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1714
LMAO, this sentence gives off the impression that neither Columbus nor the vikings were the first to discover America!
- 148
I love this! Now we finally know we are not talking to toga-clad Livia and Stephanus through a time machine, but to present-day geeks who love dead languages just as much as the next guy. :D
Ah, I hear the Roman province of California is lovely this time of year. I want to see Caligula's house in Beverly Hills.
In the absence of a question word. :)
Volgav vitsenanieff nivya kevach varatsach.
I seem to remember that the "-ne" question type implied a sort of question that tries to seek a yes response. I translated this as "Do you not live in California?" and it was marked incorrect. Not sure if this is an acceptable translation or maybe I'm confusing the "-ne" ending with one of the other question types.
- 1045
-ne is the one without implication. The one that implies the yes response is nonne, and the one that implies the no response is num.
I know it's difficult to talk about "immersion" when you're learning (or refreshing) a 2000-year-old language via electrons piped across oceans in metal tubes, but hearing her say "California" in her native accent completely shatters the illusion.
Would you be happier hearing former Governor Schwartzenegger pronounce the name of our state?
