501 Russian Verbs

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Oh Stephanie,it's so funny to read all that.I just added that film to my Netflix queue!
Nola


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>From: Stephanie Briggs <sdsures at GMAIL.COM>
>Sent: Sep 3, 2010 3:03 AM
>To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] 501 Russian Verbs
>
>I'm reminded of the scene in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian", where Brian
>gets a grammar lesson from a Centurion.
>
>[*Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall. The Centurion catches him in
>the act*]
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: What's this, then?
>"Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: It says, "Romans go home. "
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: No it doesn't ! What's
>the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Er, "Romanus" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: Vocative plural of
>"Romanus" is?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Er, er, "Romani" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: [*Writes "Romani" over
>Brian's graffiti*] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is",
>"it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: So, "eunt" is...?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Third person plural present
>indicative, "they go".
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: But, "Romans, go home" is
>an order. So you must use...?
>[*He twists Brian's ear*]
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Aaagh ! The imperative !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: Which is...?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: How many Romans?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er,
>"ite" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: [*Writes "ite"*] "Domus"?
>Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Dative !
>[*the Centurion holds a sword to his throat*]
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not
>the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: But "Domus" takes the
>locative, which is...?
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Er, "Domum" !
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: [*Writes "Domum"*]
>Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
>*Brian <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/>*: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail
>Caesar, sir.
>*Centurion <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/>*: Hail Caesar ! And if it's
>not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
>
>Funny thing was, when I saw this for the first time, I was pre-empting Brian
>on the correct cases he should use ("Accusative! Dative!"). Yeah, I need a
>hobby. Actually, I have one; I run my own Etsy knitting business. :)
>
>*****************************
>~Stephanie D. (Sures) Briggs
>http://sdsures.blogspot.com/
>
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