"Ubi sunt sepulchra?"

Translation: Where are the graves?

[Quintley]

Top priority when visiting a new villa

[WithNight]

Is anyone worried about this being in the parent section????

[Rae.F]

If you think Latin is hardcore, you should check out High Valyrian.

[Scian4]

Conjures up a picture of a windowless room with a cop leaning across the desk, shouting, "Ubi sunt sepulchra?!"

[Danielconcasco]

Sepulchrum is neuter. The plural form here is -a, as is the case fall all neuters. Think bacterium and bacteria.

[XJDPe]

medium media

[pluureng]

millennium millennia

[DeadAccount.]

In a graveyard. Hopefully.

[mgaristova]

There was this metal band called "Sepultura"

[DavwHawkin]

I kept thinking that too.

[Mark644879]

Could Duolingo stop using the yellow color for new words it makes them difficult to read.
How about blue or green.
I thought it read Libi instead of Ubi

[TheMartian6]

Yeah, yellow on white is never a good idea

[Rae.F]

You will need to contact the devs about user interface options.

https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/sections/200864570-Reporting-Issues

[GoGiggles]

This is mildly terrifying

[Rae.F]

Why?

[GoGiggles]

"Hey, mom, hey, dad, where are the cough graves". Or, "Hey (friend's name) I know you live in Rome, uh, where are the graves?"

[Larkspire]

I didn't even remember that I knew the word "sepulchre" in English, but I knew what "sepulchrum" was pretty much straight away. Neat

[JaJsemAdam]

In coemeterio.

[Weronika675953]

Morbid

[Timo22160]

I'm a bit confused. I've heard that pulcher means beautiful. Is there any connection between pulcher and sepulchra?

[Moopish]

As far as I can tell no, they are not related.

[tulika2014]

Creepy question alert

[Lng52-._]

Could you also use "sepulcris" (graves)?

[Payson372807]

That would be the wrong case for this context. Sepulchris is Dative or Ablative plural.

[rizalmuhammad]

How do people pronounce "ch" in Classical Latin?

[Payson372807]

It is NOT like 'chew' in English. It's a hard c with more 'air' behind it. It's aspirated. I think it mostly shows up in Greek Loan words and proper names.
Ch is covered at the end of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWWOJW3948

[Xoramun]

I think it would be easier to describe it using the IPA.

[Rae.F]

I agree. Sadly, not very many people know the IPA.

[Charlie868448]

Is it like the soft ch in German?

[Moopish]

No, Latin 'ch' [kʰ] is aspirated and more like the 'k' in English 'kit' (a puff of air comes out of the mouth), while Latin 'c' [k] is not aspirated and more like the 'k' in English 'skit' (no puff of air comes out of the mouth).

[Cosmic-Alchemist]

I was checking if .SEPULCRA. could also mean “sepulchre”(the word in English derived from the same word) and I found out that “sepulchre” in Latin is: .SEPULCHRI. simple plural: .SEPULCRIS.

[Danielconcasco]

Sepulchrum is a 2nd declension neuter. The -a shows it's plural.

[GpqcE]

yea I was thinking the same thing. the noun doesn't match the verb in this situation

[Rae.F]

I have to wonder what Cosmic-Alchemist's source is, because my sources say something different.

http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:sepulchrum

https://latin.cactus2000.de/noun/shownoun_en.php?n=sepulchrum

https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/15397/

http://www.cultus.hk/Latin_vocab/noun1245/sepulcrum.html

[Danielconcasco]

As usual, you are correct.

[JlioM.Pire]

• sepulchrum, i (2nd declension) n.

case	singular	plural
nominative	sepulchrum	sepulchra
vocative	sepulchrum	sepulchra
genitive	sepulchri	sepulchrorum
dative	sepulchro	sepulchris
ablative	sepulchro	sepulchris
accusative	sepulchrum	sepulchra