501 Russian Verbs

[oothappam]

I just found the clip on Youtube. Here's the segment-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI-fDzUJXI
Nola


-----Original Message-----
>From: William Ryan <wfr at SAS.AC.UK>
>Sent: Sep 3, 2010 12:31 PM
>To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] 501 Russian Verbs
>
>  The centurion was wrong - domum is correct but is accusative, not 
>locative. Or is that the joke?
>Will
>
>On 03/09/2010 11:03, Stephanie Briggs wrote:
>> 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. :)
>>
>> *****************************
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>>
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