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 181 phrases.

My sister use to wash me because of my youth, but I can now wash myself.

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Soror mea me propter adulscentiam meam lavabat, sed ego me nunc possum lavare. (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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He was closing the temple for two months.

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Duas menses templum claudebat. (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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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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Julius reads sillier books than Maria.

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Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria. (See here)

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Seth becomes very sad.

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Seth miserrimum fit. (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 heard that you had wandered in the garden.

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Audivi te erravisse in horto. (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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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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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 hear that you were wandering in the garden.

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Audio te erravisse in horto. (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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The fierce brother has bad plans.

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Frater ferox constilia mala habet. (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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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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I buy the best food for my family.

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Cibum optimum pro familia mea emo. (See here)

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Sally had been heard quite clearly by her husband Seth, but Seth will never be heard by his wife.

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Sally ab marito Setho eius clarius audita erat, sed Seth ab uxore eius numquam audietur. (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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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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Which officer was in charge of the legion?

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Legatus quis legioni praefuit? (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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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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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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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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Who doesn't like any bird?

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Quis avem ullam non amat? (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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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 Latin Dictionary: Where Latin meets English.

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Latinus Verbum-Liber: Ubi Latina English occurit. (See here)

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Jane has three dogs to whom she gives much care.

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Iane canes tres quibus ea curam multam dat habet. (See here)

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