Amo, amas, amat, she thought. Amamus, amatis, amant. Their Latin teacher had made them march through the halls chanting conjugations. I love, you love, he, she, or it loves. It loves? That made no sense. We love. You (plural) love. They love. And then, of course, the perfect passive subjunctive – would that I had been loved – the saddest conjugation of them all.
From The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller, 2012
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Lovely! Words and photo absolutely beautiful!
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Thank you so very much.
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Beautiful indeed.
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Thank you!
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🙂
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Oh, gosh, I just flashed on 8th grade Latin class! Our drill sergeant teacher would start classes with verb declinations. 🙂
Love the image!
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Ha! That doesn’t sound like a good memory…. but I hope that it was!
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I was terrified of her, lol!
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Love and love the photo! I love leaves. I have an album called Leaves and currently have 44 images…..
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That’s interesting, I like that idea…leaves are so beautiful.
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Leaves are indeed fantastic!! Great capture!!
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So love this photo 🙂
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Thank you very much.
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