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I am trying to come up with a family motto as a birthday gift for my father.
We have a phrase we always like to say whenever we ask each other questions: "Will so and so become X?" or "Will we ever get to Y?" or "What'll happen when we do z?"
To which the answer always is: "We shall see"
How can this be translated into Latin?
Can't really go wrong with a straightforward translation. The verb "to see" is videre, and encompasses this metaphorical use of finding out what the future will hold. So the simple future indicative 1st person plural active:
Videbimus
Cf. Seneca ad Luc. 75.5.1:
Videbimus qualis sit, quantus sit.
We shall see what sort of person he is, how great he is.
