Let’s talk about travelling verbs.
The Japanese words are probably pretty inaccurate, I never even studied verbs much when I was learning Japanese.
| English | Latin | Japanese |
|---|---|---|
| walk | ambuló* | 歩く |
| march | inferó* | 行進 |
| run | cursó* | 走る |
| swim | nató | 泳ぐ |
| climb | scandó* | 上る |
| ride | uexí* | weirdly, couldn’t find this |
| sail | náuigó | 航海 |
| row | rémigó | 漕ぐ |
| drive | 一走り | |
| cycle | サイクリング |
- root of amble
- root of cursor
- eventual root of ascend
- passive form of ueho, “carry”, so “I am carried”
- root of navigate
Challenge: what are some words in your home / target language that start with the same letter as they end?
Here are some examples from Latin:
molybdaenum, molybdenum (New Latin)
múnicipium, town
múrem (abl.), mouse
múrum (abl.), wall
secúris, axe
septáns, a seventh
seruus, slave
sextáns, a sixth
silúrus, wels catfish
sús, pig
suus, his / her