ASCLEPIADES 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2007 Salve! Nine Latin phrases you pretend to understand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Traianus 0 Report post Posted September 8, 2007 (edited) Latin is definitively a non-dead language. It's funny the way they put in brackets how to pronounce the phrases, I read it and sounded really strange Edited September 8, 2007 by Traianus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docoflove1974 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2007 That's an attempt at phonetic representation...it's phonetic representation for American speakers, I guess. True linguistic phonetic representation is different. Honestly, it probably helps some people pronounce them, as they have been pronouncing them poorly all along! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ASCLEPIADES 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2007 (edited) Latin is definitively a non-dead language. It's funny the way they put in brackets how to pronounce the phrases, I read it and sounded really strange Edited September 9, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Share this post Link to post Share on other sites