Sentence ( 句子) of the day 3

excuter
July 13, 2007, 04:10 PM posted in General Discussion

 

 

         我们不学习,我们学校的学习生活

 

 

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henning
July 13, 2007, 04:48 PM

Do you mean this one? Non vitae, sed scholae discimus 我们学习,不是为了生活,而是为了学校 Original Seneca according to Wikipedia Non scholae, sed vitae discimus 我们学习,不是为了学校,而是为了生活 With friendly support of search engines...

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wei1xiao4
July 14, 2007, 06:59 AM

Thanks for the feedback and the website. Very helpful!

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henning
July 13, 2007, 04:51 PM

BTW: I do not master *any* latin. I just build up on some comic book afterglow in my brain. I figured that it should be easier to find the translation if you are basing your search on the original.

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excuter
July 13, 2007, 05:29 PM

I tried,but...huhuhu...ok next time I gues it´s more correct stay tuned it´s not over yet...;-) 很宁 (nice transliteration huh?) 我知道每Asterix&Obelix 漫画 :-)

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excuter
July 13, 2007, 05:31 PM

aber manchmal stimmt auch meine version ;-)

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henning
July 13, 2007, 04:49 PM

Ups, it should be: Non vitae, sed scholae discimus 我们学习,不是为了学校,而是为了生活 Non scholae, sed vitae discimus 我们学习,不是为了生活,而是为了学校

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henning
July 13, 2007, 08:50 PM

Yes, excuter, 5 years of latin in school and all that is left are fragments which I learned from Asterix & Obelix. Sad.

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kimiik
July 13, 2007, 10:27 PM

Henning, Actually the level of latin in Asterix & Obelix is not that bad. ; )

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wei1xiao4
July 13, 2007, 11:06 PM

I'm learning some new(for me) sentence constructions. If you said this sentence, 我们学习,不是学校,就是生活, would it have the same meaning? I'm not real clear on the 为了. I see the meaning "for the purpose of". Any tips on using it? I think this "sentence of the day" thing can be 既振奋 又讲习 (another sentence structure I'm learning)

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henning
July 14, 2007, 04:57 AM

Hi wei1xiao4, you can either search CPod lessons for vocab (and therefore vocab usage) by using the search field above. Here are two examples from CPod lessons for 为了 (only Advanced lessons with this construction): 一些父母为了赚钱常常忽略了对孩子的教育。 现在为了健康,只得乖乖舍弃了吧? Also there is dict.cn. It gives you the following 8 examples. 1. 为了维持身体健康,一个人应该吃有益健康的食品,并经常锻炼身体。 In order to maintain physical well being, a person should eat wholesome food and get sufficient exercise. 2. 为了使它更实用,这本书在下一版本中将编有索引。 The book will be indexed in the next edition so as to make it more useful. 3. 他为了养家不得不去拼命工作。 He had to work hard for the maintenance of his family. 4. 为了我们理解,老师列举了很多事例。 The teacher enumerated many examples to us for understanding. 5. 这个国家同意为了共同的安全而与邻国结盟。 The country agreed to confederate with the neighboring country for mutual safety. 6. 你到伦敦来的目的是为了要看望家人还是为了公事? Did you come to London for the purpose of seeing your family, or for business purposes? 7. 这位冠军为了下一场比赛正在进行训练。 The champion is in training for his next fight. 8. 为了收集数据我们发给他们一些调查表。 We gave them some questionnaires for collecting data.

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excuter
July 13, 2007, 05:44 PM

ehm...uno momento 这个也是不对了 我们学习,不是为了学校,但是为了生活 。。。对不对 :-)