Short grammar challenge?
- I bought a horse.
- I tried riding the horse.
- The horse was slow, though.
- I whipped the horse.
- The horse ran faster.
- The horse tired and stopped.
- I fed the horse some hay.
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bugcat's Latin translation
- Interestingly, the use of equus instead of ecus dates this translation to Imperial Rome.
I. Equum comparāvī. (horse - I bought)
II. [I don’t know this structure yet.]
III. Sed equus cūnctābat. (but - horse - it was dawdling) [Not quite what I wanted to say, but I’m trying to rely on verbs more.]
IV. Equum verberāvī. (horse - I whipped)
V. Equus citius cūrrit. (horse - faster - it ran)
VI. Equus dēfatīgāvit et quae cōnsīstit. (horse - it tired - and - it - it stopped)
VII. Equus culmum adēscāvi. (horse - hay - I feed to)