"In foro non pugno sed panem vendo."

Translation: I do not fight in the forum but I sell bread.

[prompto99]

This is one good-looking weird sentence

[Robert_in_USA]

The type of thing you had to say to the Roman authorities since you didn't have the protection of the Vth Amendment.

[Matthew668253]

Words to live by!

[CassandraA100557]

weirdly specific but ok

[Gigach]

In the market I do not fight but I sell bread - is not accepted

[Nick_Pr]

In these later sentences "market" is not yet accepted for "forum"

[Alexey914898]

In the forum I do not fight but sell bread - is not accepted (October 19, 2019). Is it not correct without the second "I"?

[Ste-n-Dee]

You need to report it.

[ArchieFlet4]

i agree fighting is bad i bet he use the bread to hit people with

[tibfulv]

Clearly a part-time baker/brawler.

[Ahti]

Pugilist pastries

[Maggie137382]

Full time baker / suspected brawler?

[Abereon26]

seriouly like what.....

[bonnythedog]

this is a guy who has clearly been to Walmart during his numerous trips to California, Novum Eboracum and Bostonia...

[MardukSky]

In Germaniă non habito, sed barbăros pugno

[robertred8]

The quality of the voices is getting worse!!!!!

[spookyn3on]

Sounds like you need to liven up your life, bread vendor.

[MissTurkey]

I wonder when I'll ever use this sentence.
I mean maybe "I do not fight in the field, I heal soldiers" is more usable lol

[Den_hvalrossen]

I dunno, nonsensical alibis in Latin might come in strangely helpful

But then again, very few, if any, people speak Latin colloquially

[Ste-n-Dee]

"...sed panem window..." Anyone for "WEN-doh"? I mostly really like this guy's readings, but "window"?

[JonGunnarsson]

Seems fine to me. The letter V is always pronunced as a W sound in classical Latin, like in "window," never as a V sound like in "vast".

[Ste-n-Dee]

The problem is not the W sound, it's the vowel. "vEndo" should not be pronounced "wIndow".

[JonGunnarsson]

Sounds like an E to me. The speaker isn't sufficiently clear on quantity. It sounds more like a short E, when it should be long, but I don't think we should be too hard on these speakers.

[Ste-n-Dee]

I agree, no need to bag on the readers. As I said, I generally like this guy's readings; he's my preferred reader. But I hear a definite short (in the English pronunciation sense, not in the Latin sense) "i" in the word, and it throws me off.

[1e7nx0WG]

It should sound like a short E; it should not be long.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

As a Romance speaker, I don't hear a true "e" to me (but not a "i")

I also love his way, and I'm sure the audios will improve with time, but getting some advice from Spanish or Italian people for the vowels pronunciations would be a good way to improve his Latin speech.

[Jim878622]

There seems a big difference between market and forum. This one word means both? Could someone please explain?

[speciesUnknown]

I said
"I don't fight in the market, I sell bread."
I'm using a conditional clause instead of "but" in English. Am I wrong to expect this to be accepted?

[-o_0-]

Well probably, because this isn't English, and there is a "sed" in the sentence.

[zoomie72]

On the audio the woman says forum, not foro

[-Copernicus-]

I hear "foro" in this audio clip, which I think is the same as the one you would have heard. The final "-o" does run into the "n-" in "non" a little bit though, which does make it sound a little like "forum," but I still hear it as "foro."

[jcarty123]

I hear the female speaker say "In forum non pugno", which is incorrect of course, except I listened 5 times and yes she muddies the transition to make an 'm' in there.

[teaselcardere]

I agree. The speaker seems to say, "In forum non pugno ..." Have reported it twice now, but no action has been taken.

[AmritSanad]

I need help

[CharlotteK938995]

listened to this sentence it stopped at pugno, so I type "in foro non pugno" and got marked wrong. Its hard to write the rest of the sentence when it didnt play.

[soulstenance]

Can the word forum be used in the modern sense of the word or only ancient as in marketplace?

[gildedbat]

In this speaker's examples, the audio sounds like it was recorded on speaker phone in someone's bathroom. I wish there were a way to report poor audio quality. It is difficult to understand in the "write what you hear" questions.

[Avi_an_Avian]

This is forum like market not the forum right? That being said could "fighting in the forum" be a slang for politics?

[lesliewilman]

In a sentence like this with contrasted halves, I feel that the present tenses -in English - would be "I don't fight....but I do sell..." I didn't push him, but I did see him jump. I used to enjoy the opportunity to give my reasons for reporting, "my answer should be accepted".

[bufobufobufo34]

What a lovely voice

[Rose528361]

Why do I keep forgetting 'the'

[haskjdfsask]

Should it not be "on the market" instead of "in the market"? The later implies you are somehow directly inside the market. Which is awkward.

[-Copernicus-]

"In the market" sounds fine to me. The market is a large area, and being within that area means you are "in the market." I would never say "on the market."

[Linda465191]

It sounds like 'in foro non cubino......'!

[yukimi874]

why the second "I" necessary?

[MarbleOwl0_0]

Pater: Filli, ad forum. Sed nolite pugnare in foro.
Filli: Pater! In foro non pugno sed panem vendo.

[chrisalbert123]

Why is this woman saying forum??????

[teaselcardere]

I can't help wondering why they bother with a "Report" button. Previously I've indicated the difficulty with the word "foro", as have others, but nothing has been done about it.

[Norbert560953]

Bad pronounciation!

[teaselcardere]

As has been mentioned several times, the word "foro" sound like "forum" in the spoken version. This has been reported repeatedly, yet nothing has been done about it. Sad ... and dispiriting for those who are penalised.