Priori Incantatem - further thoughts (longish)

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 100296

Geoff wrote:

> > spell wording are mentioned. Amos Diggory uses
> "Prior Incantato" 
> > which sounds suspiciously like a genitive whereas
> "Priori 
> > Incantatem" - which is not actually heard being
> used in this book - 

I took it as a language thing, to be honest.  A lot of
her spells sound like they are from Latin, and so when
it's being preformed and being talked about, the verb
would change. Like talking to your friend and then
talking ABOUT her, the pronouns change from 'you' to
'her/him' or the difference between 'I am' and 'You
are'.

My foriegn language skills are rusty, but I took it as
-tato to be like the "I" verbs in Spanish (ex: hablo -
I talk) or the "I'm doing this".  When it's being
talked about later, the verb usage would naturally
change, as the person is not actually preforming the
spell.  It would change from an 'I did this' to a
'They did that' situation.  From (again, Spanish) -o
to (in the case of hablar - to talk) an -an or an
-amos situation.  I know Latin is different in the
suffix change (what letters are used), but the
structure is similiar.

So if the spell is Priori Incantant-

"I Do" = Priori Incantanto
"They (Form.) Do" = Priori Incantantem

Just a guess, but:
"You (Form.) Do" = Priori Incantante
"You (Imfor.) Do" = Priori Incantantes
"They (Inform.) Do" = Priori Incantantemos

The other explination would be a shift from 'I do
this' to 'They DID this' - from present to past tense,
but I'm not sure how that works with Latin (and I
hated that section in Spanish, so I can't really tell
you the verb conversions for that.)

I've only briefly studied Latin, and my Spanish was
well over 15 years ago, but that was my basic take on
the different suffices for the spell work...

Opinions?

ta!
bamf!

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