[wah wah]

Sorry for having to start a thread for this..but a argument needs settling...a mate says it,s pronounced sativer..i say sateeva.....put us right please..thanks...

[Anonymiss]

Phonetically it's "Sa Tee Vah" or, as you say, "sateeva"

It's taken from the Latin sativus, meaning cultivated or sown.

The International Phonetic Alphabet would write sativus as saˈtiː.wus

[Ken Erbis]

sativa, emphasis on the a. Never er. And i should have some knowledge, I studied Latin for a long time..

 

 

Sativa, Sativus, and Sativum are Latin botanical adjectives meaning cultivated, used to designate certain seed-grown domestic crops. Sativa (ending in -a) is the feminine form of the adjective, but masculine (-us) and neuter (-um) endings are also used to agree with the gender of the nouns they modify.

Edited by Ken Erbis, 05 March 2017 - 06:54 PM.

[Anonymiss]

I studied Latin for a long time..

 
I did it for two years, but they were a long time ago and I've forgotten most of it apart from the basics.

[Budgie]

saaaar teeeeee vaaaaaar ? only for the pretentiously posh?

 

Sat-i-va, ind-i-ca. Short vowels works every time for me

[Ken Erbis]

 
I did it for two years, but they were a long time ago and I've forgotten most of it apart from the basics.

 

 

Salve mater,

 

amo, amas, amat, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

 

I used to hate it at school but now it is quite invaluable in truely understanding the English language. Often if I dont know a word I can understand either its latin counterpart or the construction in order to get to the correct meaning. As a keen gardener I go out of my way to learn the Latin nomenclature. It really can be so useful in horticulture.

[wah wah]

...thanks very much...so sateeva it is then....a crispy five pound note coming my way....i won,t take it off him of course.....just rub his face in my correctness....

Edited by wah wah, 05 March 2017 - 07:07 PM.

[Anonymiss]

saaaar teeeeee vaaaaaar ? only for the pretentiously posh?
 
Sat-i-va, ind-i-ca. Short vowels works every time for me

 
It really is a long i sound in sativa, pronounced like the ee in seen

[Budgie]

...thanks very much...so sateeva it is then....a crispy five pound note coming my way....i won,t take it off him of course.....just rub his face in my correctness....

but maybe he'll just sneeze on you and give you a feever instead? just to prove his point

[Budgie]

 
It really is a long i sound in sativa, pronounced like the ee in seen

Depends who you're speaking to at the time