User talk:Eldaran~enwiki

Hello Eldaran, It is I, A, I made a Wiki Thingo now I am editing your page. Astromachine (talk) 05:05, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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Ablative absolute
An ablative absolute can use a present participle, an adjective, or a noun, it doesn't have to be a past participle. For example, with the present participle, "Caesare dicente" ("when Caesar was speaking"), with an adjective, "Caesare vivo" as in the example in the article ("when Caesar was alive"), and with a noun, "Caesare consule" ("when Caesar was consul"). With the verb "vivere" it is a matter of transitive vs. intransitive verbs. "Vivere" can be both intransitive ("I live/I am alive" - no object) and, rarely, transitive ("I live my life"). The reason you can't use the past participle with vivo/vivere is because the participle "victus" means "having been lived." "Caesare victo" therefore means "Caesar, having been lived", which makes no sense. You could say "vita victa", ("life having been lived"), because life can be the object of the verb to live. A person cannot be the object of that verb: think of it in the regular present or past tense, you can't say "I lived Caesar." The phrase does make sense if you take "victus" as the participle of "vincere", which of course it also happens to be, and then it means "when Caesar was defeated". In this case it makes perfect sense because Caesar can be the object of the verb "defeat". I hope this makes sense! Adam Bishop (talk) 04:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmm, that's true, the article should definitely mention other possible constructions. It should also mention different possible translations, because there are so many nuances to it (my first example above can mean "when/since Caesar is/was speaking", etc). By itself in the article, "Caesare vivo" could certainly mean "while/because/when Caesar is/was alive", etc, depending on the construction of the main clause, which of course we haven't given. A better example would probably help, so go ahead if you have one. I'll try to find some good examples of AAs with other participles and nouns. Adam Bishop (talk) 04:55, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

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