On the Lighter Side...

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Useful Syntax

From the book X-treme Latin by Henry Beard, pages 77-79

Imperative

Latin:  Futue te ipsum.

English: Go fuck yourself.

Imperfect Subjunctive Expressing a Wish for the Present

Latin: Utinam tete futures.

English: Would that you would go fuck yourself!

First Supine Expressing a Wish for the Present with Verbs of Motion

Latin: I fututum te

Comments

[juldea]

I need to memorize "Oete fututure, te saluto." and use it much more often XD

[aurelia_star]

I LOVE this book! It has made swearing at people who don't know Latin much easier! ^_-

~Emily

[morningwind]

Yay, you posted it! :D

Future Participle Denoting Intention or Likelihood

Latin: Oete fututure, te saluto.

English: You who are about to go fuck yourself, I salute you.

This one is definitely my favorite. *snickers* Priceless! It's too bad you can't use these as a teaching tool in class, because they'd be one heck of a mnemonic device for your students...

[aurelia_star]

I know, right?? My kids would actually remember this stuff if I used this as a mnemonic!!

My poor kids don't know what they're missing!

~Emily

[wyldegrey]

I needed this today - hilarious and profane!

[aurelia_star]

Hehe! Glad to be of service!

~Emily

[aurelia_star]

He certainly would! :-)

~Emily

[pfeif]

this is so truly hilarious! I don't know latin, but I think if I did I'd find it even funnier.