Life of Brian - ROMANES EUNT DOMUS
The scene of Monty Python's movie "Life Of Brian" where Brian is given a latin lesson. Great film, genius team!!!SubtitleCENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!BRIAN: Aah!CENTURION: Come on!BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?CENTURION: Goes like...?BRIAN: 'Annus'?CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?BRIAN: The... imperative!CENTURION: Which is...?BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!CENTURION: How many Romans?BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.CENTURION: 'Ite'.BRIAN: Ah. Eh.CENTURION: 'Domus'?BRIAN: Eh.CENTURION: Nominative?BRIAN: Oh.CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?BRIAN: The locative, sir!CENTURION: Which is...?!BRIAN: 'Domum'.CENTURION: 'Domum'.BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?BRIAN: Yes, sir.CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!Finished!ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now don't do it again. [CENTURIONS chase BRIAN]MAN: Hey! Bloody Romans.