LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5726 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 961 of 2529 02 October 2009 at 9:34pm | IP Logged |
Latin
Quantus - how great, so great as, such as
Quando - when, since.
To illustrate this, here is part of a medieval Latin poem, Dies Irae, which, I believe, is used in the Catholic liturgy, in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quando iudex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus!
How great a tremor is to be,
when the judge is to come
briskly shattering every grave.
I like listening to it, actually -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fMHms5Cvsw
Jack
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5527 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 962 of 2529 02 October 2009 at 10:30pm | IP Logged |
Everything from H to O got skipped...
el horno
'oven', Spanish
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LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5726 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 963 of 2529 02 October 2009 at 11:28pm | IP Logged |
I didn't notice actually :]
Ira - wrath, Latin
As in the name of the medieval poem I mentioned earlier on, Dies Irae - The Day of Wrath - the poem is a powerful description of Judgement Day and, as I understand it, a prayer to Jesus for mercy. Perhaps someone better versed in Latin could confirm. Magister? :]
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5527 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 964 of 2529 02 October 2009 at 11:48pm | IP Logged |
自転車 (jitensha)
'bicycle', Japanese (literally 'self-move-car')
Edited by Levi on 02 October 2009 at 11:48pm
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LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5726 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 965 of 2529 03 October 2009 at 12:19am | IP Logged |
der Kummer - grief, sorrow, German
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5527 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 966 of 2529 03 October 2009 at 12:33am | IP Logged |
楼 (lóu)
'building' or 'story (of a building)', Mandarin
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LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5726 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian
| Message 967 of 2529 03 October 2009 at 12:36am | IP Logged |
морозить, to freeze, Russian - I imagine that the perfective is заморозить, but I'm not sure.
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| Message 968 of 2529 03 October 2009 at 1:22am | IP Logged |
LanguageSponge wrote:
I didn't notice actually :]
Ira - wrath, Latin
As in the name of the medieval poem I mentioned earlier on, Dies Irae - The Day of Wrath - the poem is a powerful description of Judgement Day and, as I understand it, a prayer to Jesus for mercy. Perhaps someone better versed in Latin could confirm. Magister? :] |
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Sorry, can't help you. I'm well-versed in pagan Latin, not Christian Latin :]
But I did once own a CD by an Italian band called Dies Irae. All the lyrics were in Latin. :]
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