Expert: Maria - 10/6/2007

Question
I need to know the translation for the sentence "What gives you meaning" in latin. I will be very grateful if you are able t help me out.

Answer
Hello,

here’s the translation of “"What gives you meaning?":

-“Quid tibi dat sensum?”

Best,
Maria
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Note that:

-What = QUID (interrogative pronoun, nominative neuter of QUIS)

-gives = DAT ( from DO, I give)

-you = TIBI (dative case of TU, you)

-meaning = SENSUM (accusative  of SENSUS, 4th.declension).

As you can see, Latin word order is different from English.