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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This is madness!

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Hic furor est! (See here)

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"How are you?" said Jack. "I am well," Celia said to him.

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"Quomodo es?" Iack dixit. "Bene sum," Celia ei dixit. (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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Have you persuaded her to marry you?

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Persuasistine ei nubere tibi? (See here)

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Was the officer in charge of the legion?

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Praefuitne legatus legioni? (See here)

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I can play some games, but I have more work to do first.

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Ludos nonullos possum ludere, sed officia plora habeo primum agere. (See here)

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This is the eighth day to dine.

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Hic diem octavum est cenare. (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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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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Happy Birthday!

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Laetus Dies Partus! (See here)

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The faithful soldier guarded the powerful king from the bad people.

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Miles fidelis regem potentem custodiebat ad populis malis. (See here)

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My wife was carried by me across the threshold of the house.

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Uxor mei ab me trans limen domus vecta est. (See here)

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She saw herself.

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Ea se vidit. (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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I heard that you would wander in the garden.

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Audivi te erratus esse in horto. (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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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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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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Do not tell me who you are; it is better to tell the king your name.

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Non dice mihi quem es; id melius est dicere regi nominem tuum. (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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Have a wonderful and pleasant day!

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Diem mirum iucundumque habe! (See here)

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We are the people.

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Sumus populi. (See here)

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Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time.

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Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit. (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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Trax doesn't want to want.

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Trax non vult velle. (See here)

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He sleeps more often than I.

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Is me saepius dormit. (See here)

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Fabius led his horses home lest they become frightened by the storm.

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Fabius equos domum duxit ne tempestate timerentur. (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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We did not know why he spoke sharply.

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Nescivimus cur acriter diceret. (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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Love is only shown by friendship.

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Amor ab amicitia solum ostenditur. (See here)

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He bought flowers in order to please her.

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Is flores emit ut ei placeret. (See here)

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The fierce brother has bad plans.

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Frater ferox constilia mala habet. (See here)

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I am tired of school.

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Mihi ludi taedet. (See here)

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What are you doing?

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Quid tu agis? (See here)

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You can never take her away from me!

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Eam ab me potes capere. (See here)

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The father did not know that Molly has been killed by her boyfriend at her house.

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Pater non putavit Molliam occidi ab amico eius in villa eius. (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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I knowing the truth wish to give it, but that feels like a lost dream.

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Sciens veritatem volo dare id, sed illud sicut somnium perditum sentit. (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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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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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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I am a farmer.

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Agricola sum. (See here)

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I cannot hear you.

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Te non possum audire. (See here)

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Caesar was so drunk that he could not attack Gaul.

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Caesar tam erbius erat ut Galliam oppugnare non posset. (See here)

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A man is allowed to drink wine.

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Viro vinum bibere licet. (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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What is your name?

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Quis nomen tuus est? (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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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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