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 185 phrases.

Which officer was in charge of the legion?

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Legatus quis legioni praefuit? (See here)

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I only buy the best food for my family.

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Cibum optimum pro mei familia emo. (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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With him willing, all will be led.

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Eo volente omnes agentur. (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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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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Brutus will kill Caesar within this year.

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Brutus Caesarem hoc anno occidet. (See here)

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Grain will be given to the poor citizens in the city center.

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Frumentum civibus pauperis in agora dabitur. (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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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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Cicero will speak in two hours.

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Cicero duabus horis dicet. (See here)

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She was discovered the true Goddess by her gait.

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Vera incessu patuit dea. (See here)

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I am a farmer.

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Agricola sum. (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 cannot hear you.

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Te non possum audire. (See here)

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To love money is bad and can lead you to a worse life.

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Amare pecuniam malum est et te ad vitam peiorem potest ducere. (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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To be or not to be.

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Esse aut non esse. (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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Why are you doing this?

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Cur tu hoc agis? (See here)

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What is your name?

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Quis nomen tuus est? (See here)

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Julius reads sillier books than Maria.

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Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria. (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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Translation: Through hardships to the stars

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Ad astra per aspera (See here)

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While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome.

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Caesare vivente, Horus Romam non ivit. (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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We are the people.

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Sumus populi. (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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Give the statue to me, now!

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Statuam mihi nunc da! (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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I was unable to read today.

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Non potui legere hodie. (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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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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Few hope to resist the cavalry.

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Pauci resistere equitibus sperant. (See here)

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Milo was so tired that he slept on the road.

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Milo tam fessus erat ut in via dormiret. (See here)

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Happy Birthday!

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Laetus Dies Partus! (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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That is a rather large book which you are reading.

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Ille est liber maior quem legis. (See here)

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"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

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"Alpha Omegaque sum, Initium Finesque," Deus dicit, "qui est et qui fuit et qui venire est, Omnipotens." (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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Call your faithful husband today, my mother.

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

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You are much kinder than my cruel sister whose anger is the greatest of all my family.

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Multo humanior es sorore mea crudele cuius ira maxima familiae omnis meae est. (See here)

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I come from the fields.

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Venio de agris. (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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This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned.

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Hoc bellum paulo difficilius erat quam Caesar monuerat. (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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I found my smallest object with my good friend, and I placed it in my shoe so no one can find it.

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Rem meam minimam cum amico meo bono inveni, et id in calceum meum posui tam nemines id potest invenire. (See here)

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We will do great favors for him after his labor.

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Post laborem eius gratias magnas ei agemus. (See here)

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With the boy wanting to give the girl some roses, the father endured having been persuaded to allow this.

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Puero volente dare puellae rosas, pater persuasus sinere hoc tulit. (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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