Expert: Maria - 6/23/2005

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Followup To
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Can you please translate into Latin the following phrase for me?  I am becoming a Secular Franciscan, and I want this to be my life motto.  The phrase is "Let my life speak!"  Thank you very much!
Answer -
Hello,

Glad to help you.

So your life motto:“Let my life speak!” is in Latin:

“Mea loquatur vita!”.

All the best
Maria
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Please note that:

-MEA( adjective in the nominative agreed with VITA)= my

-LOQUATUR= let... speak ( Jussive Subjunctive of the deponent verb ‘loquor' meaning ‘I speak').

-VITA(nominative)= life


Maria,
Thanks for the translation.  I forgot to ask for a pronunciation guide.  Is loquatur pronounced low-koo-ah-toor?  How about the rest of the phrase?
Thanks,
Lynn

Answer
Hello,
Here's the pronunciation you asked me.
MEA
M like in English.
E  as ‘e' in ‘bet'. The accent is on this vowel
A as ‘a' in ‘father.

LOQUATUR
L like in English
O as  ‘o' in ‘moment'.
QU like ‘qu' in ‘question'
A as ‘a' in ‘father. The accent is on this vowel
T as ‘t' in ‘tendency'.
U as ‘u' in ‘noun'
R as ‘r' in ‘number'

VITA
V as ‘v' in ‘vase'(scholastic pronunciation) or as ‘w' in ‘wine' (classical pronunciation)
I as ‘y' in ‘copy'. The accent is on this vowel.
T as ‘t' in ‘tendency'
A as ‘a' in ‘father.

Best regards
Maria
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NOTA BENE:
You can see the following  web site to hear the Latin pronunciation of some phrases spoken by an expert Latin speaker.

http://www.learn-latin-language-software.com/phrases/FSLatin.htm

In fact, if you  click on each phrase, you can hear its pronunciation.Maybe this can be helpful to you.