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Just for fun - Translate Ooey Gooey poem into Latin
« on: September 23, 2013, 09:35:04 PM »
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  • My children are doing poetry memorization as part of their homeschool curriculum this year. They've already learned to recite 3 poems.

    The first of them is quite catchy; I think it would be nice to have it translated into other languages, such as Spanish or Latin. Just for fun!

    I guess I'd like to have it in another language, just for something different.

    Here is the poem:

    Ooey Gooey was a worm
    A mighty worm was he:
    He stepped upon the railroad tracks
    The train he did not see.
    Ooey... Gooey...


    The first two lines would be something like...

    Ooey Gooey erat vermis.
    Fortissimus erat.
    ...
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    Just for fun - Translate Ooey Gooey poem into Latin
    « Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 10:34:29 PM »
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  • Quote from: Matthew
    My children are doing poetry memorization as part of their homeschool curriculum this year. They've already learned to recite 3 poems.

    The first of them is quite catchy; I think it would be nice to have it translated into other languages, such as Spanish or Latin. Just for fun!

    I guess I'd like to have it in another language, just for something different.

    Here is the poem:

    Ooey Gooey was a worm
    A mighty worm was he:
    He stepped upon the railroad tracks
    The train he did not see.
    Ooey... Gooey...


    The first two lines would be something like...

    Ooey Gooey erat vermis.
    Fortissimus erat.
    ...


    I can't help but laugh  :laugh1:


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    Just for fun - Translate Ooey Gooey poem into Latin
    « Reply #2 on: September 24, 2013, 10:30:12 PM »
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  • Here it is in Euskadi

    Ooey Gooey harra izan zen
    Abiega harra zuen:
    Zapaldu trenbidearen ibilbideak gainean zuen
    Trena ez zuen ikusi.
    Ooey ... Gooey ...

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    Just for fun - Translate Ooey Gooey poem into Latin
    « Reply #3 on: September 24, 2013, 10:31:19 PM »
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  • Here it is in Latin

    Ooey gooey erat vermis
    Magnus ille vermis:
    Ipse iit in via
    Neque erant.
    Ooey ... Gooey ...