translate "what is it?" in latin

Quid est?

pronunciation
hello -George, thanks for replying..
however i'm not too sure of the pronunciation?
is it "kwoo-id est?"

its pronounced like you read it


there is no correct way to pronounce it as it is technically a dead language.

but basically yeah, just say it how it reads.

squid without the s = quid

est - pronounce the t.

that's neat

anyhow, do you happen to know the translation for 'what is this?'

Quid hoc est? = (What is this?)

hi again-

i have another one for you to translate if it's not asking much
here it is:

"too curious where his limbs might take him.."

and

the word/expression "weird.." (eg. a little curious thing -used in a different meaning from the first)

thanks!

"too curious where his limbs might take him.."

nimis curiosus ubi membra eum fortasse ferant...

weird

one of these:
mirus -- has the sense of strange, astonishing
insolitus -- out of the ordinary
singularis -- unique, extraordinary

quam callidus george :wink:

et tu, cg

George, S.P. (societas pedifollica ).

Hi Walter!

(I hasten to explain that
societas pedifollica
means "football club")

Well, soccer, as you bubulci Americanii name that sport wrongly. :wink:

Bubulci? Oh, I get it - cowboys.

Yeah, when we say "football", we refer to a sport that sees a foot touch a
ball only a few times per game.

sweet! thanks :wink:

mihi placet, tibi gratias ago :0)

*not bad for someone who hasnt studied the language in 2 years huh?*

Don't get to feelin' all smug, confused girl. I haven't studied it since high school. I am 66 years of age.

When MA studied it, it was part of the "Modern Languages" curriculum.

Well, ya hadda be fluent in it to be able to speak to the natives. We just referred to it as 'the local vernacular.'

hey i have a right to be proud of myself thankye!

i didnt have to be fluent in it and i was never very good at it to tell the truth :0)

wow i admire you guys though, i bet i will have forgotten it all by the time im 25!

when we studied latin, we didnt really have to learn the language properly, i wish we did!

it was more of a classic history lesson. and we only had to be able to translate about 24 set texts, which we learnt by heart. its a shame really, i would have liked to do more.

i hope to take it up again as a minor at university.