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.

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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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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My brother sleeps for a very long time.

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Frater meus diutissime dormit. (See here)

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In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships.

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In Italia, furore regente, plerique senatores in naves conscenderunt. (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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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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I came to serve, not to be served.

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Veni servire nec serviri. (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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I will give all the glory of my heart to God who is king.

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Ego glorias onmes amoris mei Deo qui rex est dabo. (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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Have you persuaded her to marry you?

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Persuasistine ei nubere tibi? (See here)

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The happy girl whom was running toward the fountain doesn't like to sleep very often.

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Puella laeta quae ad fontem currebat valde saepe non amat dormire. (See here)

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Every heart bears a secret within itself, but it is these secrets that define us and how we live in this world.

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Cor quidque arcanum intra se fert, sed arcana haec definiunt nos et quomodo in mundo hoc vivimus. (See here)

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I hope that Latin never dies!

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Spero Latinam numquam perire! (See here)

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I knowing the truth wish to give it, but that feels like a lost dream.

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Sciens veritatem volo dare id, sed illud sicut somnium perditum sentit. (See here)

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My father likes to read many books.

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Pater mei legere libros multos amat. (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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Her heart was more broken than his (heart).

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Cors eius fractius erat corde eius. (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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The angry Jack said to his foolish friend, "You are loving that girl, Max? She is a very horrible girl whom you love!"

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Jack iratus amico fatuo dixit, "Tu puellam istam amas, Max? Ea puella pessima quam amas est!" (See here)

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It is necessary for students to study a second language.

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Discipulis linguae secundae studere necesse est. (See here)

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I am loved by her, and she is loved by me.

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Ab ea amor, et ea ab me amatur. (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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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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Don't make me angry; you won't like me when I am angry.

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Mihi iratum non face; tu me non amabis cum ego iratus sum. (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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The mother asked her children not to run in the garden.

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Mater liberos imperavit ne in horto currerent. (See here)

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Prepare to die!

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Para perire! (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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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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Who doesn't like any bird?

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Quis avem ullam non amat? (See here)

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We will rejoice all summer.

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Totam aestatem gaudebimus. (See here)

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This is the eighth day to dine.

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Hic diem octavum est cenare. (See here)

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We are the people.

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Sumus populi. (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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