"Habitasne in California?"

Translation: Do you live in California?

[HighprinceVader]

Ah, I hear the Roman province of California is lovely this time of year. I want to see Caligula's house in Beverly Hills.

[ThomasClarke9]

California? Ut Hispaniam est?

[BillChungu]

Yeah heard they appointed Biggus Dickus as the pronvincial governor of California

[CookieSupreme]

I have a very great friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus.

[wyqtor]

LMAO, this sentence gives off the impression that neither Columbus nor the vikings were the first to discover America!

[linguistkris]

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

[Kelly-Rose]

The language is very much alive amongst many Catholics ^_^

[Saibotur]

Ita vero!

[Ninon.de.Lenclos]

They weren't, in truth. But I know what you meant!

[Daoken]

Why not Habitas?

[Ululare]

the -ne turns it into a yes/no question.

[ARCANA-MVSA]

In the absence of a question word. :)

Volgav vitsenanieff nivya kevach varatsach.

[KDLGates]

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.

[jana__w]

-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.

[KDLGates]

Gotcha. :) I got -ne mixed up with nonne. Appreciated.

[somelauw]

I also thought this so I put "You live in California, don't you?".
But it turns out that is -nonne.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

It only means it seeks a yes/no response, not a "yes" response.

[FelixLupux]

"ne" says that there is a question

[Abdulhakim394572]

Habitas is for singular second person

[HHogie]

Fun fact for all those talking about California being a name unknown to those who would have used Latin before it "died:"

The name California comes from a name made up for a libro de caballerías published in Spain in 1510. A native speaker of Vulgar Latin could totally have known about that book, and therefore known about the name California! Does that make this sentence a sentence they would have likely used way back then? Well, this IS Duolingo, so... ask that to the person who decided "Is your cat from Cuba, Seth?" would be a good phrase for us to learn in Arabic.

[yrrah2]

I would rather not have to learn American place names

[hotzenblit]

The man's audio 'Habitasne in California' is spoken clearly. The woman's audio I can only understand after I have seen the sentence.

[NoraHagkul]

Can you say "californiae" intead of "in California"

[HighprinceVader]

No, because 'in', in this case, takes the ablative case, a long -a. -ae is either genitive (of) or dative (to/for) depending on context. Or nominative (subject) plural.

[Jan_Grochocki]

Californium, galium settlement next to Laudanum and Delirium

[caelestis7]

Should 'habitasne californae?' be allowed?

[PERCE_NEIGE]

No. California is a state, not a city, so no locative allowed.

[Cybele649477]

Yes, if it is California in New-Brunswick or Colombia or Missouri or ... (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/California).

[krtzrovavrt]

What an interesting chosing of place...

[student997624]

Обитаешь в Калифорнии?

[Iron-Beagle]

i cant hearrrrrrrrrrrr it right

[Paulus217503]

I am enjoying this course. Thank you!

[BE_Joon]

No