Here you can discuss all things Latin. Use this board to ask questions about grammar, discuss learning strategies, get help with a difficult passage of Latin, and more.
solitario
Textkit Neophyte
Posts: 98 Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:23 am
Location: ROSETVM
Contact:
Post
by solitario » Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:12 am
First, multas gratias to benissimus for posting the Wheelock sentences.
Second, how do you say "How do you say ___ in Latin?"?
Here, I'll trade you Italian for Latin. This is how you ask the question in Italian:
How do you say "whatever" in Italian?
Come si dice "whatever" in italiano?
MVLTAS GRATIAS
mingshey
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 1338 Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:38 am
Location: Seoul
Contact:
Post
by mingshey » Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:31 am
solitario wrote: First, multas gratias to benissimus for posting the Wheelock sentences.
Second, how do you say "How do you say ___ in Latin?"?
Here, I'll trade you Italian for Latin. This is how you ask the question in Italian:
How do you say "whatever" in Italian?
Come si dice "whatever" in italiano?
MVLTAS GRATIAS
my guess is
"Quam latine _____ dicis?"
Yum, here's the Korean version for my trade with the correct one:
Code: Select all
How do you say ____ in Korean?
____ul/rul hangungmallo mworago hanayo?
-ul for words ending with a consonant. -rul for words ending with a vowel.
Last edited by
mingshey on Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:08 am, edited 1 time in total.
Moerus
Textkit Fan
Posts: 281 Joined: Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:00 am
Location: Lovanium - Leuven (Belgium)
Post
by Moerus » Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:38 am
There are many ways to say this (ironic isn't it?):
The easiest way to me is: Quomodo 'x' Latine / lingua Latina dicitur?
= How 'X' is said the Latin way / in Latin?
But you can also work with:
Quomodo 'X' Latine / lingua Latine dicis?
You can also use dicas (would say), but dicis is also used for this purpose.
I think there are even more possibilities, but now you have a few,
perge Latine loqui,
Vale,
Ph. Moerus
Episcopus
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 2563 Joined: Sat Jun 14, 2003 8:57 pm
Post
by Episcopus » Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:45 pm
I agree with "Quomodo latine ____ dicitur". This "you" in English may be replaced with "one" or in french frequently used to avoid passive "on".
I am not sure that always "you" meaning "on" is used thus in latin. The safest way is the above.