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I wondered what google translate would make of a dead language so I tried those phrases. Neither of them seem even close, so (as I don't speak Latin) I don't k

I wondered what google translate would make of a dead language so I tried those phrases. Neither of them seem even close, so (as I don't speak Latin) I don't know whether the issue lies in google translate, the complexity of what's being portrayed, whether the phrases are too idiomatic, or whether these idioms would require context around them to translate correctly. "nimium valedīxit": He got too sick "totiēns valedīxit": He was always well Edit: Playing around with google translate, "nim valedīxit" translates to He said goodbye. But "valedīxit" translates to Said goodbye. "Nimium" translates to Too many So somewhere in that complexity it does seem to be that those two words have a meaning that build off eachother for their meaning, but google is considering it literally If anyone has an explanation for these phrases rather than my guess work, I'd love to hear them!

messe 3y ago
ChatGPT does well (I gave it the additional info that the subject was female, but that will only change whether it chooses the pronoun he or she): totiēns valedīxit: She said goodbye so many times. nimium valedīxit: She said goodbye too much https://chat.openai.com/share/6d564b0a-c613-4411-a656-735cd9bf29d7 https://chat.openai.com/share/6d564b0a-c613-4411-a656-735cd9...
- hoseja 3y ago
  The subject is encoded in the verb, as stated.
  - messe 3y ago
    The number (singular) and person (3rd) are conjugated for in Latin, but not the gender (feminine).
mort96 3y ago
That seems like a google translate issue, the word "valedīcō" seems to unambiguously mean bidding farewell (or giving a farewell speech): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedico#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedico#Latin, and valedīxit is unambiguously the "third-person singular perfect active indicative" of valedīcō (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedixit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedixit).

messe 3y ago

ChatGPT does well (I gave it the additional info that the subject was female, but that will only change whether it chooses the pronoun he or she): totiēns valedīxit: She said goodbye so many times. nimium valedīxit: She said goodbye too much https://chat.openai.com/share/6d564b0a-c613-4411-a656-735cd9bf29d7 https://chat.openai.com/share/6d564b0a-c613-4411-a656-735cd9...

hoseja 3y ago
The subject is encoded in the verb, as stated.
- messe 3y ago
  The number (singular) and person (3rd) are conjugated for in Latin, but not the gender (feminine).

mort96 3y ago

That seems like a google translate issue, the word "valedīcō" seems to unambiguously mean bidding farewell (or giving a farewell speech): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedico#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedico#Latin, and valedīxit is unambiguously the "third-person singular perfect active indicative" of valedīcō (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedixit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valedixit).