one life, live it.
| 08:57 Jan 29, 2010 |
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| 5 +1 | Una vita; vive. |
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| 2 +1 | una vita-age eam! |
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1 hr confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1una vita-age eam! Explanation: i believe this is correct. or you can use just: "carpe diem"- is the same |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Una vita; vive. Explanation: 'Vivere' ('to live') is usually intransitive, though it's commonly used transitively if it takes an internal accusative as object. So for 'live it' one could translate 'vive eam', but I use the imperative alone here in the pregnant sense of 'live well, live life to the fullest, enjoy life', as in Catullus' famous verse (5.1) "Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus!" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2010-01-29 15:43:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Where 'vivamus', though a hortatory subjunctive, is equivilent to an imperative. |
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