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Post by Marigold Gamgee on Oct 23, 2004 11:53:54 GMT -5
Y'know what I don't understand? Why's it 'carpe,' and why is that not in my Latin textbook? The verb, I mean. I've been taught that 'to seize' is 'occupare,' so it seems a bit strange to me that in the common translation 'carpe' comes out as seize.
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Post by elberethvarda on Oct 23, 2004 15:30:59 GMT -5
Maybe it's not an exact translation... they do that in Spanish, sometimes, too.
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Post by Marigold Gamgee on Oct 23, 2004 16:10:52 GMT -5
Well, fie on them.
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Post by Mippin on Oct 25, 2004 15:09:41 GMT -5
Of course. My meeses are taking over the world. -Menelien I've got a minion taking care of that one for me. *cackles*
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Post by elberethvarda on Oct 25, 2004 16:43:15 GMT -5
I agree... But then, I can't understand how people learn English... It seems impossiblem because there are no rules at all!
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Post by Lëowen on Oct 25, 2004 18:12:26 GMT -5
It may not have rules, but at least English doesn't have feminine and masculine ending and such. 'Cause, you know, that's REALLY annoying. ^^;
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Post by Galadrie*snackle*den on Oct 25, 2004 19:58:41 GMT -5
What's annoying, HAVING fem-masc endings or NOT having them?
And Elen, my meeses will not be taken care of. They brush their OWN teeth. ^_^
-Menelien
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Post by Lëowen on Oct 26, 2004 8:30:06 GMT -5
HAVING fem-masc endings is annoying. And doomular.
...your meeses brush their own teeth? I always thought you needed hands for that. Or a least opposable thumbs. 0.o
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Post by Galadrie*snackle*den on Oct 26, 2004 10:43:26 GMT -5
They do it with their antlers, silly Leo. ^_^ I dunno, I've never found it annoying, but then, I'm just used to it. I've always thought it was odd that english DIDN'T have them, confused me when I was a little kid. (I remember saying things like 'is the sun a girl a guy or in the middle in English?' and having people stare at me like I was nuts. [In Russian, the sun is middlesex.]) -Menelien
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Post by Marigold Gamgee on Oct 26, 2004 11:38:27 GMT -5
Middlesex? That's a region in England.. *laughs* Isn't the term usually 'neuter'? The sun's feminine in Czech... Huzzah for it! And the moon's male, too.. hmm.. rather Tolkien-esque. Spiff. Yet more proof that Czech is superior. English should have gender in its nouns, it really should. They're not annoying, Lëo.. they're.. just.. correct!
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Post by Galadrie*snackle*den on Oct 26, 2004 13:07:11 GMT -5
Correct indeed. Er... maybe the correct term is neuter, but the literal translation for the sun's russian gender is "the middle gender." ^_^ And the moon is FEMALE. ^^; -Menelien
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Post by Marigold Gamgee on Oct 26, 2004 15:20:32 GMT -5
No, no, no! The moon is male!!!
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Post by elberethvarda on Oct 26, 2004 17:27:11 GMT -5
Regardless of language, I always thought of the moon as being very feminine. Y'know, lovely, subdued, a very silver, gentle glow. Abd moonlight is so much more romantic than sunlight. The sun is very masculine: strong, bright, dominant over the sky.
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Post by Galadrie*snackle*den on Oct 26, 2004 19:44:18 GMT -5
The MOON IS FEMALE. See, Elbie agrees with me! ^^
-Menelien
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Post by Firondoiel on Oct 26, 2004 19:47:35 GMT -5
Tolkien-wise, the moon is male and the sun is female. Un-Tolkien-wise, it's a matter of opinion.
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