minus-squareredlaWw@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is “Now I Am Become Death” phrased so awkwardly in English?linkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI don’t think that’s quite right - I’m not fluent in latin, but I know it has both passive and active conjugations for its verbs, so you can express both the idea of doing something and the idea of something being done. linkfedilink
minus-squareredlaWw@lemmy.worldtoLemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•As requested: https://old.lemmy.world (MLMYM)linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI seem to be missing reply buttons on the old style. linkfedilink
I don’t think that’s quite right - I’m not fluent in latin, but I know it has both passive and active conjugations for its verbs, so you can express both the idea of doing something and the idea of something being done.