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Legacy of Roman Language: Influence on Modern Languages and Expressions
Explore the enduring impact of the ancient Roman Empire on language, from the evolution of Latin into Romance languages to the pervasive influence of Latin prefixes and roots in English. Discover how Roman numerals, phrases, and literary...
NativLang
Romance Languages: noun number & gender
The next in a series of lessons introducing the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This video gives a brief overview of the grammatical gender and number of nouns in Vulgar Latin and the Romance languages. Learn about masculine,...
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Romance Languages: subject pronouns
The next video in a series about the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This one takes on the personal subject pronouns. The Romance languages inherit *ego "I", *nos "we" and *tu "you", *vos "all of you" as first and second person...
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Romance Languages: verb tenses
The next in a series of short lessons on the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This one's about verb tenses & aspects in Vulgar Latin and Romance. The previous video on verbs demonstrated present tense endings across the Romance...
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Romance Languages: noun cases & articles
The next in a series of short lessons introducing the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This video gives a quick overview of noun cases and articles in Vulgar Latin and the Romance languages. Learn about the remnants of the Latin...
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Romance Languages: Introduction to Vulgar Latin & Romance Linguistics
The first in a series of lessons introducing the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This video touches on the various languages and grammatical features that will be covered in the rest of this series. Examples compare and contrast...
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Romance Languages: conjugating verbs
The next in a series of lessons on the grammar of the Romance languages. Learn how verbs developed from Classical Latin through Vulgar Latin and into the Romance languages. Verbs have a meaningful stem and a grammatical ending. Vulgar...
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Romance Languages: verb mood
The next in a series of short lessons on the grammar of the Romance languages. This one's about verb moods in Vulgar Latin and Romance. The previous videos demonstrated person and tense endings across the Romance languages. Romance verbs...
Langfocus
The Romance Languages and What Makes Them Amazing
What are the Romance Languages? This is a mini documentary about the Romance Languages, their history and how they developed, and their importance in today`s world. The question of the day for Romance language speakers: Can you...
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Romance Languages: syntax of compound & passive sentences
The next in a series on the grammar of the Romance languages. This video introduces the structure of trickier sentences. I cover a lot, so please pause for time to read all of the examples. I divided Romance verbs into finite (contains...
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Romance Languages - upcoming video series (teaser)
Take a peek at my upcoming series on the Romance languages! Get a feel for the basic grammar of the Romance languages, their relation to each other and their shared inheritance from Vulgar Latin. These video lessons will complement the...
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Romance Languages: syntax of basic sentences & phrases
The next in a series on the grammar of the Romance languages. This video introduces the structure of basic phrases and sentences. I share a lot of information here, so please pause or go back if you ever need time to think or read all of...
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Romance Languages: pronunciation of Vulgar Latin & Romance
The next in a series of videos comparing Vulgar Latin and the Romance languages. This video introduces the pronunciation of Vulgar Latin and highlights some of the important differences in pronunciation across the Romance family. I share...
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Romance Languages: adjectives, adverbs & determiners
The next in a series on the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This one introduces adjectives & adverbs. Vulgar Latin & Romance adjectives agree with the number and gender of the described noun: *bonu lupu "good wolf", *bonas ideas...
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Romance Languages: object pronouns
The next video in a series about the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This one introduces the personal object pronouns. The video moves along quickly, so feel free to pause & rewatch as needed, especially if you wish to view all...
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Romance Languages: helping verbs / auxiliary verbs
The next video in a series about the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This video runs through the basic helping verbs that have developed across the family. Feel free to pause and take the video at your own pace, especially if...
Langfocus
Romanian: The Forgotten Romance Language
This video is all about Romanian - the forgotten Romance language! Special Thanks to Alexandru Zaharia for providing excellent audio samples for this video! Say "hi" to Mickey in the comments! Support Langfocus on Patreon:...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to the Latin Language
Do you love languages like Italian, Spanish, French, and others? Where did they all come from? They are all derived from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire! This language had a profound influence on the development of many other...
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Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages
Sound changes left French unlike Latin, Italian, Spanish or Romanian. How? Here's the recipe. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans
Get to know Pablo Neruda, one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. -- A romantic and a revolutionary, Pablo Neruda was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but...
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African Romance: searching for traces of a lost Latin language
Did a Romance language survive in North Africa? What was it like? The story of a late Latin language, people who spoke it and a tour of its possible features. Subscribe for more:...
HowStuffWorks
Esperanto, The Universal Language: Where did it come from? | Stuff of Genius
L.L. Zamenhof believed the majority of human conflict arose from miscommunication. Tune in to learn how Zamenhof used his Stuff of Genius to build a universal language. Stuff of Genius tells the story behind everyday inventions. From the...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Roman Empire
In this video, we explore the lasting legacies of ancient Rome in the areas of art, architecture, engineering, and language. Also, the influence of Latin on language, including the development of Romance languages and the use of Latin...