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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:36 pm

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Can someone translate this for me? Is this latin?

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

Save ? mother ?
Life ? and our hope
Save save ?
To ? you ? the son of Eva
To ? you ? and ?
O ? o ?

that's all I understand sweatdrop

Salve doesnt mean save, it means hello.

Can you translate the whole thing, please?

Is this the song, from Sister Act?

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:54 pm

So, im currently taking Latin I, it doesnt seem to hard to learn, but id wish people would stop calling it a dead language.

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:54 pm

It is dead though. Nobody speaks it as a first language anymore.

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:57 pm

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So, im currently taking Latin I, it doesnt seem to hard to learn, but id wish people would stop calling it a dead language.

It is dead though. Nobody speaks it as a first language anymore.

Still, they should use another word than dead.

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:59 pm

such as... ?

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:04 pm

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Still, they should use another word than dead.

such as... ?

Touche.

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:26 pm

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Can someone translate this for me? Is this latin?

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

Save ? mother ?
Life ? and our hope
Save save ?
To ? you ? the son of Eva
To ? you ? and ?
O ? o ?

that's all I understand sweatdrop

Salve doesnt mean save, it means hello.

Can you translate the whole thing, please?

Is this the song, from Sister Act?

No...it's from Evita.

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:02 pm

spanishnerd99

Can someone translate this for me? Is this latin?

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

Don't cry for me Argentina...

Anyway, my grammar and vocab are absolutely horrible, but:

Be well Queen, mother of misery (or pitiful mother, I'm not sure)
Life ----(possibly sweet) and our hope
Good health, be well Queen
To you we praise/shout ---- the son of Eva
To you ----- (this is a problem of vocab, if I find a dictionary and am not feeling lazy, I'll let you know)
Oh gentleness O ---

Salve can mean goodbye, but the the literal translation is something along the lines of 'good health'. That's one of the problems with Latin--some words are wayyy to specific like 'sal, salis, = salt, or (in the Aeneid) the salt sea. A lot of it is context.

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:05 pm

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Can someone translate this for me? Is this latin?

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

Don't cry for me Argentina...

Anyway, my grammar and vocab are absolutely horrible, but:

Be well Queen, mother of misery (or pitiful mother, I'm not sure)
Life ----(possibly sweet) and our hope
Good health, be well Queen
To you we praise/shout ---- the son of Eva
To you ----- (this is a problem of vocab, if I find a dictionary and am not feeling lazy, I'll let you know)
Oh gentleness O ---

Salve can mean goodbye, but the the literal translation is something along the lines of 'good health'. That's one of the problems with Latin--some words are wayyy to specific like 'sal, salis, = salt, or (in the Aeneid) the salt sea. A lot of it is context.

Thank you so much! Now I at least have an idea of what they are singing. 4laugh

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:09 pm

your Latin is really good, Amadastor smile

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:10 pm

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your Latin is really good, Amadastor smile

yes...I admire it. 3nodding

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:55 am

Quid agitis hodie?

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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:19 pm

All I really know how to say in Latin is 'Dona nobis pacem' sweatdrop

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:20 pm

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All I really know how to say in Latin is 'Dona nobis pacem' sweatdrop

lol... so, you're a NOIR fan? razz

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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:24 pm

My username "Eadem" is Latin. It means "likewise". Of course it's pronunciation is in Latin.

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