Pronouncing Pater Noster and Ave Maria prayers?

[sdegutis]

I was hoping to edit original post that started this thread to update it saying I’ve found what I’m looking for, but that doesn’t seem possible.

Best Answer:

youtube.com/watch?v=BnypyBaRQmk

This is a great video. It’s the full Rosary spoken (not sung) in Latin along with all the additional Rosary prayers. The speaker alternates between reading the first and second part at each decade, which I’ve found very helpful in being able to practice both with my children or alone. There are always subtitles at the bottom in Latin at the right time. Admittedly it goes a little fast, but that’s okay because you can skip around since it’s just on Youtube. And there’s pleasant background that’s not very distraction. There are pictures relevant to each mystery that my kids just loved watching as it went by. Overall it’s my favorite video, and there seems to be one for each of the mysteries.

 

[Elisabeth51]

Latin is actually fairly easy to read. It reads much like English, with a few exceptions. Here’s a useful pronunciation guide: ewtn.com/expert/answers/ecclesiastical_latin.htm

For me, it was actually somewhat more difficult to learn ecclesiastical Latin because it uses the same words as imperial Latin (which I had learned first) but pronounces them differently. For instance, “c” in imperial Latin is always hardened to a “k” sound (so “descendit” is always pronounced “des-ken-deet” in imperial Latin), but a “c” in ecclesiastical Latin may be rendered “ch” or “sh” instead…

Ah, someone else! I had the same problem, overcoming years of Classical Latin study, I still say it that way in my head and it takes much concentration sometimes to make the other pronunciation come out, I keep picturing my Latin professors scowling at me for saying it wrong!

 

[TrueLight]

I was hoping to edit original post that started this thread to update it saying I’ve found what I’m looking for, but that doesn’t seem possible.

Best Answer:

youtube.com/watch?v=BnypyBaRQmk

This is a great video. It’s the full Rosary spoken (not sung) in Latin along with all the additional Rosary prayers. The speaker alternates between reading the first and second part at each decade, which I’ve found very helpful in being able to practice both with my children or alone. There are always subtitles at the bottom in Latin at the right time. Admittedly it goes a little fast, but that’s okay because you can skip around since it’s just on Youtube. And there’s pleasant background that’s not very distraction. There are pictures relevant to each mystery that my kids just loved watching as it went by. Overall it’s my favorite video, and there seems to be one for each of the mysteries.

This isn’t Yahoo Answers where answers get voted upon, but I agree that is a good video.

 

[sdegutis]

This isn’t Yahoo Answers where answers get voted upon, but I agree that is a good video.

With the way I search this entire forum for answers on very diverse questions, this is a very helpful format for me to come across. And trust me, in just a few months time I’ll have the same question, search the forum, find this thread, and be glad I posted that conclusion in the way I did. And who knows, maybe someone else will see it and feel the same way.