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How do you say "do you love me?"
In ancient latin?


Thanks in advance. =]

2007-02-10 14:26:14 · 4 answers · asked by Eclipse 2 in Society & Culture Languages

4 answers

Amasne me?
(pronounced with the stress on the second a - amásne)

"Amas me?" is OK, especially when you write it and the question mark shows. But the mere sentence "Amas me" is also a statement, meaning "You love me". It's like "You love me?" where only the intonation (in speech) or the question mark (in writing) indicates that it is a question. So I think that "Amasne me?" is better. The interrogative particle -ne makes it explicit that it is a question, and not a statement. It also means that it is not a rhetorical question. The asker really wants to know - he/she is not already totally sure about the answer.

Amasne me? "Do you love me"? (earnestly asking)
Nonne amas me? "You love me, don't you?" (asking for the hundredth time, expecting the habitual "of course I do!")
Num amas me? "Do you really love me?" "You don't love me, do you?" (sceptical, expecting "no")

2007-02-10 20:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by AskAsk 5 · 1 0

"Amas me ?" if yr question is addressed to a single person (most possible...!!) or
"Amatis me ?" if questioned to more people.

Edit #1 - I'm really surprised in "learning" from above answer that there is no such thing as "Ancient" Latin because " it's a dead language". I've studied Latin when I was 10 and then it's possible that at that time, abt. 50 years ago (since I'm now 62), the Latin was not yet a "dead language", but I clearly remember that the first verb they've submitted me for learning it has been "Amo, amas, avavi , amatum, amare" that in English is "to love"...!!

2007-02-11 02:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by martox45 7 · 0 1

Hi there! First of all there is no such thing as "Ancient" Latin. It's a dead language. However there is a difference between Ecclesiastical Latin and Classic Latin.

This is the best I can do, I studied Latin in HS but don't use it everyday. "operor vos diligo mihi"

Hope this helps!

2007-02-10 22:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle_My_Belle 4 · 0 2

Vos diligo mihi?

I think that might be correct...it's been a long time since I studied latin...

2007-02-10 22:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tina 2 · 0 2

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