Re: Latin Translation Needed

[Anne Marie Clarke <amclarke@NYC.RR.COM>]

I took Latin way back in freshman year of HS (more than 30 years ago), so
forgive me if I am wrong, but there are no pronouns. They are indicated in
the verb case. "Ego" literally means "I am." Also, the verbs for the "I
came, I saw.." part would be the same as in the famous quote, "Veni, vidi,
etc..."  The big problem here is that "to surf" is an idiom, and there is no
Latin verb which would come close. "Surfing" the Internet was taken from
"surfing" the ocean waves, and to my knowledge, the ancient Romans didn't do
that, either.

Also, the humor would be lost on the kids if they didn't know the famous
quote, or if they didn't see the connection when the final verb is changed.
A cute idea, but I don't see it working.  Why not just say it in English,
which is also recognizable?  "I came, I saw, I surfed."

Anne Marie Clarke
Campus Magnet HSS
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
amclarke@nyc.rr.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Maye" <JoyTBear@COMCAST.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: Latin Translation Needed


> In Pig Latin
> "I came, I saw, I read"  is "Iway amecay, Iway awsay, Iway eadray.
>   "I came, I saw, I surfed" is "Iway amecay, Iway awsay , Iway urfedsay"
>
> If I remember my Latin the verb is always last
> I came I saw I read  tranlates proximare (come closer) ego (I), verto
(see)
> ego (I), legere (read) ego,
>
> There is no word that means surf in Latin especially in "surfing" the
> Internet.
>
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Fran Maye
> Graduate Student NJCU
> JoyTbear@comcast.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Nina Franco
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Latin Translation Needed
>
>
> Hello, LM_Netters,
>
> I hope that one of you will be able to help me.  A classroom teacher would
> like to find the translations in Latin for the following mottos.  She
wants
> to use them on her bulletin board.  "I came, I saw, I surfed" (as in I
> surfed
> the net) and  "I came, I saw, I read"  of course, we do not have any Latin
> dictionaries in the library and the few that I found using Google are
> difficult for me to understand since I did not study Latin.
>
> Please Help!
>
> Nina Franco, LMS
> Gertrude C. Folwell School
> 455 Jacksonville Road
> Mount Holly, NJ  08060
> 609-267-0071
> www.mtholly.k12.nj.us
>
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