Never stop dreaming
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Hello,
hereunder is your translation request
Ne umquam desieris optare/somniare
ne umquam - never
desieris -perfect subjunctive, II person, singular of verb "desino" - "I stop/sieze/quit"
optare – infinitive form of verb "opto" - "I dream" >> as desire/strive for something
somniare – infinitive form of verb "somnio" "I dream" >> to dream, as to dream in night about something/imagine
Hope this helps.
Thank you so much for the reply but im still confused.
is it Ne umquam or numquam for never? and for the stop is it desieris or prohibere?
Oxford Latin Dictionary 1982 (OLD):
prohibeo, prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus, v
Conjugation: 2
1. forbid, prevent
2. hinder, restrain
desino, desinere, desivi, desitus, v
Conjugation: 3
1. come to/at end/close
2. stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease, quit
numquam; ne umquam = "never" I used ne umquam because this is the form in the grammar books I read about negative imperative.
prohibeo, prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus, v
Conjugation: 2
1. forbid, prevent
2. hinder, restrain
desino, desinere, desivi, desitus, v
Conjugation: 3
1. come to/at end/close
2. stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease, quit
numquam; ne umquam = "never" I used ne umquam because this is the form in the grammar books I read about negative imperative.
This is a interesting question. In portuguese we say something (lit.): "Never stop of to dream" (Nunca pare de sonhar) [Nunquam desine somniare {?}]".
Portuguese:
Nunca = Never
Pare = Paro, paras, pára, paramos, parais, param
De = Of (genitive?)
Sonhar = Sonho, sonhas, sonha, sonhamos, sonhais, sonham
In portuguese we obligatory use the "de" to connect these two words. In latin we don't need this "connector"?
Portuguese:
Nunca = Never
Pare = Paro, paras, pára, paramos, parais, param
De = Of (genitive?)
Sonhar = Sonho, sonhas, sonha, sonhamos, sonhais, sonham
In portuguese we obligatory use the "de" to connect these two words. In latin we don't need this "connector"?
No, not at all. Sonhar = somniare. De is just "from" (as in, "desist from").
To actually answer the question: no, Latin doesn't need such a "connector". The plain infinitive works fine, and prepositions aren't normally joined to infinitives in Latin.