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Hi guys, I'm keeping on witht the wherlock's latin...

I just wanted to ask you to check these phrases from chap 3.
to see if I didn't make any mistake....

7. without a few friends life is not strong.
vita sine paucis amicis non valet.

8. O great Virgil, you have great fame in you country.
O magne Vergili, in patria tua famam magnam habes.

9. we do not see great fortune in your sons' lives.
in vitis filiorum tuorum fortunam magnam non videmus.

10. he always gives money to my son.
puero meo pecuniam semper dat.


thanx very much in advance for your help

7. without a few friends life is not strong.
vita sine paucis amicis non valet.

Fine!

8. O great Virgil, you have great fame in you country.
O magne Vergili, in patria tua famam magnam habes.

Good, but attributive adjectives (the ones that tell what someone or something is like) usually go after the noun they modify: so try O Vergili magne - that's a really small point, though.

9. we do not see great fortune in your sons' lives.
in vitis filiorum tuorum fortunam magnam non videmus.

Well done.

10. he always gives money to my son.
puero meo pecuniam semper dat.

Almost - careful with puer, since it means "boy." Filio is more accurate. Of course, it's quite possible to say puero meo and mean roughly the same thing.

thanx very much in advance for your help

istud nihil negotii habeo!

(That's my dog Latin for "you're welcome!")

-David

hi! thanx!

here was a mistake of mine in the english transliteration.
in the book it says:

he always gives my BOY money.
puero meo pecuniam semper dat.

Yet I was thinking also about the filius thing... so I didn't realize but when I was typing I put SON instead of BOY...

it is still wrong?

nihil teneo

that's my bird latin for "help me!"