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Title: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 10, 2021, 17:39:11
Hello, everyone! I had some Playmobil as a child, but rediscovered it about 5 years ago. I teach Latin and picked up a few Romans for a demonstration (mostly because I cannot draw). A bit later, I started collecting more figures and props and using them in my own teaching (and discovered that someone else has done amazing of Latin things with Lego minifigs). But I’m still slowly working on website introducing Latin using Playmobil. This group is so inspiring!
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: tahra on April 10, 2021, 18:21:36
Welcome from Portugal!

Hope you can show us your website soon :)
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Tiermann on April 10, 2021, 22:34:58
Welcome from Oregon!
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: playmovictorian on April 11, 2021, 06:00:32
A very warm welcome to you from Marlow on Thames ( London )  :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: GrahamB on April 11, 2021, 07:44:05
Vetus in Anglia a me receperint

(I used Google Translate, so I hope I haven't  just suggested you do something unlikely with a vintage automobile!)
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: playmofire on April 11, 2021, 08:51:08
A warm welcome from the UK!  :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: playmofire on April 11, 2021, 08:52:16
Vetus in Anglia a me receperint

(I used Google Translate, so I hope I haven't  just suggested you do something unlikely with a vintage automobile!)

"Sic transit gloria mundi" =  Gloria, the van's broken down for Monday
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: CountBogro on April 11, 2021, 23:23:32
Welcome to our little neck of the woods ... erm ... net. :D

Enjoy!

Mark
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 12, 2021, 00:31:47
Salve de Belgica (Secunda)  :)
You know, the region about one once wrote "Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, ... "  ;)
(And let´s forget the next part was "... propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important"  ::) )
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 12, 2021, 00:46:31
Vetus in Anglia a me receperint

(I used Google Translate, so I hope I haven't  just suggested you do something unlikely with a vintage automobile!)

"Old in England to me they who will have received"?!
I think your real name might be "Brian", not "Graham"?  ;D
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 12, 2021, 00:48:45
"Sic transit gloria mundi" =  Gloria, the van's broken down for Monday

 :lol:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: GrahamB on April 12, 2021, 09:10:48
"Old in England to me they who will have received"?!

The dangers of using Google translate. Evidently we need Latin teachers!

Try this then: Salve ab antiquis Anglia
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: JLMatterer on April 12, 2021, 16:24:30
Salve, magistrum! Magistra?  :D  :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 12, 2021, 21:08:41

Try this then: Salve ab antiquis Anglia

If I´m not mistaking, the prepostion "ab" is not correct for usage as a translation for "from" when you´re not somehow moving away from England...

Salve, magistrum! Magistra?  :D  :wave:

I think it should be "Salve magister" (M) or "Salve magistra" (F) ...


I studied Latin for 6 years, but since then 30 years have passed  8}
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 13, 2021, 17:57:28
Don’t worry! You haven’t suggested anything improper. Google Translate is pretty terrible at Latin, so that doesn’t really mean anything. But perhaps you’re in “old England”?

Vetus in Anglia a me receperint

(I used Google Translate, so I hope I haven't  just suggested you do something unlikely with a vintage automobile!)
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 13, 2021, 18:01:55
Wow! I didn’t think I’d get so many greetings in Latin! Full marks to the person who said "Salve magister" (M) or "Salve magistra" (F)!

If I´m not mistaking, the prepostion "ab" is not correct for usage as a translation for "from" when you´re not somehow moving away from England...

I think it should be "Salve magister" (M) or "Salve magistra" (F) ...


I studied Latin for 6 years, but since then 30 years have passed  8}
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 13, 2021, 18:06:24
Salve! Like many people, this part of Caesar was one of the first actual ancient texts I read.

Salve de Belgica (Secunda)  :)
You know, the region about one once wrote "Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, ... "  ;)
(And let´s forget the next part was "... propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important"  ::) )

Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 13, 2021, 19:40:59
Like many people, this part of Caesar was one of the first actual ancient texts I read.

Tu quoque, playmofanatici mi?! ;D
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 16, 2021, 03:45:31
 :lol:
Tu quoque, playmofanatici mi?! ;D
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Ismene on April 16, 2021, 05:55:45
Salve de Novo Mexico!(?) I'm fairly certain Caesar went to neither the new nor the old Mexico, and I haven't the slightest idea what declension to assign to it. I had to take a year of Latin at uni. 30 years have not passed, but sometimes it feels like they have. I hope you share your website when it's up because we clearly need a Latin grammar refresher.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Macruran on April 18, 2021, 18:21:41
Ave, looking forward to your Roman dios! 
:roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman: :roman:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on April 19, 2021, 18:14:49
True! Some people who use Latin as a living language use Mexicum (neuter gender).
Hmm, I hadn’t thought about Playmofriends as testers for my Latin learning site, but when I start sharing, I’d certainly be interested if people have feedback on the language aspect.
Salve de Novo Mexico!(?) I'm fairly certain Caesar went to neither the new nor the old Mexico, and I haven't the slightest idea what declension to assign to it. I had to take a year of Latin at uni. 30 years have not passed, but sometimes it feels like they have. I hope you share your website when it's up because we clearly need a Latin grammar refresher.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Hadoque on April 20, 2021, 03:56:18
Some people who use Latin as a living language use Mexicum (neuter gender).

Hmm... So, NOT like exempli gratia most 'feminin' provinces/countries of the Roman era: Italia, Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Brittannia, Africa, et cetera...
'Egypt' was apparently regarded (very) 'masculin', as it was called 'Aegyptus'.

Let´s call 'New Mexico' ... MeXICuM noVuM  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: Ismene on May 09, 2021, 08:20:47
Neuter sounds reasonable. Mexico is masculine in French and Italian (which don't have neuter), but it's neuter in Romanian and German. I don't know of any language where it's feminine.
Title: Re: Hello from New England (USA)!
Post by: IJL on May 28, 2021, 01:54:41
It’s true that there many place names that are feminine gender, like the ones you mention. But actually Aegyptus is feminine also. It is one of the relative rare feminine words that pattern like masculine -us words (2nd declension in grammar-speak).

So Roman coins depicting Egypt as “captured” have the phrase “Aegypto capta” (feminine) rather than “Aegypto capto” (masculine).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denario_Aegypto_capta.jpg

But that sort of thing certainly felt weird. So other originally 2nd decl. feminine -us words tended to be “reassigned” to 4th declension or remade into 1st declensions ending in -a, or the like.



Hmm... So, NOT like exempli gratia most 'feminin' provinces/countries of the Roman era: Italia, Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Brittannia, Africa, et cetera...
'Egypt' was apparently regarded (very) 'masculin', as it was called 'Aegyptus'.

Let´s call 'New Mexico' ... MeXICuM noVuM  ;D