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Denainms
03-10-2008, 12:47 PM
I have no latin background, going to start Latin Prep soon, and I wanted a latin phrase for our schooling..I don't know how to pronouce this:
Non scholae sed vitae discimus
"We learn not for school, but for life."
thanks :)
Denainms
Verena
03-10-2008, 01:04 PM
I have no latin background, going to start Latin Prep soon, and I wanted a latin phrase for our schooling..I don't know how to pronouce this:
Non scholae sed vitae discimus
"We learn not for school, but for life."
thanks :)
Denainms
...was (I have no idea how this pronunciation is called):
Non- non
scholae- sch(as in school) o (as in off) lae (lae as in lad), emphasis on first syllable
sed- sed (as in fed)
vitae- v (as in victory) i (as in eat) tae (as in "tad"), emphasis on first syllable
discimus- dis (as in discontent) ci (ki as in kid) mus (the "u" as the u in butcher), emphasis on 2nd syllable "ci"
HTH!
Plaid Dad
03-10-2008, 01:05 PM
How you say it depends on whether you want ecclesiastical or classical pronunciation. Do you know which your Latin curriculum uses?
That said, trying to convey pronunciation on a message board is more difficult than you'd expect, particularly for people whose accents in English may be radically different. My "a as in father" might not be anything like yours! :) Your best bet is to listen to some examples of Latin pronunciation (http://www.wheelockslatin.com/chapters/introduction/introduction.html) from knowledgeable teachers. (This link uses the restored classical pronunciation.) Here's a link to a page (http://www.canticanova.com/latin_pron.htm) on ecclesiastical pronunciation, if you prefer that.
HTH!
Denainms
03-10-2008, 01:16 PM
thanks to both of you, I found an audio here
http://proverbs.bestlatin.net/audioproverb/2007/08/non-scholae-sed-vitae-discimus.html
Plaid Dad
03-10-2008, 01:19 PM
Cool! One audio is worth a thousand phonetic symbols! ;)
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