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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In 13 days, I will become the ninth dictator of the fifth nation, and I will with honor make peace on behalf of the second council that has twelve people in it.

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In diebus tredecim, dictatorem nonum patriae quintae incipiam, et ego otium honore propter concilium secundum quid homines duodecim in eo habet faciam. (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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Money was a help for the poor.

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Pecunia erat auxilio pauperis. (See here)

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Quintus gave Scintilla a gift so that she would love him.

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Quintus donum Scintillae dedit ut eum amet. (See here)

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I will not grow to be much bigger.

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Non augebo esse multo maiorem. (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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She was discovered the true Goddess by her gait.

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Vera incessu patuit dea. (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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I can speak Latin.

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Latinam possum dicere. (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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He feels that his mother was killed.

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Sentit matrem eius necatam esse. (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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Will love escape me, or will I escape love?

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Amorne me evadet, aut egone amorem evadet? (See here)

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He was the angriest between the friends.

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Is iratissimus erat amicorum. (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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Did anyone trust the words of the senator today?

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Quisquamne verbis senatoris credidit hodie? (See here)

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Did he give you your book, Marcus?

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Deditne tibi librum tuum, Marce? (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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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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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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The great woman cooked good food for my serious brothers and sisters.

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Femina magna cibum bonum coxit pro fratibus sororibusque meis gravibus. (See here)

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The mother's third son most courageously saw his rather delightful girlfriend, but he had not told his mother and the very angry mother therefore troubled him viciously.

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Filius tertius matris amicam iucundiorem eius fortissime vidit, tamen is matri eius non dixerat et igitur mater iratissima eum ferociter vexavit. (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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By the end of the day, I will have made a wonderful gift for Father.

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Ante finem diei, donum mirum patri fecero. (See here)

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Eucleides says that school is the best.

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Eucleides dicit ludum optimum esse. (See here)

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Marcus is always losing money.

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Marcus pecuniam semper perdit. (See here)

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I love you. Do you love me?

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Te amo. Tune me amas? (See here)

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Do you think that the father ought to read books to his son?

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Scisne patrem libros eius filio decere legere? (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 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 are you?

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Quis te est? (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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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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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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The queen offered the world to the soldiers.

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Regina militibus terras obtulit. (See here)

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