is it veny veedy vichy or weny weedy weechy or what? I'm confused!
PS i know what it means!
2006-11-27 02:08:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well I did both Cambridge Latin Course (the fond memories of Caecilius and his family!) and Ecce Romani when I was younger and both said the v was pronounced as a w is in English.
Weny, weedy weechy!
2006-11-27 02:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by ehc11 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one knows how Latin was pronounced, and there would have been regional/class variations as there are with modern languages. Therefore there is no proper pronunciation in the real world sense, however there is in the academic sense.
I was taught Latin from 11 and was taught that there are 2 main forms, classical and church. Classical uses K sound with a c, and church uses Ch sound with a c. Never was I taught to pronounce V as W (although V can be compared with U ( ueni uidi uici))
The more interesting thing with Latin is that you could write vici vidi veni and it means the same thing because the order of time is defined by the tense of the verb.
Maybe you should study Zen to find the true answer, because all opinion is merely theoretical.
2006-11-27 11:17:56 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't learned Latin, but I read once that you have two kinds of pronunciation, I don't remember how they were called, but one of them was "modern" and the other "original" and it said that in the "original" the letter "c" is always pronounced as a "k", like for example is the case in the English word "victory".
Don't know about the "v" and "w" thing, but I do know that the ancient Romans only had "v" and no "u", and "Marcws Awreliws" sounds easier to pronounce as "Marcvs Avrelivs" so I'll go along with the v=w rule.
So that would make it "weeny, weedy, weeky".
2006-11-27 10:25:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to point out as a student of Latin that the letter 'v' DID NOT exist in the Roman alphabet, along with the letter 'j'. Instead the copyists in later times changed it to 'v' to make pronounciation easier, although some copyists probably just made copying mistakes.
But the second pronounciation is correct, yes.
Aue atque uale!
2006-11-27 19:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Italian is it? I'd say Veny, in German the pronounce W as a v and a V as a F (FolksVagon)
2006-11-27 10:10:35 · answer #5 · answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think opinion differs on this.
I was taught with the Cambridge Latin Course, and they definitely consider "Wenny Widdy Weechy" correct, but I always felt a bit stupid saying it.
2006-11-27 10:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by mookvey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to hear Alizee', one of her song is Veni Vedi Veci
2006-11-27 12:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by yusdz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its
Veny Veedy Veechy (phoenetically)
2006-11-27 10:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by Rich T 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pronounce the V like a W - trust me I was born in Latia!!
2006-11-27 10:19:07 · answer #9 · answered by Fin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The last one is correct. V's in Latin are pronounced like a W. Like "salve" for hello, is pronounced "sahl-way".
2006-11-27 10:11:00 · answer #10 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋