"there is" translation

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Yvonne
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"there is" translation

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How does one translate the English phrase "there is/are" into Latin?

If I wanted to translate "There is a cat in the window" would I do something like: Est feles in fenestram ?

Or is there another way?

Thanks.

-Yvonne Rathbone

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You are correct that you just use the correct form of esse, but Est feles in fenestram means there is a cat into the window. That upsets me :(
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae

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haha mihi autem placet

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It would be Est feles in fenestra with a long a at the end. Now why there's a cat in the window I'll never know...

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smokeyrivers wrote:It would be Est feles in fenestra with a long a at the end. Now why there's a cat in the window I'll never know...
propterea enim quod in fenestram saluit. :roll:

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MickeyV wrote:
smokeyrivers wrote:It would be Est feles in fenestra with a long a at the end. Now why there's a cat in the window I'll never know...
propterea enim quod in fenestram saluit. :roll:

:D
re vera, sciurum observat. :o

Sorry I put her literally in the window! Still trying to keep track of when to use the accusative and when to use the ablative. Every time I think I've got it, I don't!

Thanks for the help.

-Yvonne

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smokeyrivers wrote:It would be Est feles in fenestra with a long a at the end. Now why there's a cat in the window I'll never know...
long a is called a "macron" and it looks like this. ā

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Clark3934 wrote:
smokeyrivers wrote:It would be Est feles in fenestra with a long a at the end. Now why there's a cat in the window I'll never know...
long a is called a "macron" and it looks like this. ā
How do I make an "ā"?

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DEINDE est coortus e fenestra Episcopus quidam, in furorem ab antea leonibus iactus, lapidibus felem percutiens.

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you'll find an A with a macron over it if you're using Word: go to "insert" then "symbol" and scroll down a little.
Sed abest feles in ista fenestra!

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