how do you pronounce Cogito ergo sum? (or is it Ergo cogito sum?)?

Answer 1

cog-ee-toe errrr-go soom

Answer 2

Cogito Ergo Sum Pronunciation

Answer 3

You were right first time with how it is written!

Now pronouncing it! This is how I would say it!:
The g in cogito is pronounced like the j in jam, and put an h at the end. All the letters are pronounded the short way (it, not eye-t)
Ergo is pronounced as though it was spelt airgo
sum is pronounced soum (like soup, but with an m rather than a p!)
I guess phonetically, I would write it:

cojitoh airgo soum

But people disagree on how latin is pronounced anyway!

Answer 4

I pronounce it Cogito Ergo Sum. It means: I think therefore I am.

Phonetically it is: Cog-eeto err-go sum.

It is Latin and is one of the great philosophical statements of Descartes. A french philospher.

Cogito = I think.

Ergo = Therefore.

Sum = (I) Am.

It comes from the Discours de la Méthode.

It is often misqouted as: Cognito Ergo Sum.

However Cognito does not actually mean I think. It doesn't mean anything.

Cogito = I think. We get the word Cogitate from this. To Cogitate is to think or consider.

Answer 5

Lots of people argue over the pronunciation of Latin, and as it's a dead language i suppose it doesn't really matter. However it's taught moe or less phonetically, apart from c's being hard all the time and v's pronounced as w's. So 'Cogito ergo sum' - 'I think therefore I am' - we can only guess at beng pronounced as 'cogg -eetoh air-go sum'. Hope it helps.

Answer 6

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how do you pronounce Cogito ergo sum? (or is it Ergo cogito sum?)?

Answer 7

It's not quite "cog - eee" with the e sound like tree. It's the "ick" sound like lick.

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It's Latin, and pronounced "Koh-jee-to air-go sum". It's a phrase written originally by French philosopher Rene Descartes, and means "I think, therefor I am"

Answer 9

Or is it 'sum ergo cognito' ? I am therefore I think.
Latin is a 'dead' language and the pronunciation is not clear.

Answer 10

blearyboy's answer is right, although I usually pronounce it with a hard "g" sound. It doesn't really matter. Latin is a dead language, so the pronunciation is up for grabs.

Answer 11

latin, like most languages, is colloquial in its pronunciation. i don't speak it, but i have heard that in general, the english way is to say it as written, i.e., cog-ee-toe err-go sum. but like i said, its pronounced differently all over the world, and the only way to find out how it was really said was is to back in time to ancient greece and ask old socrates (it was him wasn't it??) himself.