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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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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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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Have a wonderful and pleasant day!

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Diem mirum iucundumque habe! (See here)

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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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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 brother sleeps for a very long time.

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Frater meus diutissime dormit. (See here)

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Happy Birthday!

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Laetus Dies Partus! (See here)

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Can the traveler endure the wretched inn?

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Potestne ferre viator cauponam miseram? (See here)

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I am a farmer.

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Agricola sum. (See here)

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He says that Marcus called his brother.

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Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse. (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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What is your name?

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Quis nomen tuus 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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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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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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Have you persuaded her to marry you?

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Persuasistine ei nubere tibi? (See here)

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The dying old man was wanting to walk, but he could not.

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Senex periens volebat ambulare, sed non potuit. (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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It is allowed for you to cry at funerals.

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Licet tibi ad funera flere. (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 am asking him to purchase a ship.

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Eum rogo ut navem emat. (See here)

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I did not give the richer girl money.

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Pecuniam puellae divitiori non do. (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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The son sought public office with help from his father.

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Natus honorem auxilio de patre eius petivit. (See here)

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In one month, I will ask Janet, "Did you cook the cow for two or three hours?"

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Mense uno, Ianeti quaeram, "Tune bovem horas duos tresve coxisti?" (See here)

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We are the people.

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Sumus populi. (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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Rufus is a Roman boy, and Julia is a Roman girl.

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Rufus est puer Romanus, et Iulia est puella Romana. (See here)

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When Claudius and Cato were consuls, the pursuing Gallians being led by Vercingetorix were repulsed by the Roman soldiers, with Caeser leading.

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Claudio et Catone consulibus, Galli petentes ducti a Vercingetorice repulsi sunt a militibus Romanis Caesare ducente. (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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"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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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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I come from the great farms with my loyal friends.

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Venio ab agris magnis cum amicis meis fidelibus. (See here)

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The farmers are happy on a good year.

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Agricolae sunt laeti bono anno. (See here)

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