{"id":5306,"date":"2016-05-09T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:15:04","slug":"did-you-know-you-can-speak-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/did-you-know-you-can-speak-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know You Can Speak Latin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week we added our 133rd language to the uTalk<\/a> app – and it’s a good one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latin<\/a> has been around ever since the year 75 BC and it has evolved from Old Latin to Classical Latin, to Early Modern Latin and finally Modern Latin. Along with Greek<\/a>, its roots are used in theology, biology, and medicine right up to the present day. Romance languages, such as Italian<\/a>, Portuguese<\/a>, Spanish<\/a>, French<\/a>, and Romanian<\/a> have developed from Latin. Later on, many words from all these languages were taken into English, so even if you\u2019ve never actively learned it – you might actually speak Latin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few examples of Latin words and phrases that we use regularly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. ad hoc: to this<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ad hoc refers to something that was created for a specific purpose or situation as the need arises, without previous planning. An ad hoc political committee, for instance, is formed specially to deal with a specific situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. vice versa: the other way around<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For example: \u201cI like you and vice versa\u201d means that you also like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. carpe diem: seize the day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This phrase comes from a poem by Horace and is used to encourage people to enjoy the moment without concern for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. sic: thus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sic is used with square brackets [sic] after a quotation indicate that an odd or unusual phrase was reproduced exactly as it was in the source, and therefore it is not an editorial error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. per se: by itself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Per se is used to refer to a particular thing by itself. For example: “The idea, per se, wasn’t bad; it was just the way he said it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. mea culpa: through my fault<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You might say this if you were admitting guilt, or owning up that something went wrong because you made a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. circa: around<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you hear “circa” before a date or other fact, it means it’s an approximation – so for example, “This church was built circa 1600”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. in loco parentis: in the place of a parent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When an individual or organisation acts in loco parentis, they assume legal responsibility for a child in the absence of their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re really excited to finally add Latin to our uTalk app. Take a look – it’s a great way to see how Latin would sound in modern-day society and also to better understand how the language works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week we added our 133rd language to the uTalk app – and it’s a good one! Latin has been around ever since the year 75 BC and it has evolved from Old Latin to Classical Latin, to Early Modern Latin and finally Modern Latin. Along with Greek, its roots are used in theology, biology, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1688],"tags":[1540,1541,48,34,64,227,1542,1543,1544,148,942,316,8,1545,265],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}