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| couragepiece93 Groupie United States Joined 5767 days ago 77 posts - 78 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian, Latin | Message 1 of 4 15 June 2009 at 9:15pm | IP Logged |
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I have a question regarding Latin. I’m a bit confused about using the genitive case – I’m trying to write “the good slave’s horses are big”, but when I write it, it seems it can have a different meaning.
equī bonī servī magnī sunt. But, couldn’t this also mean “the slave’s good horses are big”? I feel like I’m making a mistake somewhere, but I’m not sure. Could someone help? Thanks =) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5808 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 2 of 4 15 June 2009 at 10:20pm | IP Logged |
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Your sentence should be correct. If you want to make it clear you can write "equī servī
bonī magnī sunt", which should still be right. By the way, a SLAVE who owns horses??? Edited by MäcØSŸ on 15 June 2009 at 10:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| couragepiece93 Groupie United States Joined 5767 days ago 77 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian, Latin | Message 3 of 4 15 June 2009 at 10:59pm | IP Logged |
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haha, I don't know much vocabulary, I'm just using random stuff to build sentences. I only know about 12 nouns ;P
Thanks for the help by the way =). I guess I'll use the second form to avoid confusion. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| RBenham Triglot Groupie IndonesiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5642 days ago 60 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Indonesian | Message 4 of 4 19 June 2009 at 11:57pm | IP Logged |
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Some Roman slaves even had their own slaves.... The status of "slave" was not as ignominious in Roman antiquity as it has been more recently in Europe and the US, and was not inconsistent with owning things.
All languages have ambiguities of that sort. There are always ways to paraphrase around the problem. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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