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rosarykat
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*Ego sum ancilla domini *- translation, please?
Thank you
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Thank you
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rosarykat
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Quick answer, thank you! This was on an old holy card showing nuns with lit lamps parading around what appeared to be the garden of a cloister, so I assumed it was something like “the wise virgins” or “I wait for the Lord”.“I am the handmaid of the lord”
Too easy! Next?
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Here’s another question for you: how do you say “please”, thank you" and “excuse me” in Latin?
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Karin
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please…commodo
thank you…gratias ago vos
excuse me…indulgeo mihi
thank you…gratias ago vos
excuse me…indulgeo mihi
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rosarykat
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Gratias ago vos!
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tee_eff_em
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To Karin you should say *Gratias ago tibi *-- But if you wish to thank both of us, you would say *Gratias ago vobis *(*tibi *is you-singular, *vobis *is you-plural (*vos *is also you-plural, but is the wrong case (form)))
*Paenitet me *[another way to say “excuse/forgive me”] *si male scripsi *[if I have written poorly],
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PS.
*Orate pro me *-- “Pray for me (both/all of you)” – I am about to leave for a job interview which, unfortunately, calls for none of my Latin skills.
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*Orate pro me *-- “Pray for me (both/all of you)” – I am about to leave for a job interview which, unfortunately, calls for none of my Latin skills.
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rosarykat
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You got it, good luck and THANKS to BOTH of you!PS.
*Orate pro me *-- “Pray for me (both/all of you)” – I am about to leave for a job interview which, unfortunately, calls for none of my Latin skills.
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-]Thanks/-]
*Gratias tibi *-- Apparently it will be a while before we find out if our prayers will be fruitful.PS.
Though I know not of its usage in Ecclesiastical Latin, I have always been fond of the Classial Latin idiom for “please” – *Amabo te *-- “I will love you”.
“Do this, please” becomes “Do this, and I will love you”
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