Topic: Latin

"Psittacos ebrios delere volo."

Translation:I want to destroy drunk parrots.

September 1, 2019

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RegDodds
  • 111

This is an example where the English word order is directly opposite to the Latin word order.

September 1, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ShwizBiz
  • 641

imagine some roman in 50 AD going on an alcoholic parrot rampage

September 2, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/doubey5
  • 35

poor parrots...

September 3, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jairapetyan
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Luckily there aren't very many alcoholic parrots. But seriously, there used to be a pet shop in downtown Palo Alto and they had a big Macaw. Every once in awhile they would give it some rum in a thimble. I guess they thought it was funny.

September 7, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tim568413
  • 10

Why is it "parrots" as opposed to "Those parrots"

September 4, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BananaNosh
  • 1057

I guess you also could translate it to "the parrots" but "those parrots" would rather be "illos/istos psittacos"

September 9, 2019, 10:29 PM
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mattitiahu
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