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He has also never said “Yes” or “No”
This is because latin doesn’t have a way to say yes/no. The more you know
There are a lot of modern languages that don’t have a pure “yes”/“no”. Likely, this was not uncommon in history either.
Alternatives to “yes”/“no” in those languages can vary. They generally include methods such as “not (that)” or negating the (sometimes (mis-) implied/interpreted/understood) verb of the question.
True. In latin it was just repeating / negating the verb, but nowadays sic/non ita/minime are also used commonly.
That’s because most people couldn’t read or write, so they would shake their head yes or no.
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I have no idea why, I’m just making shit up.
I have no idea why, I’m just making shit up.
In my heart this is real
Latin is a very… funny language. Very contextual.
Very rich language in ways to describe violence, though!
In classical latin, you disagreed by stabbing them, and you agreed by making them emperor.
