Was it just me, or did you guys knwo more latin than you thought?

[Yuma]

In the Passion Of The Christ, the spoke Aramaic and Latin. I really can't speak spanish, but I was amazed how many times in the movie I understood what they were saying in Latin when I looked down at the subtitle. I have never took Latin in my life. I just thought it was weird, or maybe the Latin was so basic it was almost universal. Did any of you have that experience?

 

[Chaz]

Originally posted by Yuma
In the Passion Of The Christ, the spoke Aramaic and Latin. I really can't speak spanish, but I was amazed how many times in the movie I understood what they were saying in Latin when I looked down at the subtitle. I have never took Latin in my life. I just thought it was weird, or maybe the Latin was so basic it was almost universal. Did any of you have that experience?

English, french, german, spanish, and italian are all based on latin.

 

[FischerKing]

I picked up on a couple of words in Latin and Aramaic - it was cool to hear some of the correct pronunciations for the Aramaic words.

Shawn