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Pater filiam rogavit cur ea lacrimaret

English translation: The father asked his daughter why she was crying

23:40 Oct 4, 2005
Latin to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Latin term or phrase: Pater filiam rogavit cur ea lacrimaret
This is a sentence from Ovid's metamorphisis that i am having trouble translating
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English translation:The father asked his daughter why she was crying
Explanation:
Cur + Subjonctive mode
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Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 17:21
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4 +5The father asked his daughter why she was crying
Pierre POUSSIN


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
The father asked his daughter why she was crying


Explanation:
Cur + Subjonctive mode

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 17:21
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Yes - and I can only advise the asker to practice - this is a rather simple sentence.
50 mins
  -> Agreed! Thanks!
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Good morning, Pierre. It feels like teaching when dealing with these phrases, doesn't it? :-)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Vicky! That's almost like it! Soon it will be "Caesar misit legatos qui pacem peterunt"!
agree  Rebecca Garber
7 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Joseph Brazauskas: Subjunctive in indirect question.
2 days 7 hrs
  -> Yes. Thanks!
agree  Egmont
3 days 4 hrs
  -> Merci!
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