On the bus towards work yesterday morning, I overheard a mother (scary queue jumping type) telling her schoolboy son that if a Latin word ended in 'm' it was in the accusative and hence the object of the sentence. Why did no-one tell me that when I was trying to learn Latin 44 years ago? Possibly because it is wrong (e.g. bellum) BUT it might be true of adjectives - does anyone know? If so it could be useful (sort of).
To know what use could it be? true for adjectives accusative singular 1st and second declension, and for singular 3rd declension adjectives, but not with neuter. Amabo, amabis, amabit............
Thanks Rhubarb Thrasher. Plenty of exceptions then. Knew it was too good to be true. :)
if you catch them on the bus tomorrow, you will put the boot in I hope. i caught the end of a conversation on top of Glastonbury Tor once, where some hot-housing dad was saying to his son (about 10) - very good, now how do you say that in Japanese?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!
pidgin latin is much more interesting / entertaining, eg nil illegitimi carborundum est.
Me transmitte sursum, caledoni beam me up, Scotty
Our Squadron motto - In Omnibus Princeps = It's quicker by Bus.
I was never any use
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8
Wonderful cleo.
Another I like from the Carry On series is 'nulli expectori in omnibus (no spitting on the public transport).
valmarg
Don't you just love a bit of ear wigging that then leaves you thinking? ;D
or when Sid James first sees Cleopatra in her bath of asses milk -
Sid James (http://www.carryonline.com/carryonline/Downloads/audio/blimus.wav)
Hate to be pedantic, but surely an adjective or a verb can't be the object of a sentence anyway! Guess who used to be a language teacher (not Latin, mind you- I've forgotten all that!)
Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 04, 2008, 18:38:06
Me transmitte sursum, caledoni beam me up, Scotty
ROTFL
Let me think, 3rd declension singular endings, accusative -em (plural -es)
1st declension nominative -us (or irreg, eg puer) accusative -um
2nd declension nominative -a accusative -am
rest I can't remember.
I do still get annoyed at folk saying 'the data is flawed' when it ought to be 'data are' (datum is the singular, and is therefore the rule-breaker to the original comment, as it is nominative with -m). That and the prevalence of English plurals on Latin words eg stadium, stadiums (should be stadia) which is another nominative -m ;D
moonbells
you can get yourself in trouble with this - someone on the News Quiz was showing off his public school education by saying that the plural of platypus was platypi, as in a 2nd declension latin noun, but it's from Greek, and the plural should be platypodes. The same goes for octopus, which also gives a silly result
Oh I like it!
Stadium does have an interesting etymology: Latin stadium (natch) but also Greek stadion. The Romans got their measure of length from the Greek. But either way, both plurals are valid.
moonbells
This thread reminds me of "life of brian" and the "romans go home" segment. V. Funny ;D ;D
Caesar adsum jam forte, Julius aderat. Caesar sic in omnibus, Julius sic inat.
I like Psalm 126 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere - it's a waste of time you getting up early
very silly when Handel gave it the Hallelujah Chorus treatment