I am doing a bit of joint Italian and Latin,
and coming across an ambiguity in Italian I was just comparing it to the less ambiguous Latin,
but came across something I hadn't yet been able to clear up with the books I have or internet searches I've made.
If Liberi means Children, is "Liber" the singular form?
I will fill out my understanding of the words, singular and plural form, in the below table.
Perhaps someone can confirm or correct? Thanks!
For your interest, the ambiguity I was trying to clear up (in Italian) is the word for Children seems to be the same as the plural for son. The problem is best demonstrated by an excerpt from 'L'Italiano secondo il metodo natura'; Due figli e due figlie sono quattro figli.
This ambiguity does not seem to exist in Latin, which is interesting, as Italian sort of stems from Latin, right?
Duo filii et Duo filiae sunt quattuor Liberi.
Code: Select all
Italian (pl) Latin (pl)
-------------------------------------------------------------
figlio figli filius filii
figlia figlie filia filiae
? figli liber ? liberi
bambino bambini puer pueri
bambina bambine puella puellae