My sister has to sing this song for an audition, and we're having trouble with the pronunciation of a few words:
Laetetur
qui
filii
rege
2007-01-07 07:54:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
L-ea-t-ea-tour
kwee
phi-lee
r-ea-j-ea
pronounce:
"phi" as in PHIlosophy
"ea" as in instEAd.
2007-01-07 08:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are three different recognised pronunciation schemes for Latin, at least.
Lye-tay-toor
kwee
fee-lee-ee
r-egg-ay
would be the pronunciations my Latin teacher would have approved of. The meanings are (?)
let them rejoice
who
sons
to the king
2007-01-07 16:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by bh8153 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In "classical" Latin pronunciation, as others have indicated:
[laitetur] = lye-tay-toor
[kwi] = kwee
[filii] = feel-eeee
[rege] = ray-gay (sort of)
Some singers use g pronounced as in "genie" before a front vowel ([e], [i]) making it sound pleasant and Italian.
2007-01-07 16:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
okay as I remember it (granted this was WAY back in HS) g is always the hard sound in latin...so it would be like as in the reggae music kind of rege.
And I thought the ae vowels together were more of a "i" sound and in the sound in light.
But some of your endings are confusing me...why would you need a feminine ending on the word meaning son?
2007-01-07 16:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋