longae non sunt tuae viae

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viking84
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longae non sunt tuae viae

Post by viking84 »

Is 'tuae' here 'your' in plural? In Dutch we have a distinction between these two ('jouw' is singular and 'jullie' is plural), hence my confusion.

For Dutch speakers:

Is 'jullie wegen zijn niet lang' correct?

-edit- hm, I just found out that 'your' in plural is 'vester' and 'your' singular is 'tua'. But where does 'tuae' come from?

Greetings,

Viking84

ingrid70
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Post by ingrid70 »

tuae is a (possessive) adjective, just like longae, and changes with the noun: tua via est longa - tuae viae sunt longae.

In Dutch the translation would be: jouw wegen zijn niet lang.

Hope this helps,

Ingrid

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Post by viking84 »

ingrid70 wrote:tuae is a (possessive) adjective, just like longae, and changes with the noun: tua via est longa - tuae viae sunt longae.

In Dutch the translation would be: jouw wegen zijn niet lang.

Hope this helps,

Ingrid
I've been thinking about that too :).

Dank je wel ;)

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