What Has Latin Done for Me Lately?
iusserant
That is the the 3rd plural past perfect of iubere, correct?
So the 2nd half of the 2nd sentence of the caption on pg 12. should read
Scintillam Horatianque valere iusserant
They ordered Scintilla and Horatia to bid goodbye.
thanks
Stacey Bedard
posted by Ex Pluribus Unum @ 8:57 PM
3 Comments:
the verb reads 'iusserunt' not 'iusserant;. Iusserunt is the perfect tense, and it means 'they ordered'. We will do the past perfect soon. Hope this helps!
EM.
Kind of. Our we going to have day this week where we spend the class time reviewing all that we have learned this week? Sometimes when we go over the homework I don't fully get the new concept. Going over hw in class is great because it forces me to complete it. But sometimes when everyone is talking (including myself) I get so confused because half of the things we say are wrong. Does that make sense at all? The basic question, well more of a request, is can we spend one class to go over the rules and irregular issues all together. Even though no one else has asked I know a handful of students who usually don't have any problems are having great difficulty. If not, that's cool, I'll just stop by on my own. I hope you understand where I am coming from and that I wasn't too forward. Thanks!
Stacey Bedard
valere iubeo= I order someone to be well
This is the exact translation. The book summarizes the meaning by translating 'to bid goodbye'. So the translation for that sentence would be
'they ordered S and H to be well'
or
'they bidded S and H goodbye'
Stacey, I am sorry if I misunderstood the previous question. Certainly the translation 'they ordered them to bid goodbye' is not the correct one.
Please come see me (invitation to everyone) if you have any question whatsoever about the Perfect and the Imperfect.
EM.
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