Latin Prayers with Pronunciation
Traditional Catholic prayers of the Rosary in Ecclesiastical Latin, each with the English and an easy pronunciation guide.
- Hail Mary in Latin (Ave Maria)
- Our Father in Latin (Pater Noster)
- Glory Be in Latin (Gloria Patri)
- Apostles’ Creed in Latin (Symbolum Apostolorum)
- Salve Regina in Latin, with Pronunciation and English
- Sign of the Cross in Latin (Signum Crucis)
- Fatima Prayer in Latin (O mi Iesu)
- The whole Rosary in Latin
How to pronounce Ecclesiastical Latin
Church Latin is pronounced much like Italian. A few rules cover most words:
- Vowels are pure and short: a as in “father” (AH), e as in “bet” (EH), i as in “machine” (EE), o as in “or” (OH), u as in “rule” (OO).
- æ and œ sound like “eh”: cæli (CHEH-lee).
- c before e, i, æ or œ is “ch”: dulcédo (dool-CHEH-doh). Otherwise it is “k”.
- g before e or i is soft, as in “gem”: Regína (reh-JEE-nah). gn sounds like “ny”: regnum (REH-nyoom).
- ti before a vowel is “tsee”: grátia (GRAH-tsee-ah).
- sc before e or i is “sh”: descéndit (deh-SHEN-deet).
- j or consonant i is “y”: Iesus (YEH-soos). h is silent: hora (OH-rah).
- Accent marks (á, é, í) show the stressed syllable; they are a guide, not a different sound.
Closing Prayer in Latin (Oremus) · Latin pronunciation card · Why pray in Latin?
Questions
Which prayers make up the Rosary?
Eight: the Sign of the Cross, Apostles’ Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Fatima Prayer, Hail, Holy Queen and the closing prayer.
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