Tuus Amicus Amo Te
English translation: I love you as your friend.
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| Latin to English translations [Non-PRO] Business/Commerce (general) / closing to a letter | ||||
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|  Selected response from: Joseph Brazauskas United States Local time: 23:29 | |||
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| 5 +4 | I love you as your friend. |
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| 4 +1 | Your friend, I love you |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Your friend, I love you Explanation: - |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4I love you as your friend. Explanation: I.e., my feelings for you are those of friendship, not of romance. 'Tuus amicus' is in apposition with the subject nominative implicit in 'amo' (i.e., 'ego', 'I'). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2006-03-21 00:39:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The order of the words is emphatic, as the order of words in Latin sentences routinely is--in this case because 'tuus amicus' begins the sentence, but also because 'tuus' precedes 'amicus'. A more accurate, if less literal, rendering would therefore be, "It is as YOUR [not as somone else's] friend that I love you". I should also note that the verb 'amare' is sometimes better translated by 'to like', since it does not always have a romantic or sexual connotation, but is freely used to express affection of all varieties. |
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