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Subject:
Latin Translation, or actually editing my poor attempt
Category: Relationships and Society > Government Asked by: chicagoresident-ga List Price: $24.50 |
Posted:
31 May 2004 22:13 PDT
Expires: 30 Jun 2004 22:13 PDT Question ID: 354574 |
I need the Latin for the following statement: "F_ _ k you and your legislation too." I believe that this could be told to one man, one woman or several men. This may require three versions. I will take a stab, knowing I will need help, because remember, "There is nothing so gratifying than to edit someone else's work." (plural) Futuite vos etia (futuite) legis vestras. (singular, masculine) Futuere tu etia (futuere) te legis. (singular, feminine) Futuas tu etia (futuas) te legis. I have placed the second, repeated verb in parentheses. I don't know if this is necessary and can it be implied in Latin, as it could be in English? |
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Re: Latin Translation, or actually editing my poor attempt
Answered By: dharbigt-ga on 04 Jun 2004 01:13 PDT Rated: |
I would put the verb in the subjunctive (1st person) Futueam te et tuum legem. (m/f) Futueam vos et vestrum legem. (pl) There is some conjecture about what F**k you really means, but my feeling is strong that the implication is: "I f**k you." q.v. Carl Sagan's "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". There's a nice page on forming the subjunctive here: - http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/g-subjh.html And you can learn about the uses of the subjunctive here - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gretaham/Teaching/latin102/latin/subjunctive_main.htm - http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Wheelock-Latin/lat28.txt |
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