In Defense of Latin

Re:In Defense of Latin by hcarvalhoalves on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:13PM (#21578865)

I just tried a quick translation now looking up the latin dictionary. My native tongue is Portuguese so maybe I'm more used to uncommonly ordered sentences.

My English vocabulary is limited, I had to lookup a better synonym for "long":

    Daedalus, meanwhile, on Crete's lingering detested
    exile, longing for his birthplace

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Re:In Defense of Latin by josinalvo on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:45PM (#21579161)

lingering brings other ideas besides "long". something like "fading but still there". does not seem appropriate for the text

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Re:In Defense of Latin by hcarvalhoalves on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:54PM (#21579240)

Doesn't "lingering" have a connotation of "lasting longer than it should" when associated with a negative aspect?

E.g. "lingering pain", "lingering stench".

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Re:In Defense of Latin by josinalvo on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:29PM (#21580306)

Also lingering affection.

Afaik, it means mostly something like "still there, after all that time"

see: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lingering

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Re:In Defense of Latin by Koshkin on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:16PM (#21579411)

How's Portuguese any different in that regard from other Romance languages like Spanish or French?

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Re:In Defense of Latin by umanwizard on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @07:09PM (#21579832)

I’m not familiar with Portuguese, but for what it’s worth, Spanish has much freer word order than French.

Random example: “I can’t do it” in Spanish can either be no lo puedo hacer or no puedo hacerlo. In colloquial French, j’peux pas l’faire is the only option (or, if you prefer the more standard/formal register: je ne peux pas le faire). This despite “le” and “lo” being direct cognates.

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