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Translation Question
I am translating the paragraph at the end of Ch 8 (p. 54) and am having trouble with one sentence. I would appreciate the help of someone who is smarter than me.
SI FORTŪNĀS ET AGRŌS VĪTĀSQUE POPULĪ NOSTRĪ SINE BELLŌ DĒFENDERE POTERIMUS
My translation attempt is terrible, I am not able to see how the "AGRŌS VĪTĀSQUE" fit. - We will be able to defend our people without war if fortunes and fields and lives
I know i am missing something obvious but I just can't seem to get it. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rhuiden
SI FORTŪNĀS ET AGRŌS VĪTĀSQUE POPULĪ NOSTRĪ SINE BELLŌ DĒFENDERE POTERIMUS
My translation attempt is terrible, I am not able to see how the "AGRŌS VĪTĀSQUE" fit. - We will be able to defend our people without war if fortunes and fields and lives
I know i am missing something obvious but I just can't seem to get it. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rhuiden
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I feel quite stupid now. For some reason I was trying to connect the "si fortunas et agros vitasque" as a complete clause. I also was reading "populi nostri" to be the direct object even though it is obviously genitive 2nd declension.
Yes, there is a "then" part to the sentence but I only listed the first part. I had gone over that sentence many times and still did not get it. My new translations makes much better sense: If we can defend the fortunes and fields and lives of our people without war
Thanks for your help,
Rhuiden
Yes, there is a "then" part to the sentence but I only listed the first part. I had gone over that sentence many times and still did not get it. My new translations makes much better sense: If we can defend the fortunes and fields and lives of our people without war
Thanks for your help,
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I actually just figured it out myself recently and was trying it out with my post. I typed the post in MS Word then copied and pasted into my post.
To add the macrons in Word, just insert a symbol. For example (AGRŌS), I would type AGR, then insert the symbol for the O with the macron. I probably won't do that very often because of the multiple steps. I do not know of a way to do it here on textkit other than pasting it from somewhere else.
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To add the macrons in Word, just insert a symbol. For example (AGRŌS), I would type AGR, then insert the symbol for the O with the macron. I probably won't do that very often because of the multiple steps. I do not know of a way to do it here on textkit other than pasting it from somewhere else.
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Salue, Feles! Go to System Preferences, then to International, and then to "Input" something or "Keyboards" (should be the tab furthest to the right). There you have a list of potential keyboards you can activate. You're looking for "Latin Extended" or "USA Extended." Activate that, and then go to a program like TextEdit. In your computer's menu bar, possibly under an American flag (if you have an American computer), you'll see the "[Ae] USA Extended" keyboard. Then switch to it. Much like making an accute accent by alt+e and then a vowel, type alt+a and then any vowel, and there you go, instant macrons.
These were very helpful:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/inte ... latin.html
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/inte ... ackey.html
If you want to write macrons in a post, though, it's a bit more complicated.
These were very helpful:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/inte ... latin.html
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/inte ... ackey.html
If you want to write macrons in a post, though, it's a bit more complicated.