i am thinking of getting a tattoo saying "live like you were dying" in latin. can anyone help me translate this?
2007-12-05 17:13:54 · 3 answers · asked by mang0kiwi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Vivas sicut moriaris
ADDED: Vivas is not indicative - that would be vivis (or maybe vives for future tense). Vivas is present tense, subjunctive. In Latin, there were several ways to command or tell someone to do something. One is the imperative mood. Another is to use the present subjunctive as has been done here.
2007-12-05 23:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rather than "vivas," which is is the indicative and means "you live," I'd suggest "vive" which is imperative, suggesting a command, something you should do rather than something you are doing. So:
vive sicut moriaris
2007-12-08 11:58:04 · answer #2 · answered by Gerald 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vive como estas muriendo.
2007-12-06 01:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by mama de 4 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋