Dream recall mantra in Latin

**Suscitatsio** · 12-19-2012 01:06 PM

Ok so I'm currently taking Latin at my university and, I must confess, I am falling in love with the language. Because of this I sometimes get the urge to translate random things into Latin, and tonight, while I was reading an article on dream recall that's on this site, I decided that it would be fun to translate a mantra for dream recall into Latin, to make the mantra a little bit more mysterious, or more "mantra-ish"; more fun to repeat over and over again. ^_^ And I would like to post what I've come up with here in case anyone finds it fun to use a Latin mantra!

First, the English version of the mantra: "I will wake from my dreams and completely remember them."

Now, the Latin translation I came up with: "Ā somniīs meīs suscitābō eaque plene memorābō."

If anyone would like me to translate another short mantra into Latin, post you requests here and I'll do my best! But keep them relatively simple, I'm not the most advanced Latin student yet.

**Suscitatsio** · 12-19-2012 07:14 PM

*bump*

**Ciej** · 12-20-2012 02:28 AM

Oh, perfect. On odd days, I go to sleep chanting Nunquam dormio, Semper somnia. I intend it to mean never sleep, always dream. Is this the correct declensions of these verbs?

**Suscitatsio** · 12-20-2012 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by Ciej

Oh, perfect. On odd days, I go to sleep chanting Nunquam dormio, Semper somnia. I intend it to mean never sleep, always dream. Is this the correct declensions of these verbs?

Almost! You just have to change "dormio" from the First-Person Singular Present Active Indicative to First-person Singular Present Active Negative Imperative. Voilà: Nunquam dormī́te, Semper somniā.

**Sensei** · 12-20-2012 06:01 AM

Can you do "I'm dreaming?"

**Suscitatsio** · 12-20-2012 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Can you do "I'm dreaming?"

I'm not sure whether you mean "Am I dreaming?" ("somniōne [ego]?") or "I am dreaming" ("somniō [ego]") by this, so I did both!

*Note* the "ego" is optional, as it means "I" but somniō already means "I dream" or "I am dreaming". However ego is not completely redundant, as it can be added in for emphasis.