"I know I will die" in Latin

Edmundus

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Hiberia
I am wondering if there is a way to properly twist the way "memento mori" is modeled into saying "I know I will die" instead of coming off as a second-person command "Remember you will die". Appreciated.
 

Agrippa

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Location:
Western Europe
Male version:
"Scio me moriturum esse."

Female version:
"Scio me morituram esse."
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

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Location:
Belgium
Does "ipse" have any relevance to the translation?
No, not for the phrase as you requested it ("I know I will die"). Adding a form of ipse in there would turn it into "I know that I myself will die" (scio me ipsum/ipsam moriturum/morituram esse) or "I myself know that I will die" (ipse/ipsa scio me moriturum/morituram esse).
 

Edmundus

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Location:
Hiberia
No, not for the phrase as you requested it ("I know I will die"). Adding a form of ipse in there would turn it into "I know that I myself will die" (scio me ipsum/ipsam moriturum/morituram esse) or "I myself know that I will die" (ipse/ipsa scio me moriturum/morituram esse).
Makes sense, thank you
 

syntaxianus

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Location:
Massachusetts, USA
Another way to approximate the idea with a formula that covers both genders is:

Scio me mortalem esse.

I know that I am mortal.

The esse could be eliminated to produce an even shorter motto.
 
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