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!!! Subtitle CENTURION: 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.