Possibly roman themed

  • teft@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    “I came” has a double meaning in english but “Veni” can only mean “I came” (as in I came to this area) in latin. “venire” means “to come” it’s then conjugated into the first person singular perfect indicative.

    “Adveni” would be “I arrived”.

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      2 days ago

      Thank you so much for eloquently destroying the above comment’s pedantry. Reading your response was magical. Please don’t ever stop.