Here is a list of some phrases in English with their Latin equivalents meant to showcase how the English sentence looks like in Latin.
There are currently 184 phrases.
I was unable to read today.
Non potui legere hodie. (See here)
That isn't good for you to do.
Illud bonum non est tibi agere. (See here)
To be or not to be.
Esse aut non esse. (See here)
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.
Mihi, email litteras scriptas numquam substituit. Litterae hae privatiores et describentes scriptoris sunt, atque propter hoc possumus differre. (See here)
Eucleides says that school is the best.
Eucleides dicit ludum optimum esse. (See here)
David said that he had secretly gone with Sylvia to the temple because he had wanted to marry her.
David dixit se cum Sylvia ad templum isse quod is eam voluerat nubere. (See here)
Money was a help for the poor.
Pecunia erat auxilio pauperis. (See here)
Few hope to resist the cavalry.
Pauci resistere equitibus sperant. (See here)
Quintus gave Scintilla a gift so that she would love him.
Quintus donum Scintillae dedit ut eum amet. (See here)
I ran more quickly than her, but Hank ran the most quickly of us.
Ego ea celerius cucurri, sed Hank nostri celerrime cucurrit. (See here)
This is madness!
Hic furor est! (See here)
Did anyone trust the words of the senator today?
Quisquamne verbis senatoris credidit hodie? (See here)
Give the money to me!
Date pecuniam mihi! (See here)
Have you persuaded her to marry you?
Persuasistine ei nubere tibi? (See here)
Milo was so tired that he slept on the road.
Milo tam fessus erat ut in via dormiret. (See here)
I did not give the richer girl money.
Pecuniam puellae divitiori non do. (See here)
I love you. Do you love me?
Te amo. Tune me amas? (See here)
The mother asked her children not to run in the garden.
Mater liberos imperavit ne in horto currerent. (See here)
I am asking him to purchase a ship.
Eum rogo ut navem emat. (See here)
We will rejoice all summer.
Totam aestatem gaudebimus. (See here)
Jesus died for you so that you would not live in everlasting grief.
Iesus tibi periit ut in dolore perpetuo non viveres. (See here)
We ate Mom's excellently cooked food with joy.
Matris cibum melius coctum cum gaudio edimus. (See here)
In one month, I will ask Janet, "Did you cook the cow for two or three hours?"
Mense uno, Ianeti quaeram, "Tune bovem horas duos tresve coxisti?" (See here)
I will not grow to be much bigger.
Non augebo esse multo maiorem. (See here)
Have a wonderful and pleasant day!
Diem mirum iucundumque habe! (See here)
Everything I can do, you can do better, and this annoys me.
Omnia possum agere, tu melius potes agere, et hoc me vexat. (See here)
My wife was carried by me across the threshold of the house.
Uxor mei ab me trans limen domus vecta est. (See here)
This is the eighth day to dine.
Hic diem octavum est cenare. (See here)
This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned.
Hoc bellum paulo difficilius erat quam Caesar monuerat. (See here)
I am loved by her, and she is loved by me.
Ab ea amor, et ea ab me amatur. (See here)
The faithful soldier guarded the powerful king from the bad people.
Miles fidelis regem potentem custodiebat ad populis malis. (See here)
We will give nonexistent money to him since that man is greedy.
Quoniam iste vir est avarus ei nullam pecuniam dabimus. (See here)
Although I was absent, my friends at school read through this great book without me.
Quamquam aberam, amici mei ad ludum librum hunc magnum sine me perlegerunt. (See here)
Caesar was so drunk that he could not attack Gaul.
Caesar tam erbius erat ut Galliam oppugnare non posset. (See here)
Call your faithful husband today, my mother.
Mater mea, maritum tuum fidelem vocas hodie. (See here)
With her son, Stuart, having been given a kiss by his girlfriend, Julia, the mother knew that her son was growing into a young man.
Filio eius, Stuarti, dato basium ab amica eius, Iulia, mater putavit filium eius augere in iuvenem. (See here)
When Claudius and Cato were consuls, the pursuing Gallians being led by Vercingetorix were repulsed by the Roman soldiers, with Caeser leading.
Claudio et Catone consulibus, Galli petentes ducti a Vercingetorice repulsi sunt a militibus Romanis Caesare ducente. (See here)
His mother having been killed, he returned home.
Matre eius necata, ad domum reddidit. (See here)
Julius reads sillier books than Maria.
Iulius libros absurdiores legit quam Maria. (See here)
Will love escape me, or will I escape love?
Amorne me evadet, aut egone amorem evadet? (See here)
Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time.
Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit. (See here)
Which officer was in charge of the legion?
Legatus quis legioni praefuit? (See here)
Are you the king, Julius?
Esne rex, Juli? (See here)
What is your name?
Quis nomen tuus est? (See here)
Give the statue to me, now!
Statuam mihi nunc da! (See here)
Can the traveler endure the wretched inn?
Potestne ferre viator cauponam miseram? (See here)
He was the angriest between the friends.
Is iratissimus erat amicorum. (See here)
The great woman cooked good food for my serious brothers and sisters.
Femina magna cibum bonum coxit pro fratibus sororibusque meis gravibus. (See here)
