源自罗马墓志铭:
Quod tu es, ego fui, quod nunc sum et tu eris.(拉丁文)
http://thelatinlibrary.com/epitaphs.html
拉丁-意大利对照:
-I = EGO in Latin / IO in Italian
-was = FUI in Latin / FUI GIA’ in Italian
-what = QUOD in Latin / QUEL CHE in Italian
-you = VOS in Latin (2nd.person plural) / VOI in Italian (2nd.person plural)
-are = ESTIS in Latin (present, 2nd.person plural of SUM) / VOI SIETE in Italian (2nd.person plural of ESSERE)
-and = ET in Latin / E in Italian
-what = QUOD in Latin / QUEL CHE in Italian
-I am = NUNC SUM in Latin / SON in Italian
-you shall be = VOS ERITIS in Latin (future, 2nd.person plural) / VOI ANCOR SARETE (future, 2nd.person plural ) in Italian.