Well there're not much rules in here, in the previous pages, you already know a lot of the language's pronunciation, in both classical and ecclesiastical method.
To read a language in sentences, it's always important to know the meanings and group words into phrases rather than reading word after word.
So, no rules here, let's just listen to some of the examples so that you can get the whole picture. The things left is to practise for yourself. By the way, I don't "speak" Latin well, so I try to look for Latin recordings for both methods. Unluckily, I just find one in Ecclesiastical method, so I have to pronouce the Classical method by myself. If possible, please listen to the professinals ^-^. Keep the rules you learnt in previous pages in mind while listening.
Tam bene quam potestis semper linguam Latīnam prōnūntiāte, discipulī et discipulae!
"Always, students, speak/PRONOUNCE Latin as well as you can!" (From Weelock's latin).
Gloria in excelsis
Listen (Read by Andreas Mezsaros, pronouced in Ecclesiastical Method.)
Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis Deus Pater omnipotens, Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu Christe, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis; qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
Excelsior!
Read by me, don't laugh at my classical pronunciation lol
[1]
Cadēbant noctis umbrae,
dum
Ībat per vīcum Alpicum
Gelū nivequ(e) adolēscēns,
Vēxillum cum signō ferēns,
Excelsior!
Frōns trīstis, micat oculus
Velut ē vāgīnā gladius;
Sonantque si'milēs tubae
Accentūs lingu(ae) incognitae,
Excelsior!
[2]
In domibus videt clārās
Focōrum luces calidās;
Relūcet glaciēs ācris,
Et rumpit gemitūs labrīs,
Excelsior!
Dīcit senex, "Nē trānseās!
Suprā nigrēscit tempestās;
Lātus et altus est torrēns."
Clāra vēnit vōx respondēns,
Excelsior!
[3]
Iam lucescēbat, et frātrēs
Sānctī Bernardī vigilēs
Ōrabānt precēs solitās,
Cum vōx clāmāvit per aurās,
Excelsior!
Sēmi-sepultus viātor
Can(e) ā fīdō reperītur,
Comprēndēns pugnō gelidō
Illud vēxilum cum signō,
Excelsior!
[4]
Iacet corpus exanimum
Sed lūce frīgidā pulchrum;
Et caelō procul exiēns
Cadit vōx, ut stella cadēns,
Excelsior!
Nota bene:
In a poem, some the last syllable is sometimes joined with the first syllable of the next word for rhyme. eg. lingu(ae) incognitae is read like linguincogni'tae.
Just for more fun
It's a good idea to listen to chorus or songs in Latin. Here's the famous Panis Angelicus , sung by Andrea Bocelli.
Panis angelicus
Fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus
Figuris terminum
O res mirabilis
Manducat dominum
Pauper, pauper
Servus et humilis
