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Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? by frodetb on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:56AM (#26818823)
Love the idea! Though I would have used the singular imperative more, so e.g.

  salūtat (he/she/it salutes) -> salūtā (salute!)  
  sedēs (you sit) -> sedē (sit!)  
  tacēte (be quiet, y'all!) -> tacē (be quiet!)
and maybe the subjunctive for "us"-suggestions, so

  ambulāmus (we walk) -> ambulēmus (let's walk)
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Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? by fidesomnes on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:27AM (#26821618)
Great improvements, gratias tibi ago. Every once in a while I sing "Non longa via est Roma" (see on youtube) and its her favorite song, changing the girls name for her name and I always get some nose kisses with it!
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Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? by lgessler on Thursday April 15, 2021 @12:11PM (#26822320)
Adding to this, it's also not idiomatic to use an infinitive for a purpose clause in Latin. ire cacare ought to be i ut caces ('Go so you might shit').
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Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? by fidesomnes on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:44PM (#26826520)
Gratias!
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