christian in the first place, if they don't worship Christ...? Anyways I don't want to start a big debate, but perhaps its inevitable.

[@caiuamoreira7500]

If Christ was sent by God, then Christ is not God.

[@vinnieg6161]

@@caiuamoreira7500 ...? Catholics worship Jesus as Muslims worship Muhammed.. Both are prophets of the same God? Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called Abrahamic religions for a reason

[@kibis54]

Wow! It feels like I used a time machine to travel back to ancient Rome and end up hearing two people have a casual conversation.

[@raymondkay4896]

Great Video! Thankfully, the traditional orders are growing and many more new priests are learning Latin. Hopefully there will be a renewed interest in not just the Liturgical use among the clergy as well.

[@davecharette9773]

Salve fratres! Excellent way to practice your Latin by listening to this discussion!

[@user-xo9pz7fd3j]

Civis Romanus sum. I understood 90% of your conversation with no subtitles. Pulchra lingua Latina nostra ❤

[@galactic904]

Did we mention "Grace", wow, Latin sounds so graceful, friendly and inviting to anyone who hears it.

[@eternalwind08]

My dad and his generation studied Latin and Spanish in school. I went to the same school eventually and right now I think it's a damn shame that both Latin and Spanish weren't part of the curriculum by the time I was there. At this point in my life I wish I was able to study those two languages.

[@ericvillari8100]

What a lovely conversation...I managed to understand about 70 percent by dint of being an Italian speaker. Really interesting. Thanks.

[@ShaareiZoharDaas]

As an Orthodox Jew who loves language and have studied Latin and Greek I adore Luke and this channel.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Very kind

[@vitoumafioso]

As an orthodox Italian jew, who studied Latin and Ancient Greek in the high school (liceo classico), I do love this video and Luke even more 😃😃😃😃