Amo, Amas, Amat and More: How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others (Hudson Group Books)

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In his trip through the world's most influential language, Harry Mount uncorks its magic, drawing on Latin lovers from Kingsley Amis to John Cleese, from Evelyn Waugh to Donna Tart.

But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute, the locative and the gerund, you mastery of Latin will spring back to life with Amo, amas, amat. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. Remember that there are also 5 latin conjugations, if you include mixed (I think), 5 or 6 declensions of nouns (I think), and 6 tenses, or at least those are the ones I know. Have you ever found yourself irritated when a sine qua non or a mea culpa is thrown into the conversation by a particularly annoying person?Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. once put into context with the rest of the sentences around it, it translates a bit like this: others, i believe truly, shall with softer mould beat out the breathing bronze, coax from the marble features to the life. There are also gross oversimplifications and Mount's enthusiasm for translating sense rather than literal meaning results in some 'translations' that are downright inaccurate.

Highly recommended, especially if you have or have ever had any interest at all in Latin, or in raising your learnèd English to a new level! As a foreigner who, fortunately or unfortunately, has had his share of Cambridge university education (and social life) and cathedral choir singing, I found this book quite hilarious is its relentless upper class self deprecatory and stupid homour, despite myself. I never let it get out of hand, I just… have a dealer and… he sells me Latin transcripts, and you know, “Okay…” (mimes effects of Latin) so that late at night you just feel like translating Latin for a bit, upstairs, smoking in the coats’ room. i recommend this film to anyone interested in seeing characters of twisted morality caught in a labrynth of urban hell and unhappy relationships.

An entertaining account of the use of latin in contemporary culture, some examples being completely left field. A witty and entertaining guide to the use of Latin expressions for one's own advantage in the modern world. Also, in the “Pennypress Master’s Variety puzzles, Challenger series magazine Volume 78”, the clue under Christmas season is “Amo, amas, or amat, e. I think all the following is the correct information, but we’re only on our 5th week of Latin, so please forgive/correct if I’ve erred.

Would be of interest to those who did latin at school and for those who are interested in learning latin. I thought the rest included amamus and amatis, but couldn’t remember the last one (from my one year, in 9th grade,a lonng time ago, of Latin, in which I did not do that well).M. in the morning, and there’s a line of murderers behind you, and you turn around and go, “Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant! By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Every year, the A-Level and GCSE results season brings with it the usual newspaper conjectures about standards, and the decline of Latin - the decline of declensions - is usually good for a carping letter or two. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.