Quote of the Day (2015-02-23)

C: What's this thing?

"ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"?

"People called Romanes they go the house"?

B: It, it says "Romans go home".

C: No it doesn't. What's Latin for "Roman"?

B: (hesitates)

C: Come on, come on!

B: (uncertain) "ROMANUS".

C: Goes like?

B: "-ANUS".

C: Vocative plural of "-ANUS" is?

B: "-ANI".

C: "RO-MA-NI". "EUNT"? What is "EUNT"?

B: "Go".

C: Conjugate the verb "to go"!

B: "IRE". "EO", "IS", "IT", "IMUS", "ITIS", "EUNT".

C: So "EUNT" is ...?

B: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".

C: But "Romans, go home!" is an order, so you must use the ...?

(lifts Brian by his hairs)

B: The ... imperative.

C: Which is?

B: Ahm, oh, oh, "I", "I"!

C: How many romans? (pulls harder)

B: Plural, plural! "ITE".

C: (strikes over "EUNT" and paints "ITE" to the wall)

(satisfied) "I-TE".

"DOMUS"? Nominative? "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?

B: (very anxious) Dative?

C: (draws his sword and holds it to Brian's throat)

B: Ahh! No, ablative, ablative, sir. No, the, accusative, accusative,

ah, DOMUM, sir.

C: Except that "DOMUS" takes the ...?

B: ... the locative, sir!

C: Which is?

B: "DOMUM".

C: (satisfied) "DOMUM" (strikes out "DOMUS" and writes "DOMUM") "-MUM".

Understand?

B: Yes sir.

C: Now write it down a hundred times.

B: Yes sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar, sir.

C: (salutes) Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.

B: (very reliefed) Oh thank you sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar and everything, sir!

Source: Life of Brian