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love for god, family and I


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12:24 Dec 27, 2008
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Poetry & Literature / old latin
English term or phrase: love for god, family and I
was wondering how this would be said in latin.
chris


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5amor erga deum et me et familiamJoseph J. Brazauskas
4amor Dei, familia et ego
Sergey Kudryashov


  

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love for god, family and i
amor Dei, familia et ego


Explanation:
or:

amor erga Deum, domus et ego



Sergey Kudryashov
Russian Federation
Local time: 23:37
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

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neutral  Joseph J. Brazauskas: The obje4ctive genitive is possible, but in that construction 'ego' would be 'mei'.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
love for god, family and i
amor erga deum et me et familiam


Explanation:
In Latin, as in English, a personal pronoun requires an objective case after a preposition (in the case of 'circa, the accuative).

Here the prepostional phrase is equvilient to an adjective.

Joseph J. Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:37
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