"Salve, iuvenis."

Translation: Hello, young man.

[viertechaos]

cue the YMCA jokes

[duowy]

There's no need to feel down (!)

[Devone966005]

I was thinking the same thing

[DavidZeev]

Iuvenis, et sentire non est opus in
Ego, inquit, iuvenis, ipsum eligo off in terram
Ego, inquit, iuvenis, quia in novo oppido es
Est nihil opus esse infelix
Iuvenis, illic 'a locis vos can vado
Ego, inquit, iuvenis, si tu es adipem in brevi
Potes illic manere, et certus sum invenies
Multis habeat tempus bonum,
Est suavis manere in YMCA
Est suavis manere in YMCA

[PERCE_NEIGE]

Could you translate it please. (I can translate it word by word, but only to be sure)

[DavidZeev]

Oh, it's just the lyrics from the Village People's 'YMCA'. I actually just used google translate, which does a poor job for Latin translation. It didn't even try to translate 'fun', for some reason, so I chose 'suavis', which is apparently more like 'pleasant'.

[Rae.F]

I actually just used google translate, which does a poor job for Latin translation.

*an abysmal

The people of /r/Latin have requested that people seeking translations avoid Google Translate altogether and instead come directly to them for help.

[SteveSwart1]

That's easy for you to say!

[Vrodopachys]

Does juvenis only meen young man, or could it be young woman as well?

[Talos_the_Cat]

It means young woman too.

[Gallaecia2752]

How should be written, "iuvenis" or "juvenis"?

[No--One]

Native Classical writers would have written it "IVVENIS" since minuscule script hadn't been developed, nor had "J", nor "V". Using any of these new creations isn't really wrong, but more like using a newer variant.

[Gallaecia2752]

I already know that the "j" and the "u" appeared in the Middle Ages, aproximately. In the case of Latin, these letters are useful to be incorporated into the alphabet; because with that the "u" and the "i" act like vowels, and the "j" and the "v" like consonants.

But I don't understand why in this course, or on other websites like the Vicipaedia or The Latin Library; they use the "u", but not the "j".

[Rae.F]

iuvenis

[SGuthrie0]

Iuvenis; Cognate: juvenile.

[EvaSvdr1]

In Spanish would be the common teacher salute to the students:
Bonum mane, iuvenes! (Buenos días, jóvenes)

[AnnaKateTheGreat]

These two yoots...

[MaHumourless]

What is 'young woman' in Latin?

[Talos_the_Cat]

Also 'iuvenis'. (Ages 20-40 were considered 'young adult' ages)

[SteveSwart1]

Is 'Hi there, young man' too informal? How about 'Wassup bro?'

[Rae.F]

"Wassup bro" is much too informal a register to be an appropriate translation of "Salve, iuvenis".

[JoelFranci444881]

Could I say "hello, kid" or is there a different word for that?

[ChandlerX5]

No, just young for adjective or young man for adressing a human.

[ChandlerX5]

I'm not a young MAN, but a young BOY.