Yep, you're definitely right, because 'veni' means 'came' and 'vidi' means to see. I'm no Latin scholar, but I am of Italian descent, so you can be fairly sure that you're right :)
Nope, pretty sure it's vici, and Google backs me up.
You can remember the order with words that have those roots... like I bet "convene" comes from the Latin words for come together. Vide gives us words like video. Not sure if vici leads to victory, but it works as a mneumonic. :)
I am sure of the order, I wasn't sure that 'vici' was right, but I never study latin (I speak spanish as a first language, and I speak italian since I was 4, and the words have the same roots in the three languages)
If you're looking for Caesar's famous quote it's veni vidi vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). Of course, rude persons of this world have been playing havoc with the order of this sentence since, ah, I'd estimate about 5 seconds after he uttered it. 'Cos, y'know, irrisistible.
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2003-10-25 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-25 06:29 pm (UTC)Well then, I was write and a certain unnamed person was wrong.
Goody!
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Date: 2003-10-25 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-25 08:00 pm (UTC)I think you need an "n" there, becuase it is there in italian (vincere) and spanish (vencer).
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Date: 2003-10-25 08:24 pm (UTC)You can remember the order with words that have those roots... like I bet "convene" comes from the Latin words for come together. Vide gives us words like video. Not sure if vici leads to victory, but it works as a mneumonic. :)
caia
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Date: 2003-10-25 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-25 11:07 pm (UTC)That's a good theory. Thanks for the info, btw.
What does mneumonic mean? I've never bothered to look it up.
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Date: 2003-10-26 12:31 am (UTC)Cheers
Ann
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Date: 2003-10-26 12:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-27 01:36 am (UTC)