tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post6243880468425279713..comments2024-03-28T22:53:23.117-05:00Comments on Jeff Bergosh Blog: A Funny Graduation Mystery......Jeff Bergoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12638001957494810839noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317770170474039861.post-68667118957241634222023-10-14T02:16:31.773-05:002023-10-14T02:16:31.773-05:00In Latin, usually verbs come at the end of a sente...In Latin, usually verbs come at the end of a sentence not nouns. So fimus is plural passive conjugation of facere which means ‘make, do, accomplish’ - the same verb in modern Italian. So the phrase roughly translates as ‘what we will be, we are now becoming (accomplishing)’ correct and actually quite fitting for a graduation or school motto. I guess no students at the school took many Romance language courses ;) I wouldn’t trust Google translate for Latin as it’s likely Vulgar Latin and imprecise - as it is with most languages. Hope this is helpful in solving the mystery. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com