Comments on: Language and memorization http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/08/18/language-and-memorization/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/08/18/language-and-memorization/#comment-3157 Doug Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:27:49 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4758#comment-3157 Don't forget the famous phrase: veni, vidi, vici. In the Peter Jones book I mentioned above, he had a good laugh at that one because in Latin pronunciation its actually more like weni, widi, wiki. ;) Don’t forget the famous phrase: veni, vidi, vici. In the Peter Jones book I mentioned above, he had a good laugh at that one because in Latin pronunciation its actually more like weni, widi, wiki. ;)

]]> By: johnl http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/08/18/language-and-memorization/#comment-3156 johnl Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:41:49 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4758#comment-3156 Here are the irregular imperatives in Latin, for the verbs say, lead, do, carry (singular and plural): dic, duc, fac, fer dicite, ducite, facite, ferte in our 'school Latin' pronunciation, this came out as 'dick, dook, fock, fehr, dickity, dookity, fockity, fehr tay. Always good for a chuckle. (I think you have to say it out loud.) Regards, JL Here are the irregular imperatives in Latin, for the verbs say, lead, do, carry (singular and plural):

dic, duc, fac, fer
dicite, ducite, facite, ferte

in our ‘school Latin’ pronunciation, this came out as ‘dick, dook, fock, fehr, dickity, dookity, fockity, fehr tay.

Always good for a chuckle. (I think you have to say it out loud.)
Regards,
JL

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