English Phrases

Here is a list of some phrases in English with their Latin equivalents meant to showcase how the English sentence looks like in Latin.

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Never trust the Greeks, and beware their gifts!

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Graecibus numquam crede, et dona eorum cave! (See here)

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I ran more quickly than her, but Hank ran the most quickly of us.

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Ego ea celerius cucurri, sed Hank nostri celerrime cucurrit. (See here)

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We know that Cornelia is a Roman girl.

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Scimus Corneliam puellam Romanam esse. (See here)

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Have you persuaded her to marry you?

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Persuasistine ei nubere tibi? (See here)

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I am a farmer.

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Agricola sum. (See here)

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I will give all the glory of my heart to God who is king.

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Ego glorias onmes amoris mei Deo qui rex est dabo. (See here)

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My twelfth dog ran to my seventh cow in three open fields.

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Canis meus duodecimus ad bovem meam septimam in campis tribus apertis cuccurit. (See here)

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It is necessary for students to study a second language.

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Discipulis linguae secundae studere necesse est. (See here)

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Gaius likes the prettiest girls in school.

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Gaius puellas pulcherrimas in ludo amat. (See here)

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Lucius gave bigger kisses to the most delightful girl.

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Lucius basia maiora puellae iucundissimae dedit. (See here)

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Although the queen had been captured by the king's worst enemies, the king's soldiers did not immediately prepare to save her.

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Quamquam regina ab hostibus pessimis regis capta erat, milites regis eam non statim paraverunt servare. (See here)

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It is allowed for you to cry at funerals.

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Licet tibi ad funera flere. (See here)

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Which officer was in charge of the legion?

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Legatus quis legioni praefuit? (See here)

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I was unable to read today.

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Non potui legere hodie. (See here)

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I am asking him to purchase a ship.

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Eum rogo ut navem emat. (See here)

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Fabius wrote a poem a little longer than the poem of Claudius.

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Fabius carmen paulo longius scripsit carmine Claudii. (See here)

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Her heart was more broken than his (heart).

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Cors eius fractius erat corde eius. (See here)

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The dying old man was wanting to walk, but he could not.

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Senex periens volebat ambulare, sed non potuit. (See here)

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He was the angriest between the friends.

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Is iratissimus erat amicorum. (See here)

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In 13 days, I will become the ninth dictator of the fifth nation, and I will with honor make peace on behalf of the second council that has twelve people in it.

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In diebus tredecim, dictatorem nonum patriae quintae incipiam, et ego otium honore propter concilium secundum quid homines duodecim in eo habet faciam. (See here)

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His mother having been killed, he returned home.

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Matre eius necata, ad domum reddidit. (See here)

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You are my best friend, and we will be best friends forever.

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Amicus optimus mei es, et amici optimi erimus aetatem. (See here)

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Give the money to me!

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Date pecuniam mihi! (See here)

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Although I was absent, my friends at school read through this great book without me.

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Quamquam aberam, amici mei ad ludum librum hunc magnum sine me perlegerunt. (See here)

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That isn't good for you to do.

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Illud bonum non est tibi agere. (See here)

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In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships.

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In Italia, furore regente, plerique senatores in naves conscenderunt. (See here)

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Money was a help for the poor.

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Pecunia erat auxilio pauperis. (See here)

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Everything I can do, you can do better, and this annoys me.

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Omnia possum agere, tu melius potes agere, et hoc me vexat. (See here)

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The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday.

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Ventum erat a puero puellaque ad ludum heri. (See here)

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To eat in the inn was a good fortune for the tired travelers.

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Cenare in caupona erat bonae fortunae fessis viatoribus. (See here)

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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image…"

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Tum Deus dixit, "Hominem in imaginem nostram faciamus…" (See here)

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Brutus will kill Caesar within this year.

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Brutus Caesarem hoc anno occidet. (See here)

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Sally had been heard quite clearly by her husband Seth, but Seth will never be heard by his wife.

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Sally ab marito Setho eius clarius audita erat, sed Seth ab uxore eius numquam audietur. (See here)

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Can the traveler endure the wretched inn?

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Potestne ferre viator cauponam miseram? (See here)

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Publius is more manly than Paulus.

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Publius virilior est Paulo. (See here)

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Does anyone feel that the senator is covering his crimes?

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Quisquamne sentit senatorem tegere crimen eius? (See here)

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Do you see the large mountains, King?

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Videsne ingentes montes, rex? (See here)

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Jesus died for you so that you would not live in everlasting grief.

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Iesus tibi periit ut in dolore perpetuo non viveres. (See here)

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Call your faithful husband today, my mother.

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Mater mea, maritum tuum fidelem vocas hodie. (See here)

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What is your name?

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Quis nomen tuus est? (See here)

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I love you. Do you love me?

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Te amo. Tune me amas? (See here)

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I cannot hear you.

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Te non possum audire. (See here)

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My sister use to wash me because of my youth, but I can now wash myself.

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Soror mea me propter adulscentiam meam lavabat, sed ego me nunc possum lavare. (See here)

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Julius reads sillier books than Maria.

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Iulius libros absurdiores legit quam Maria. (See here)

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Prepare to die!

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Para perire! (See here)

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She saw herself.

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Ea se vidit. (See here)

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With the slave having been accused, the master left.

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Servo accusato dominus discessit. (See here)

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Anyone will like a house covered with ivy.

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Quisquam villam tectam hedera amabit. (See here)

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To be or not to be.

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Esse aut non esse. (See here)

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My brother sleeps for a very long time.

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Frater meus diutissime dormit. (See here)

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