"Where is Italy?"

Translation: Ubi est Italia?

[J.C.M.H.]

Italia in Europa est.

[vincemat]

Beat me to it

[SGuthrie0]

"Semper ubi sub-ubi" was a phrase I learned in Latin, a long while ago. This sentence reminded me of it. (P.S., it's a play on words.)

[Rae.F]

Isn't it "semper" in Latin and "siempre" in Spanish?

And yes, I think a lot of people have heard that dog Latin pun.

[Banana244719]

Yes

[Lorenzoboomin]

Man, i think the most confusing thing for me is how flexible Latin can be at times.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

Can copular verbs be skipped sometimes? Or there are some exceptions sometimes?

If I say "Ubi Italia?" I guess it's really bad grammar?

[Rae.F]

Sometimes, but I don't think in sentences like this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/comments/6igscx/dropping_the_copula/

[aoriginalname]

When is "quo" used as "where"

[Rae.F]

Ubi = static location. Ubi es? Where are you?

Quo = motion toward. Quo vadis? Where are you going?

Unde = motion away. Unde venis? Where do you come from?

[AlejandroBengoa]

Great

[SkylerPolk]

Whats the difference in Italy and Latium? Is the term Italy moderately recent, or is there a hard difference between Italy and Latium?

[J.C.M.H.]

There is a big difference between Italy and Latium. Italia is not a moderately recent term; since Roman times Italia has meant more or less the same as now (in a geographical sense). On the other hand, Latium is only a part of Italia: it is the region around Rome, between Etruria (Tuscany) and Campania.

[SkylerPolk]

Thank you so much! This is really cool.

[J.C.M.H.]

You're welcome, SkylerPolk.

[AlejandroBengoa]

No sound in the audio here

[Rae.F]

Not all sentences have audio. Also, none of the discussion pages in the Latin module have audio. It's still in beta.

[linda520387]

Would "Ubi Italia est?" be also right?

[Rae.F]

Yes.