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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There are currently 184 phrases.

I come from the fields.

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Venio de agris. (See here)

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David said that he had secretly gone with Sylvia to the temple because he had wanted to marry her.

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David dixit se cum Sylvia ad templum isse quod is eam voluerat nubere. (See here)

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Do you think that the father ought to read books to his son?

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Scisne patrem libros eius filio decere legere? (See here)

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I gave money to the merchant selling the roses.

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Pecuniam dedi mercatori vendenti rosas. (See here)

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I will lead in the war that the greedy, most evil king began.

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Ego in belle quod rex avarus pessimus incepit ducam. (See here)

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I will not grow to be much bigger.

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Non augebo esse multo maiorem. (See here)

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We will rejoice all summer.

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Totam aestatem gaudebimus. (See here)

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Seth becomes very sad.

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Seth miserrimum fit. (See here)

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I am and will always be the angriest of all people to exist!

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Iratissimus sum et semper ero populi omnis esse! (See here)

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We ate Mom's excellently cooked food with joy.

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Matris cibum melius coctum cum gaudio edimus. (See here)

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She saw herself.

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Ea se vidit. (See here)

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I love the song that my friend has made.

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Carmen quod amica mei fecit amo. (See here)

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She will see how great the strength of their words had been.

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Ea videbit quanta vis verborum eorum fuerit. (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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I hope that Latin never dies!

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Spero Latinam numquam perire! (See here)

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He says that Marcus called his brother.

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Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse. (See here)

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This is madness!

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Hic furor est! (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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I hear that you were wandering in the garden.

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Audio te erravisse in horto. (See here)

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Through hardships to the stars

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Ad astra per aspera (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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We know that Cornelia is a Roman girl.

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Scimus Corneliam puellam Romanam esse. (See here)

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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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Knowledge can kill the strongest of men.

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Scientia viros fortissimos potest interficere. (See here)

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What will you buy?

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Quid emes? (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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Did anyone trust the words of the senator today?

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Quisquamne verbis senatoris credidit hodie? (See here)

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I am happier than you, but you are the most famous of us.

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Ego lautior quam tu sum, sed tu clarissimus nostri es. (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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Did he give you your book, Marcus?

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Deditne tibi librum tuum, Marce? (See here)

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Quintus gave Scintilla a gift so that she would love him.

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Quintus donum Scintillae dedit ut eum amet. (See here)

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I heard that Cornelia was going to the shop; however, I also heard that her friend had already bought the shoes that she was searching for.

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Audivi Corneliam ad tabernam ire; tamen etiam audivi amicam eius iam emisse calceum quem ea quaerebat. (See here)

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He feels that his mother was killed.

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Sentit matrem eius necatam esse. (See here)

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When Claudius and Cato were consuls, the pursuing Gallians being led by Vercingetorix were repulsed by the Roman soldiers, with Caeser leading.

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Claudio et Catone consulibus, Galli petentes ducti a Vercingetorice repulsi sunt a militibus Romanis Caesare ducente. (See here)

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Every heart bears a secret within itself, but it is these secrets that define us and how we live in this world.

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Cor quidque arcanum intra se fert, sed arcana haec definiunt nos et quomodo in mundo hoc vivimus. (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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With the Sword of Great Wisdom, I defeated my most difficult enemy.

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Inimicum meum difficilimum Gladio Sapientiae Magnae superavi. (See here)

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My day was good. My day was bad. This day was the worst. This day was the best.

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Dies meus bonus erat. Dies meus malus erat. Dies hic pessimus erat. Dies hic optimus erat. (See here)

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Don't die!

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Noli perire! (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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I am asking him to purchase a ship.

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Eum rogo ut navem emat. (See here)

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I know that Cornelius is a Roman senator.

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Scio Cornelium esse senatorem Romanum. (See here)

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I can speak Latin.

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Latinam possum dicere. (See here)

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The knight offered the flower to the daughter of the king.

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Eques florem filiae regis obtulit. (See here)

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They sailed the worst river.

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Ei flumen pessimum navigant. (See here)

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They ask why you cannot go with us.

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Rogant cur nobiscum possis non ire. (See here)

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I come from the great farms with my loyal friends.

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Venio ab agris magnis cum amicis meis fidelibus. (See here)

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We are the people.

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Sumus populi. (See here)

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The mother's third son most courageously saw his rather delightful girlfriend, but he had not told his mother and the very angry mother therefore troubled him viciously.

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Filius tertius matris amicam iucundiorem eius fortissime vidit, tamen is matri eius non dixerat et igitur mater iratissima eum ferociter vexavit. (See here)

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I came to serve, not to be served.

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Veni servire nec serviri. (See here)

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