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Reply Tue 21 Jul, 2009 10:04 pm
Can anyone help me with a translation please!

I had the words "Amo et spero" as a tattoo a few years back as a translation of the phrase "I love and I hope". but I've been told now it may not be right as "I" isn't used in latin... I have no idea what I have written now!!

Anyone??
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Reply Fri 6 Aug, 2010 06:48 pm
@1967robbie,
Don't worry, you're just fine. That tattoo means exactly what you want.

In English we need two words to say "I love", "I" and "love".
In Latin, you need only one "amo".

If you want to say "you love", that's "amas", and "he loves" is "amat".
Notice how the endings change? That's how you tell the difference.
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