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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Inflected languages are easier for children. Fixed word order is easier for adults. By changing the standard order of the words Latin can emphasize certain words without adding anything else.

About 10K words in our language are derived from Latin. It's all stems and endings. Verbs are similiar to nouns. "To hear" is audîre. "I hear" in Latin is expressed as "hear I", or "audiô. "You (singular) hear" is "audîs, "He/She/It hears" is "audit". Plural of these are "audîmus" (we hear), "audîtis (you hear), and "audiunt".

43 posted on 09/29/2004 7:33:35 PM PDT by 4CJ (Laissez les bon FReeps rouler)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices; SunkenCiv; All
BTW, here's an excellent Latin translator.
44 posted on 09/29/2004 7:37:23 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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