American speaks Ancient Greek & Latin with Greek Man! 🇬🇷 🇺🇸

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Vai su nordvpn.com/scorpiomartianus per accedere allo sconto esclusivo riservato a chi segue il canale! Puoi provare NordVPN senza rischi - se non sei soddisfatto, ottieni un rimborso del 100% entro 30 giorni. Ut accēdās ad dēcessiōnem peculiārem hujus canālis adsectātōribus reservātam ad nexum suprā eundum est! NordVPN probāre licet sine perīculō - nisi satisfactus eris, remūnerātiōnem 100% intrā 30 diēs accipere poteris. Go to the link above to get access to the exclusive discount reserved for followers of the channel! You can try NordVPN risk-free - if you're not satisfied, get a 100% discount within 30 days. Can Greeks understand Ancient Greek? Can they understand Latin? Let's find out! In this video, I ask Thanos, who speaks Italian fluently but has never studied Latin, to respond to me in Italian and Modern Greek when I speak to him in Latin and Ancient Greek. But the most important question is: will I be able to understand Modern Greek?! 🦂 Support my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com 🤠 Take my course LATIN UNCOVERED on StoryLearning, including my original Latin adventure novella "Vir Petasātus" learn.storylearning.com/lu-promo?affiliate_id=3932873 🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/54058196

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

subtitles funny, very big.

[@prunabluepepper]

Lolol, I listened to the whole ad of NordVPN, it was fun understanding it, since I heard it so often before in English. Which company can say, they have an ad in Latin 😂😅👍

[@salvatresxx]

God Loves you so much, We are wrong doers and no one is righteous our punishment of Our wrongs is death and seperation from God good news is God so Loved the world that He Gave His Son Jesus in this world 2000 years ago in a Small Town called Bethlehem in Israel He did many miracles Healing The Blind The Lame The Lepers The Deaf The possesed rising The Dead Walking on stormy sea turning water into wine, A Woman, Washed His Feet with Her Hair and tears, This is A Sign of Honour He was despised and rejected of Man He had no beauty that We should desire Him (Meaning He looked like any Israelite Man from His Era He came on this earth to take our deserving punishment on The Cross, He served people like a Real King He was beaten tortured Had stripes on His back had A Crown of Thorns Hands and feet pierced with Nails and a spear pierced His Heart on The Cross He shouted IT IS FINISHED meaning there is no more need for sacrifical animal atonement 3 days later Christ rose victoriously from the dead and appeared to His disciples and stayed on this earth for a month and a half and then ascended to Heaven and now is at The Right Hand of God and will come back in the clouds to judge All wearing A Crown with A Sword in His Mouth and wirh a Army of Angelsriding on White horses , to be saved and be assured u wil go to Heaven you must Believe and say Jesus The Son of God is Lord and Believe in your Heart God raised Him from the dead u will be saved, good works dont earn salvation The Only Way to Heaven is Christ good works dont outweigh bad works Turn away from all malice and wicked ways of This world and tell others about what God has done for all God will always Love u nothing can seperate us from The Love of God He is with u always He will never leave u nor forsake u Read Deuteronomy 31:8

[@prunabluepepper]

@@salvatresxx ok, but when someone doesn't believe they get death, yes? Sorry, but this religion is way too negative for me.

[@traurigesland4622]

why are u using Z instead of TH in words like manTHano? understand? an old professor of mine said that's bad reconstructed pronunciation. Z is not TH

[@faryafaraji]

I don't think it can be overstated how invaluable it is to have an ancestor language and its modern descendant compared not in a stiff academic manner, but with the natural prosody of casual conversation--all those pauses, the mumbling, etc. Of course it's important to have examples where the language is spoken cleanly and clearly, but I don't know if there's any other video on the entire internet like this one, where the comparison arises organically through a natural conversation, it's quite unique. These practical demonstrations you make are an invaluable companion piece to the explanatory videos, great work as always!

[@servantofaeie1569]

Nice to see you on here! I just discovered you a few weeks ago

[@apmoy70]

Nice seeing you here 👍

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That’s really nice of you to say, Farya, especially since I hate how inarticulate I am here haha. But I’m glad it has a useful purpose nonetheless

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

A pleasant surprise to see the son of Souvlakis here

[@oon5542]

Latin evolved to completely different language, miracle how they went from classical Latin to pizza singing Italiano while Greeks kept ancient form to this day

[@ezioauditoreee1436]

As Sicilian it makes me cry listening the ancient languages of my ancestors especially the ancient greek ❤ Una faccia una razza

[@Manuel-zc7po]

Anch'io Siciliano, sto imparando il Greco. Μία φάτσα μία ράτσα.

[@anastasiossioulas83]

Oh great!! I would like to visit Sicily. I have been in Italy twice before. The Greek Sicilian and Calabrese are interesting. They have also linguistic fossils.

[@LMvdB02]

@PONTICUS 🇷🇺 and Norman

[@ajx2956]

Si

[@OtaBengaBokongo]

Sicilian = African ora piange

[@tstank2340]

As a greek Cypriot i understand a lot of ancient greek. And thats because the greek Cypriot dialect has a lot of greek ancient words

[@cazwalt9013]

The majority of modern Greek words are from ancient Greek like the Super majority. I love how preserved this language is.

[@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή]

@@cazwalt9013 It has to do a lot with Katharevousa too, so one who speaks a dialect knows at least 3 standards, the standard modern language, the literary Katharevousa influence embedded in it(the word έαρ is known because of the quite frequent use of the literary word εαρινός) , and the dialect, the also may know (some) Ancient Greek(Classical) because of education, (some)Katharevousa maybe if they study history-read old texts-education, Koine Greek and Medieval in relation to church matters like psalms. So it's not that simple. The pronunciation is different only in dialects though.

[@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή]

Η προφορά κι η σύνταξη ειδικά, όπως στη λέξη αλλά με 2 λ και το "αρέσκει σοι" που μοιάζει με το "αρέσκει σου"

[@thesecretlibrary890]

@@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή Katharevousa is a conlang

[@oshiotomakan6900]

Yes indeed. I am Pontian / Macedonian. When I was working in Cyprus, I was the suprised how many ancient words you use !

[@actionpotential9455]

I love greek. For me it might be the most beautiful language in the world.

[@culturecanvas777]

I LOVE the trilingual subtitles! It's like having my own Rosetta monument! 😆👍🏻

[@stevemustang7102]

Wonderful way of putting it! 🤣👌

[@theta_clips]

It's so charming to see how when Thanos finally understands what Luke is saying, they both cheer up and smile - it's like when you're talking to a person in their own native language and they perk up when they hear it. It's just so human and nice to see.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Hehe yes it was a nice chat

[@hrvatskiapoksiomen9]

I noticed that Greeks are more familiar with ancient Greek than Italians with Latin. That's my impression, compared to your other video speaking Latin to Italians

[@IWillSexU]

I'm Greek and I hardly paid attention in Ancient Greek class at school, but you can understand 80% of what someone's want to say

[@georgios_5342]

4:00 I didn't even realize I was watching ads in Latin 😂😂😂 The most effective marketing 👍

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Awesome! Haha I’m glad

[@samrodrigues3199]

Hey Luke, not sure if you make it to Southern Italy often, but it'd be cool to try practicing Greek wit the Calabrian Greek or Griko communities! Great video as always

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Some day!

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

I've heard that Griko is a confusing name like Mozarabian - it's a romance language with tons of loanwords

[@Philoglossos]

@@bacicinvatteneaca Griko is not a romance language, no. It's a Greek dialect with lots of Romance loan words. Here's a romanized comparison of Griko and standard Greek: Griko: evó pánta se séna penséo, yatí séna fsihí mu 'gapó, ce pu páo, pu sírno, pu stéo stin kardiá mu pánta séna vastó Greek: egó pánda eséna skéftome yatí eséna psihí mu agaṕo ke ópu páo, ópu sérno, ópu stéko stin kardiá mu pánda eséna vastó English: I always think of you because I love you, my soul, and wherever I go, wherever I drag myself to, wherever I stand, inside my heart I always hold you. You can see the only romance word here in Griko is 'penseo' which is akin to Italian 'penso' and means 'I think'. Other than that it's completely Greek. On the other hand Mozarabic is very much a romance language.

[@digenhsakritas1337]

@@bacicinvatteneaca A romance dialect spoken by greeks is Vlachic/Aromanian.Griko is absolutely hellenic.

[@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή]

@@Philoglossos 2 Hellenic languages/dialects. Greko(Calabrian Greek) is more closer to Modern Standard Greek than Griko(in Salento, the one you wrote)

[@Peter-wd6dg]

Αίλουρος which is associate with cat in ancient greek means "thing that wiggles its tail" in modern greek ουρά means "tail" quite an interesting find. :)

[@g.alysan2636]

Πραγματικά ήταν μια πολύ καλή και ενδιαφέρουσα συζήτηση. Μια ανάδειξη των δυο κύριων αρχαίων Ευρωπαϊκών γλωσσών την Αρχαίας Ελληνικής και Αρχαίας Ιταλικής ( Λατινικής ) που επηρεάζουν παρά πολλές άλλες γλώσσες έως και σήμερα! Δύο γλώσσες αδερφές, δύο πολιτισμών, που από την αρχαιότητα θεμελίωσαν τον σύγχρονο πολιτισμό. Καλή συνέχεια σε αυτό το υπέροχο ταξίδι, στο ταξίδι της εμβάθυνσης της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής, Νεοελληνικής και Λατινικής γλώσσας! Σας ευχαριστούμε! Από την Ελλάδα πολλούς χαιρετισμούς!

[@naevan1]

Δεν θα έλεγα οτι τα Λατινικά ειναι αρχαία ιταλικά

[@tbojai]

I get so much encouragement my the joy and enthusiasm Luke has. When I feel embarrassed or awkward speaking Latin, I try to remember the confidence that Luke always promotes in all his content.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That's very kind. I'm really just average. But editing videos allows them to seem nicer in the way you compliment me here. Thanks.

[@evrenucar3415]

This is true in my case too. I'm the only person in my university campus to encourage other latin students to speak the language, I do this by randomly switching to latin and asking them various questions. In doing so I feel so much like Lūcius :DD

[@PellosMaxhthc]

As someone who speaks the Cypriot dialect of Greek, I have to say that I had a very easy time understanding your ancient Greek. Maybe some Calabrians in Italy who speak the old form of Greek would feel the same.

[@Michail_Chatziasemidis]

Απρόσμενο βίντεο! Μ' άρεσε πολύ πώς μερικές φορές σε μπέρδεψε, Λούκιε, εσένα η νεοελληνική προφορά. Εξαιρετικό! 👍🏻 Και χαιρετισμούς από Θεσσαλονίκη! 🎉

[@Antpaok]

As a native Greek speaker if I pay attention enough to spoken ancient Greek I can understand everything actually, maybe some words might be off bc of the atypical pronunciation Luke is using here, but seeing it written it makes it even easier. I'd say modern Greek is much less changed from Koine than Italian is to classical Latin in fact

[@eugeneylliez829]

Sì, sicuramente, un po' per la perdita dei casi (ma quella non è una barriera grande quanto si potrebbe pensare anche se lo è) , e un po' per le evoluzioni sintattiche e morfologiche. Non sono per forza tante, ma sono avvenute in punti cruciali per la mutua comprensione di latino e italiano. Per esempio il fatto di fare il futuro dalla contrazione dell'infinito con il Verbo "avere" coniugato. Una novità morfologica che non c'era in latino. Ma al tempo stesso una barriera in più avendo un aspetto così diverso dal futuro latino. Per la sintassi direi l'uso così diffuso di clitici e enclitici laddove il latino è molto stringato e la funzione diversa attribuita alle subordinate, che rende difficilmente intelligibili le due lingue.

[@marcopolo2395]

Προφανως τα ιταλικα σημερα δεν εχουν παρα ελαχιστη σχεση με τα λατινικα. Η πιο κοντινη γλωσσα στα λατινικα ειναι τα σαρδηνιακα αν δεν απατωμαι

[@aleksthegreat4130]

@@marcopolo2395 Όσον αφορά το λεξιλόγιο έχουν και μάλιστα πολύ.

[@theo9952]

@@marcopolo2395 Ελάχιστη σχέση τα ιταλικά με τα λατινικά ? Αστειεύεσαι.

[@wesleyoverton1145]

I agree with you on the closeness with koine and modern Greek. I'm learning modern Greek and I have never really studied ancient Greek, but I have read multiple books of the new testament in the original koine and understood it pretty well, albeit it is easier to understand in demotic Greek.

[@ElePiloniKrati]

Actually the greek guy speaks italian pretty well, if they never told me he was greek i could have mistaken him for a native italian speaker. (P.s. i am italian of course)

[@diegone080]

Si sente che è straniero

[@ElePiloniKrati]

@@diegone080 Sì ma solo dopo 20-30 secondi che parla

[@karlpoppins]

As a Greek I can tell this guy has a somewhat obvious Greek accent. The easiest way to tell is how he pronounces his vowels, as well as the cadence - which is more even per syllable than Italian.

[@Eic17H]

@@diegone080 a me sembra più che altro un accento della provincia di Nuoro

[@costastsantires8098]

A ρε Θάνο, καλή συνέχεια στην ξενητιά

[@MB-fp9lq]

I'm convinced Luke is a time traveler at this point.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

If only

[@fanaticofmetal]

White guy shocking Romans with perfect Latin when?

[@stelios-1821]

Man you are amazing, greetings from Cyprus, the other Greek country. Many of those ancient terms that you've used, like "pothen", "areskoun" are still being used here but not in Greece.

[@TMPOUZI]

"Pothen" is also used in Greece, but only in formal writings

[@Memezuii]

i recognise your pfp from an old fridge magnet that i think i still have

[@kindnessasgreatasthesea1158]

Και το "αρεσκομαι" χρησιμοποειται καθημερινα στην Ελλαδα (οπως και η "αρεσκεια").

[@parisPONTOS]

ΕΥΓΕ 🙌 BEST VIDEO SO FAR IN KZbin ABOUT LANGUAGE CONVERSATION I PERSONALLY HAVE EVEN SEE 👏

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ευχαριστώ !

[@radiojet1429]

When the ads in Latin are thoroughly entertaining (and educational), as well as the content, you can bet your cookies that you won't find a channel like this every day. Thank you!

[@garyfrancis6193]

At last a language I understand. I lived in Northern Greece for 8.5 years and often went to Θεσσαλονικι.

[@PeterMaXXHorvath]

Most USA guy do not even learn Spanish, German or French. And you talk on Latin and Greek!!! Exceptional!

[@larrypi4218]

Hello Thanos is my friend from university of Electrical Engineering, I lost him and I found him randomly from your video! Unbelievable :D

[@tsampamagkas5728]

Καταπληκτικός, μπράβο για την προσπάθεια, είναι μεγάλο κίνητρο για τους γλωσσομαθεις να βλέπουνε τέτοια βίντεο. Σε ευχαριστούμε για το όμορφο που δίνεις στη ζωή μας!!!!

[@angelosstephanou7085]

As a greek guy who has a basic knowledge of the italian language I found this video really interesting. I'm also surprised by the fact that as a modern Greek speaker I understood the majority of this video something that proves the great connection between Ancient Greek, Latin and Modern Greek languages. Great video👏

[@thetruthispotenza3602]

I was shocked when he said he is Americano. Che bello

[@stevenv6463]

This is fun. Also glad to see some of the ancient Greek I've learned helped me understand some of the modern Greek. Love the novelty of Latin ads

[@ScorpioMartianus]

It’s a new world!

[@amaroaverna923]

In Italy, at 13, we can choose our high school. If you choose "Classico" you'll study both Latin and Greek (Classico and Scientifico are the most choosen high schools).

[@PeppiNocera]

as a Greek/Italian I really liked this clip :)

[@xeniosaias]

I met an indonesian guy sometime ago. He learnt Greek in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His Greek were wayyyyyyyyyy better than mine. He spoke almost in Katharevousa!!! I just admired him. Even my demotic sucks big time. But cool video. Im glad I actually understood the ancient Greek and I was able to understand most Latin too.

[@stud28gr]

Damn this was amazing man!!!❤❤❤ you should do this in Greece with people in the streets just like you did in Rome. Please! It would be so fun!

[@savvassyrmopoulos5570]

He would amaze us Greeks all and make us be ashamed for the way the ancient language is treated in greek schools

[@vlaf3196]

I don't speak any ancient Greek... or at least I thought I wasn't until now. When I was reading the text I could understand like 95% and I missed like 3-4 words only. The hard part was to understand the ancient Greek by the pronunciation. I don't know how ancient Greeks were pronouncing the words but I felt like the accent was making the pronunciation more difficult for me in some parts. Why I say this... in Greek church they still use the Koine Greek and even though they have also different pronunciation it feels more natural to my ears. Would love to see a native Greek with your knowledge in ancient Greek. Its amazing how good you are in ancient Greek. Like really amazing!!!

[@LordPaxr0312]

Spanish native speaker here! 🇲🇽 I tried no to read the English subtitles here and I understand everything omg😅 this channel is pure gold

[@tomorrowmely3624]

This was an excellent idea and the result is really enjoyable. Having studied both languages at school, I feel like this channel is giving meaning and a whole new perspective to the choice I made when I was 14 and everyone was asking me why I was studying ancient languages. By the way, I am from Istanbul, with mixed Turkish background (parents and grandparents from Istanbul, Bosnia, Thessaloniki, Skopje), attended a Catholic school in Naples as a child, went to university in Milan and then in Brussels, where I learned French. I teach, but the truth is I will always be a student at heart.

[@Philoglossos]

Such a cool video! Aside from a few phrases he did a great job with the ancient Greek!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Yes! Overall he definitely understood Latin slightly better than Ancient Greek, which could be partly due to the difference in pronunciation

[@oNikolaos]

You can certainly communicate better with my 80yo Cypriot mother. The syntax of the original Cypriot dialect- not the one that is used nowadays, especially the cities- is exactly the same as Koine, plus the vocabulary is much more similar. No Cypriot would find difficult to answer any questions starting with πόθεν. Πόθεν is also used in standard expressions in Modern Greek as well, like πόθεν έσχες.

[@cloud-su3lp]

I'm greek and I never really thought learning ancient Greek would help me any time soon (it's not like Sofoklis will suddenly appear and have a conversation with me)but watching the two of you talk like that was very interesting. I gotta visit you when I finish high school and converse with you in ancient Greek haha

[@bellafantousi6480]

Hello Luke...always lovely to see your new videos....today it was most exciting for me because your Greek sounded so much like Cypriot Greek....syntax....expressions ....etc...I speak Cypriot Greek....originally from the Island of Cyprus... have a good day Luke..

[@giannisgiannopoulos791]

Speaking Ancient Greek and Latin! Direct access to the scripts! Ohh man, can't get any more special than this. Intellectual superiority!

[@alexnaskos]

Nice! Τέλειο βίντεο όπως πάντα :) Χαιρετισμούς απο τη Θεσσαλονίκη!

[@AngelosGT]

I must say that despite the small pronunciation errors you've done while speaking Ancient Greek, I was able to understand all of what you said. It's the most interesting comparison I have ever seen. Thank you for your efforts.

[@boeotian-warrior]

Εξαιρετικός !! Συνέχισε με τα καταπληκτικά σου βίντεο φίλε !

[@georgios_5342]

After watching the video, I can say this: Good job to both of you. It definitely wasn't easy (in fact more of a struggle) but it goes to show what brilliant minds can attain. Well done! Great inspiration for the rest of us!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That’s very kind. Thanks.

[@lm7_gio]

Didnt seem like a struggle to me, at least not the Greek parts. That's like me visiting a remote village in Crete. Yes, you need a few sentences so your ears adapt to the different accents and idioms, but after a few minutes you can communicate at 80-90% capacity.

[@abacaxi.maldoso]

Bring him back!! Looking forward to part two. Gratias ευχαριστώ

[@StolzerAdler1]

Εξαιρετική δουλειά ! Χαιρετισμούς από τη Γερμανία

[@serfin01]

It’s pretty fun to hear a Greek guy speaking Italian because sometimes he resembles a Spaniard guy speaking Italian.

[@LotBD]

I am really happy to see a video like this! As someone who has had to work in a field where sometimes I end up speaking to non or partially english speakers I discovered early on that even a dabbling into latin combined with comparing technical documents [I was tech support] between the english, french and spanish options really helped me to pick up what people where trying to tell me when they didn't have a language I really understood! And while I am woefully undereducated in latin or any greek it was cool to read and hear words in these languages and realize I understood some. :)

[@stronglytyped]

I’ve never been more interested and engaged in an ad for NordVPN than this one that was done in Latin. 👀

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I’m delighted! I do like NordVPN very much. And it’s cool that this is the first time there has been a sponsorship in Latin for hundreds or thousands of years

[@eugeneylliez829]

Questo episodio è formidabile! E il greco moderno è una pura delizia per le orecchie come lo scoprire il greco antico con una pronuncia che suona naturalmente, istintivamente più "genuina", viva, di quella imparata a scuola nei paesi nordici.

[@BlueLena]

Modern Greek pronunciation sounds so much more natural and flows so much better that I think western academia needs to revise its convictions about Ancient Greek pronunciation and stop blaming modern Greeks for not agreeing with / liking the Erasmian and other academic approaches.

[@AnestisFytopoulos]

Έχεις απόλυτα δίκιο,με τίποτα δεν πρέπει να μιλούσαν με Ερασμιακη προφορά οι αρχαίοι Έλληνες,έλεος είναι τόσο εξωφθαλμο..

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Interesting to notice the Indo-European connection - Ancient Greek and "Classical" Latin still were phonologically close one each other enough, switch from one to the other is seamless. Really like the way you approach these Languages, not as hyeratic and crystallized, but as something which still is perfectly viable and useful to this day.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@svyatoslavrurikovich8831]

Ancient Celtic languages and Latin were even closer still.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

@@svyatoslavrurikovich8831 Italo-Celtic Hypothesis.

[@craighughes536]

I've been waiting for this for a little while now... μπράβο καλά κιρι

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I’m delighted! Thanks, Craig

[@roothik]

This was just brilliant. Amazing how well it worked! Just discovered your channel through this video. Greetings by a Greek living in Germany. :)

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@joseantoniodepilares6509]

This type of videos always leave me smiling like a fool. Love them!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@simonindra3225]

Very nice. As a Greek I understand everything almost. Respect.

[@stachimos185]

It’s the cutest conversation I’ve ever heard😂😂❤

[@liriobolaffio3255]

Luke, sei un mostro, un drago! Pure il greco classico conosci e parli!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ahah non lo parlo molto bene

[@violetlight8138]

I love this stuff! I love language and ancients ones spoken again is so cool!

[@martinogrosa2323]

I love how, when Thanos speaks italian, his palatal affricates sound more like alveolar ones. This, coupled with his retracted s and the fact that he does not double his consonants (all due to the phonological system of his mother tongue, of course), makes it feel almost like a northern italian speaker, particularly from the Emilia Romania region (the way he says Ingegnere is extremely typical); yet, there is not a complete overlap with how such a speaker would sound like. This actually surprised me at first, since those very characteristic sounds are very similar, but it seems like the difference in intonation patterns (maybe even different vowel qualities, but I'd have to rewatch the video to make sure) makes the two accents very distinct from one another. Thank you for your wonderful videos, Luke!

[@bilbohob7179]

Also his pronuntiation is simmilar to northern European castillian/spanish...

[@fabiovalentinuzzi5589]

Many italians would actually think he's spanish

[@servantofaeie1569]

It makes it sound a bit Spanish

[@GeoBBB123]

Modern Geek is often confused as Catilian Spanish when heard at a distance.

[@androidrebel]

Actually Thanos pronunciation is a bit mixed in my opinion... His general cadence could be more Pugliese (from Apulia) or Sardo (from Sardinia) in many ways, but he pronounces S as SH (fricativa alveolare sorda) and a very open E like Emilians do 😉

[@micarlose]

Muy productivo!!!! Muchas Gracias!!!!!

[@StephenHarrisJr]

What a wonderful video, Luke! Thank you for sharing it! It might be one of my favorites yet 🙂

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks for watching, Stephen!

[@Slaweniskadela]

As ever, it brings me great joy to watch Your videos and listen to latin and greek.I would like to hear even more ancient greek :)

[@MrCarGuy]

Can't wait until you speak ancient Greek to people on the streets of Greece

[@ThomasGazis]

Ahahahaha!! That would be funny indeed!

[@Thedeepseanomad]

A walk around Akropolis in a classic dress asking for directions to the Akademia, chatting about weather, food and debating the Sokratean vs Aristotelean concepts. 😉

[@mrego886]

Yep

[@demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326]

@@Thedeepseanomad He will be called a mad man 😂

[@newreast3904]

@@demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326 or he will make money since he will be taken for a tourist attraction and people would tip:)

[@WizardOfAtlantis]

Dude, I am laughing so hard from your VPN commercial...that is the coolest vpn commercial I have ever seen/heard. I felt like I was in a parallel universe. Magnificent. Your videos are great, man. I'm so glad I bumped into them. Immediately subbed/notified to your channels, thanks!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks very much! I really appreciate it

[@elgriego74]

Luka I actually understand when you speak Ancient Greek for the most part. The pronunciation takes a bit of getting used to but what a great video! Modern Greek is a direct descendant of Ancient Greek so there is a lot of intelligibility. Let us know if you ever come to Greece. I am sure many people will like to meet and speak with you!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@elgriego74]

@@ScorpioMartianus Είναι πραγματικά, χαρά μου!

[@Omar-wb8bg]

Luke cuando empecé a ver tu contenido, me entro las ganas de aprender latín. En verdad si inspiras a seguir aprendiendo una lengua muy hermosa.

[@hone3134]

Amazing video Luke. Hope you do more videos speaking ancient greek in the future, I really enjoy them

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I shall. Thanks for subscribing

[@thomasgypen4209]

Again a nice video, the video’s where you talk Latin or Ancient Greek with people are so fun to watch 😀

[@oposoum]

Τελείωσα το Λύκειο το 1979. Τότε κάναμε αρχαία ελληνικά διαρκώς για 6 χρόνια, φυσικά από το πρωτότυπο κείμενο, χωρίς μεταφράσεις. Μάλιστα απαγορευόταν να φέρεις μετάφραση στο σχολείο, γιατί κυκλοφορούσαν μεταφράσεις σαν βοηθήματα για τους μαθητές. Παράλληλα για έξη συναπτά έτη μαθαίναμε και Λατινικά, ειδικά τα παιδιά, όπως εγώ, που είχαμε επιλέξει το Κλασικό τμήμα στο Λύκειο. Αντίστοιχα μπορούσες να επιλέξεις το Πρακτικό, που ήταν το άλλο τμήμα με πιο πολλά μαθήματα θετικής κατεύθυνσης. Όπως καταλαβαίνετε, μαθαίνοντας στην ουσία δύο άλλες γλώσσες, σε υψηλό επίπεδο δυσκολίας, είχαμε μάθει να μιλάμε πολύ καλά και τις δύο. Βέβαια το θέμα είναι ότι δεν είχες κάποιον να μιλήσεις στα αρχαία ή στα λατινικά, οπότε μετά όταν περάσαμε στις πανεπιστημιακές σχολές, ξεχάστηκαν σε χρόνο τε-τε. Αλλά τελικά όλο και κάτι μένει, γιατί δεν μπορεί ένας μαθητής να συγκρατήσει όλο τον όγκο μάθησης, αλλά διευρύνονται οι γνώσεις του, αφήνοντας κατά κάποιο τρόπο, μια παρακαταθήκη.

[@alkishadjinicolaou5831]

You are videos are really excellent and enjoyable to watch!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@oon5542]

It’s always fascinating how Latin went from classical masterpiece language to Pizza singing Italiano, and how, on the other hand Greek language kept that ancient form to this day

[@alphabromega859]

love this stuff man. i just finished the iliad today. id love to see you recite some of it in the homeric way.

[@Nicks721]

Great!!! In the finale the scene of Priamus begging the killer of his son and both of them crying together wasn't magnificent??

[@alphabromega859]

@@Nicks721 yes and also 400 pages of aristeia was sick

[@agalanakis85]

I'm half italian and half greek and also studied aincient greek at school, so I understood all the conversation without need for subtitles 😄

[@newreast3904]

was waiting for this Scorpio! nice!!!

[@myt-mat-mil-mit-met-com-trol]

This video has persuaded me that Modern Greek and Italian are essentially the same languages as their respective ancestors, Ancient Greek and Latin. What makes them appear different are the change of the pronunciation (which is a matter of what the speaker in every generation finds convenient to say) and some conventions and habits, different by the period of history. For example the words "αίλουρος" and "έαρ" are not forgotten by native Greek speakers, but almost no native speaker would use either nowadays to refer to a cat and the springtime. This applies to the Italian language which sometimes is like Latin with modern pronunciation. In the video two people were able to communicate despite each one speaking in different languages.

[@georgios_5342]

True. After all even in modern Greek we say αιλουροειδές or εαρινός. No word is thrown away or trashed entirely, everything leaves it's "mark"

[@diegone080]

the closest language to latin is sardinian

[@rawlenyanzi6686]

@@0752756949 “Muiere” sounds a lot like “mujer,” the standard Spanish term for woman, whereas “femeie” sounds more like “femme,” the French term.

[@ZekeSparx]

@@rawlenyanzi6686 mujer is in Castilian language. Remember that in reality there's no language called Spanish. Mujer in Castilian, Mulher (pronounced mulier) in Portuguese.

[@rawlenyanzi6686]

@@ZekeSparx Good point.

[@efe9446]

I would like to see a video in Koine Greek, showing around the Roman artifacts in Constantinople as a Turk myself, that would be 10/10

[@ThomasGazis]

Most of what you call "Roman" artifacts in Constantinople are actually Greek!

[@Lisa-zi6hb]

You are confused,those are Greek artefacts

[@efe9446]

@@ThomasGazis byzantines were romans. Eastren Romans were greeks. Eastren Rome=Byzantine=greek. Same

[@olbiomoiros]

@@ThomasGazis Turks also call Hellenistic antiquities Roman, it’s so funny (pathetic actually)

[@cazwalt9013]

You mean greek artifacts

[@halaemad2448]

Sum ab Aegypto,linguam latinam et graecam commentor . Hoc amo . Gratias tibi ago 🌸

[@lina-jt4pk]

I fell in love with this video, amazing idea! Universities and schools should do it that way.

[@drakontas1]

Amazing dialogues! Absolutely amazing!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ευχαριστώ

[@theyakamoz1]

This is one of the few times I’ve ever listened to a full sponsorship

[@s.papadatos6711]

Man...I enjoyed it so much...I'd love watching a video where you discuss about modern and ancient greek with native Greeks. I volunteer as well if you re interested for a video.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks! I actually had that discussion with Thanos in Italian. Stay subscribed to polýMATHY since it will appear there.

[@24k-n6x]

This is mind blowing! Im really enjoying your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Ευχαριστώ !

[@24k-n6x]

@@ScorpioMartianus Ἡ γιούτουμπ εἰκονογραφία σου καλή ἐστίν. Ἀρέσκει μοι! (not sure if its 100% correct). (couldnt find a better word for "video" or "visuals").

[@Old_Harry7]

Greek is such a beautiful language, tho I'm used to the Koinè pronunciation I have to admit the modern pronunciation really has some ring to it.

[@όαγωνιστής-θ6θ]

Which pronunciation? Hopefully not Erasmian

[@fanaticofmetal]

@@όαγωνιστής-θ6θ What's Erasmian?

[@όαγωνιστής-θ6θ]

An ugly and inaccurate reconstruction of Koine pronunciation. @@fanaticofmetal

[@evo481]

excellent video!

[@VergiliosSpatulas]

This video is overflowing with culture it's delicious.

[@kme3894]

Thanos did υπέροχα, he is a very smart man. Bravo, ottimo lavoro!

[@edonisimasa]

Grande, 🇮🇹🇬🇷

[@billy-bo_]

Ωραίο πείραμα! Bel esperimento!

[@TheOtherCaleb]

I love this!

[@giannifois8948]

Grazie di aver scelto l’italiano tra tutte le lingue romanze per i sottotitoli

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Senz’altro!

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Can overall understand Latin from knowing Spanish and French. Greek influenced a bunch of languages such as Russian and Ukrainian which I also use so I was picking up some of the Greek.

[@riadrossos-usa4415]

As a Greek who speaks 4 languages I did understand the 85% -90% percent of everything you have said. I took lessons of Ancient Greek on my high school. Great Job of explaining and speaking. Both of you, did excellent. Great accents in Greek, Latin and Italian.

[@arak2551]

You should do a video comparing Latin to Armenian, either Classical or modern. You’d be surprised at the similarities, especially in the grammar. For example, Armenian has the same type of declensions as Latin. On top of that, about 30% of words were borrowed from Greek after the invasion by Alexander the Great (another large percentage come from Pahlavi).

[@GordonBennett-c5k]

This was fascinating to watch as a Greek Cypriot. Πόθεν and αρέσκει are the Cypriot words in common use for "where" and "like". My late grandmother who was born around 1900 had an interesting vocabulary and pronunciation: Κυριακή (Sunday) was cherkachi and chair was tsaera. Τετάρτη (Wednesday) was τετράη and morning was το πορνόν. Interestingly the old English word for church is ċiriċe which comes from Κυριακή which means "of the lord".

[@enyalios316]

I think that this is called 'metathesis' in linguistics. It's similar to our idiomatic variants for the word 'bald': καραφλός, φαρακλός and φαλακρός.

[@bozzanfi_25]

Incredibile come riesca a pubblicizzare una cosa così moderna come una VPN in perfetto latino...

[@ScorpioMartianus]

È la prima volta che succede, quanto ne so

[@tonylarsan2682]

This video felt like a fresh breeze. Gratias, Ευχαριστώ, Grazie!

[@aokiaoki4238]

Hi Luke, maybe you ll find easy to start with modern Greek in kathareuousa: Ἐμμανουήλ Ροΐδης - Ἱστορία μιᾶς γάτας Ἂν ἐξαιρέσωμεν τοὺς νεοπλατωνικοὺς φιλοσόφους, δὲν πιστεύω νὰ ὑπάρχωσιν ἄλλα ἐπὶ γῆς πλάσματα ὅσον οἱ γάτοι συκοφαντηθέντα. Ὡς κατὰ πρόληψιν καὶ κατὰ παράδοσιν κηρύττονται δεισιδαίμονες, ὀπτασιασταί, μυθολόγοι καὶ ὀνειροπλέκται ὁ Πορφύριος, ὁ Ἰάμβλιχος, ὁ Πρόκλος καὶ ὁ Πλωτίνος, οὕτω κακίζεται καὶ πᾶς γάτος ὡς δόλιος, ἄπιστος, ἀχάριστος καὶ ἀνίκανος ἄλλον παρὰ τὸν ἑαυτόν του ν᾿ ἀγαπήσῃ. Καὶ ὡς εἰς τὰ λεγόμενα ὀνείρατα τῶν νεοπλατωνικῶν ἀντιτάσσεται ἡ ἀσφαλὴς ἐπιστήμη τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλους, οὕτω καὶ εἰς τοῦ γάτου τὴν κακίαν αἱ πάντοιαι τοῦ σκύλλου ἀρεταί. Εἰς προγενέστερον ἔργον μου ἐπροσπάθησα ν᾿ ἀποδείξω τὸ ἱστορικῶς ἀσύστατον τῆς τοιαύτης περὶ τῶν Ἀλεξανδρινῶν γνώμης καί, πρὸ πάντων, πόσον εἶναι ἄδικος ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα σύγκρισις δυὸ πραγμάτων ὅλως ἀνομοίων, οἵα ἡ ἐμπειρία τοῦ Σταγειρίτου πρὸς τὸ ὑπερούσιον πτερύγισμα τῆς νεοπλατωνικῆς διανοίας1. Τοῦτο εἶναι περίπου τὸ αὐτὸ ὡς ἂν ὑπετιμάτο ἐν συγκρίσει πρὸς τὴν πέρδικα, ὡς μὴ φαγώσιμος, ἡ ἀηδών. Καθ᾿ ὅμοιον τρόπον κατηγορεῖται καὶ ὁ γάτος ὅτι δὲν γλείφει τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ κυρίου ὅταν οὗτος τὸν δέρη, ὅτι δὲν τρέχει ἅμα τὸν καλέση, οὐδὲ στέργει νὰ φανῇ χρήσιμος κυνηγῶν διὰ λογαριασμόν του, φυλάσσων τὰ πρόβατά του, στρέφων ἐπὶ τῆς πυρᾶς τὸν ὀβελὸν καὶ προπορευόμενος μὲ φανάριον εἰς τὸ στόμα, ἢ κὰν νὰ τὸν διασκέδαση ὑπερπηδῶν ράβδους ἢ ὀρθούμενος ἐκ τῶν ὀπισθίων ποδῶν. Ταῦτα εἶναι ἀκριβέστατα. Οὐδεὶς ποτὲ οὔτε δι᾿ ἀμοιβῆς οὔτε διὰ ραβδισμῶν κατώρθωσε νὰ ἐπιβάλῃ εἰς γάτον νὰ πράξη ὅσα πράττουσιν οἱ σκύλλοι, οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ γελωτοποιοί. Ἀλλ᾿ οἱ τοιαῦτα παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀπαιτοῦντες λησμονοῦσιν, ὡς φαίνεται, ὅτι ἐκ τῶν συνοίκων μας ζῴων μόνον οὗτος ἀνήκει εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν γένος τῶν αἰλουροειδῶν (filins)· ὅτι εἶναι πρωτεξάδελφος τῆς τίγρεως, τοῦ πάνθηρος καὶ τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ ἄμεσος ἀπόγονός του αἰλούρου καὶ τοῦ λυγκέως· ὅτι ἔχει, ὡς ἐκεῖνοι, ὀφθαλμοὺς λάμποντας εἰς τὸ σκότος καὶ γνώρισμα τῆς εὐγενείας του ὀξεῖς ὄνυχας συσταλτούς. Οὐδὲ φαίνονται κάλλιον τῆς φυσιολογίας μελετήσαντες τὴν ἱστορίαν. Ἐκ ταύτης θὰ ἐμάνθανον ὅτι κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους ἐκείνους χρόνους, ὅτε ἐθεοποιεῖτο τὸ κάλλος τοῦ σώματος καὶ τὸ σθένος τῆς ψυχῆς, πλειστάκις ἠξιώθη ὁ γάτος θείων τιμῶν. Οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὸν ἐλάτρευσαν ὡς Ἀπόλλωνα ὑπὸ τὸ σχῆμα γαιοκεφάλου νεανίσκου καὶ τὴν γάταν ὡς θεὰν τοῦ ἔρωτος καὶ τοῦ κάλλους. Ἡ εὐμορφία τῷ ὄντι τῶν γυναικῶν ἐξετιμᾶτο παρ᾿ αὐτῶν κατ᾿ ἀκριβῆ ἀναλογίαν τῆς ὁμοιότητος πρὸς τὰ αἰλουροειδῆ, τοῦ σπινθηρισμοῦ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τῆς λειότητος τοῦ δέρματος, τοῦ ροδίνου χρώματος τῶν ρωθώνων, τῆς ἐλαφρότητος τοῦ πατήματος, τῆς χάριτος καὶ τῆς εὐκινησίας. Πρὸς κατάκτησιν τοιούτων προσόντων ἀφιεροῦντο, κατὰ τὸν Διόδωρον, νηπιόθεν αἱ κορασίδες εἰς τὴν θεὰν Γαλῆν, διὰ τῆς ἀναρτήσεως εἰς τὸν τράχηλον μεταλλίου φέροντος τὴν εἰκόνα τῆς Αἰγυπτίας Ἀφροδίτης, κατὰ δὲ τὸν Διόδωρον, ὁσάκις ἀπέθνησκεν ἐντὸς αἰγυπτιακῆς οἰκίας γαλῆ, ἔκοπτον οἱ κάτοικοι εἰς ἔνδειξιν πένθους τὴν κόμην. Μετὰ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ἐλάτρευσαν οἱ Ἄραβες εἰς τοὺς αὐτοὺς τόπους τὸ εἴδωλον τοῦ Χρυσοῦ Γάτου, οὐδ᾿ ἔπαυσαν μετὰ τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν τοῦ ἑνὸς Θεοῦ νὰ τὸν κηρύττωσι τὸ κάλλιστον μετὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον δημιούργημα, ἀντιτάσσοντες αὐτὸν ὡς σύμβολον καθαριότητος καὶ εὐγενείας εἰς τὰ λοιπὰ ζῷα καὶ μάλιστα τὸν σκύλλον. Ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀληθῆ αὐτοῦ ὑπεροχὴν φαίνονται κατανοήσαντες κάλλιον παντὸς ἄλλου λαοῦ οἱ κατακτηταὶ τοῦ ἀρχαίου κόσμου Σουηδοὶ καὶ Βανδῆλοι, οἱ ἀναγράψαντες εἰς τὰς πολεμικὰς αὐτῶν σημαίας τὸ ὁμοίωμα τοῦ γάτου, ὡς τοῦ μόνου πλάσματος τὸ ὁποῖον δύναται μὲν νὰ ἡμερωθῆ, ὄχι ὅμως καὶ νὰ ὑποδουλωθῆ. Τοιοῦτος ὤν, μόνον ὡς ἰσότιμος τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου You can find the rest online

[@olbiomoiros]

Εξαιρετικός όπως πάντα ο Ροΐδης. Αν και ολίγοι, οι συγγραφείς της καθαρεύουσας άφησαν το ανεξίτηλο αποτύπωμά τους στον Ελληνισμό. Αξίζει επίσης η ανάγνωση της «Πάπισσας Ιωάννας».

[@theo9952]

Οr better still, with Pope Joan (Papisa Ioana) by the same author, which is largely satyrical and great fun to read the original text !

[@ignotumperignotius630]

Thanks, this video is like the greatest mashup ever!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@evolagenda]

Hearing a NordVPN ad in Latin has changed me for some reason.