{"id":1890,"date":"2021-08-27T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:20:54","slug":"hack-your-latin-supplemental-future-less-vivid-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/2021\/08\/27\/hack-your-latin-supplemental-future-less-vivid-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack Your Latin Supplemental: Future Less Vivid Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fontaine scripsit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Remember the Future Less Vivid condition? Probably you were taught to translate it \u201cshould\/would.\u201d If so, get rid of it. The kids today don\u2019t say that. They say \u201cwere to\/would.\u201d Example: Si tu mihi cervisiam des, libens accipiam<\/em> means \u201cIf you were to give me a beer, I\u2019d gladly take it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aliqua exempla Plautiniana collegi:<\/p>\n

Quadrigas si nunc inscendas Iovis atque hinc fugias, ita vix poteris ecfugere infortunium<\/em>. \u201cIf you were to get onto Jupiter\u2019s four-horse chariot now and flee from here, even so you\u2019ll hardly be able to escape misfortune.\u201d (Plaut. Amph<\/em>. 450<\/a>)<\/p>\n

hercle ego huic die, si liceat, oculos ecfodiam lubens<\/em>. \u201cWell, if I were allowed to, I\u2019d happily tear out this day\u2019s eyes\u201d (Plaut. Capt.<\/em> 464<\/a>)<\/p>\n

si sciat noster senex fidem non esse huic habitam, suscensea<\/em>t. \u201cIf our old man was to know you didn\u2019t trust this one, he\u2019d be angry.\u201d (Plaut. Asin<\/em>. 458<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Noctem tuam et vini cadum velim, si optata fiant<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019d wish for a night with you and a jar of wine if my wishes came true.\u201d (Plaut. Asin.<\/em> 624<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Nauteam bibere malim, si necessum sit<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019d rather drink bilge-water, if necessary\u201d (Plaut. Asin<\/em>. 895<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Si sit domi, dicam tibi<\/em>. \u201cIf he were at home, I would tell you\u201d (Plaut. Asin<\/em>. 393)<\/p>\n

si haec habeat aurum quod illi renumeret, faciat lubens<\/em>. \u201cIf she had the money to pay him back, she\u2019d do so happily. (Plaut. Bacch<\/em>. 46<\/a>)<\/p>\n

si decem habeas linguas mutum esse addecet<\/em>. \u201cEven if you had ten tongues, you still ought to be silent.\u201d (Plaut. Bacch<\/em>. 128<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fontaine scripsit: Remember the Future Less Vivid condition? Probably you were taught to translate it \u201cshould\/would.\u201d If so, get rid of it. The kids today don\u2019t say that. They say \u201cwere to\/would.\u201d Example: Si tu mihi cervisiam des, libens accipiam means \u201cIf you … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61737],"tags":[342183],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pedagogy","tag-hack-your-latin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}