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"How does the woman feel?"
Translation:Quomodo femina se habet?
September 2, 2019
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"Quomodo" is literally "quo + modo", "what manner". So we ask "Quomodo se habet femina?" Literally "How does the woman hold herself?"
"Quid" is "what". "Quid agit femina?" is literally "What is the woman doing?" but it is used idiomatically the same way in English we might say "What's up?" It's not meant to be taken literally.
Both are used to mean "How is the woman doing?"/"How is the woman feeling?"
No. As explained further up this page, "Quomodo femina se habet?" is literally "How does the woman hold herself?" Without the reflexive "se", it would just be "How does the woman hold?"
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