de Latine vulgaris, concerning vulgar Latin
Saluete,
Nuper me interest lingua Latina uulgaris, id est lingua quae in imperio Romano uulgus locutus est. Autem id est lingua quae proava linguarum Gallicarum, Espianarum, Italiarum aliarumque, non classica lingua Ciceronis. Nescio cur me intersit set pono semper res uulgi interesse me plus quam res electorum. Ad bibliotheca hodie ueni ut aliquos libros scriptos in lingua latina uulgaris inueniam. Autem, paucae sunt librae quae in hac lingua scripserunt.
Graffiti written in vulgar Latin at Pompeii.
heri, discebam unum autorem qui in uulgaris lingua scripsit Petronum Arbitrum, et haec venienti ad bibliotheca hodie ratio est. Ille auctor fabulas theatro scripsit, et una quae studere legi "Cena Trimalchionis" est. Aliquis legistisne hanc?
Christianus
English Translation:
Recently I have become interested in Vulgar Latin which is the language that the common people of the Roman empire spoke. Moreover, it is the direct ancestor of French, Spanish, Italian..etc, as opposed to the classical Language of Cicero. I don't know why it has interested me so much but I suppose that I have always been more interested in the affairs of average people rather than the elites in history. Today I went to the library to see what books written in the vulgar tongue I might find. However, there are very few examples surviving of vulgar Latin.
Yesterday, I learned about one author who does provide some glimpse at what the language might have sounded like. This was the reason I decided to go the library today. He was a playright and the book I choose is called the "Cena Trimalchionis". Has anyone out there read it yet?
Nuper me interest lingua Latina uulgaris, id est lingua quae in imperio Romano uulgus locutus est. Autem id est lingua quae proava linguarum Gallicarum, Espianarum, Italiarum aliarumque, non classica lingua Ciceronis. Nescio cur me intersit set pono semper res uulgi interesse me plus quam res electorum. Ad bibliotheca hodie ueni ut aliquos libros scriptos in lingua latina uulgaris inueniam. Autem, paucae sunt librae quae in hac lingua scripserunt.
heri, discebam unum autorem qui in uulgaris lingua scripsit Petronum Arbitrum, et haec venienti ad bibliotheca hodie ratio est. Ille auctor fabulas theatro scripsit, et una quae studere legi "Cena Trimalchionis" est. Aliquis legistisne hanc?
Christianus
English Translation:
Recently I have become interested in Vulgar Latin which is the language that the common people of the Roman empire spoke. Moreover, it is the direct ancestor of French, Spanish, Italian..etc, as opposed to the classical Language of Cicero. I don't know why it has interested me so much but I suppose that I have always been more interested in the affairs of average people rather than the elites in history. Today I went to the library to see what books written in the vulgar tongue I might find. However, there are very few examples surviving of vulgar Latin.
Yesterday, I learned about one author who does provide some glimpse at what the language might have sounded like. This was the reason I decided to go the library today. He was a playright and the book I choose is called the "Cena Trimalchionis". Has anyone out there read it yet?
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