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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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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What will you buy?

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Quid emes? (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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Yesterday, when Antonia was walking to the store, she saw a strange man.

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Hera, ubi Antonia ad copiam, virum novum vidit. (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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Sam will not send that letter to Emora, but he will send this letter to her if these hearts are in it.

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Sam literam illam Emorae non mittet, sed is literam hanc ei mittet si corda haec in eo sunt. (See here)

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I heard that you had wandered in the garden.

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Audivi te erravisse in horto. (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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Many sons knew that they were inheriting their parents' property.

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Filii multi putaverunt se excipere bona parentum eorum. (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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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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I cannot hear you.

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Te non possum audire. (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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We will give nonexistent money to him since that man is greedy.

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Quoniam iste vir est avarus ei nullam pecuniam dabimus. (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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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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Don't die!

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Noli perire! (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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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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Death cannot hold He who is God.

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Mors Eum qui Deus est non potest habere. (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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This man's son will work with me tomorrow, and his daughter will show my sister her house in three hours all day.

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Filius huius viri mecum cras laborabit, et filia eius domum eius sorori meae horis tribus diem totam ostendet. (See here)

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meme man

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Latin Phrase Here
quentiam hominem (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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Who doesn't like any bird?

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Quis avem ullam non amat? (See here)

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I wish that I could kiss that beautiful girl, but her heart and mind is what truly captures my heart.

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Possim saviari illam puellam pulchram volo, sed cor animusque eius sunt quae cor meum vere capiunt. (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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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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You can never take her away from me!

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Eam ab me potes capere. (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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My brother sleeps for a very long time.

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Frater meus diutissime dormit. (See here)

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Marcus fled Greece to find his mother in Rome.

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Marcus Graeciam fugit ut matrem suam Romae inveniret. (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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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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Knowledge can kill the strongest of men.

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Scientia viros fortissimos potest interficere. (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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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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For me, email shall never replace written letters. These letters are more personal and representative of its author, and because of this we cannot defer.

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Mihi, email litteras scriptas numquam substituit. Litterae hae privatiores et describentes scriptoris sunt, atque propter hoc possumus differre. (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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The cruelest and richest king lived for a very long time, however with his death a more happy time was greatly brought up.

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Rex crudelissimus divissimus diutius vixit, tamen morte eius tempus laetius magnopere efficiebat. (See here)

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He was closing the temple for two months.

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Duas menses templum claudebat. (See here)

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The lucky boy finds the small (virgin) girl next to the beautiful roses.

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Puer felix virginem parvam invenit apud pulchras rosas. (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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Publius is more manly than Paulus.

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Publius virilior est Paulo. (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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He sleeps more often than I.

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Is me saepius dormit. (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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Julius reads sillier books than Maria.

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Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria. (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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Give the money to me!

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Date pecuniam mihi! (See here)

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