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please translate these sentences for me....

Enter this house of pain
never to leave again

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Hello,

“Enter this house of pain / never to leave again” can be translated into Latin as follows:

1-“Hanc domum doloris intra ne eam umquam relinquas”
or:
2-“Hanc domum doloris intra nec eam umquam relinque”

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Maria
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1-“Hanc domum doloris intra ne eam umquam relinquas”

HANC= this
DOMUM = house
DOLORIS= of pain
INTRA= enter
NE UMQUAM= never…again
EAM RELINQUAS= to leave (Purpose clause).

2-“Hanc domum doloris intra nec eam umquam relinque”

HANC= this
DOMUM = house
DOLORIS= of pain
INTRA= enter
NEC UMQUAM= never…again
EAM RELINQUE=  leave ( imperative in Latin)

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