Latin phrasebook
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Meeting and greeting
| Vernacular | Latin |
|---|---|
| Hello! (to one person) | Salvé! |
| Hello! (to many persons) | Salvéte! |
| I am Quinctilius. My name is Quinctilius (Lucretia, Capito). | Egó sum Quinctílius. Nómen mihí est Quinctílió (Lucrétiae, Capitóní). - See dative |
| Who are you? What is your name? (to one person) | Quis es tú? Quid nómen tibí est? |
| Who are you? What are your names? (to many persons) | Quí estis vós? Quae nómina vóbís sunt? |
| How are you? | Ut valés? (sing.) Ut valétis? (plur.) |
| Thank you! Thank you very much. | Grátiás (tibí agó). Grátiás maximás (tibí agó). |
| I'm well, and you? | Valeó, et tú? (sing.) |
| Thanks, I'm fine, too. | Grátiás tibí, egó quoque valeó. |
| Speak slowly, please, that I may understand you. | Tardé loquere, quaesó, ut té intellegam. |
| Where do you live? | Ubí habitás? |
| I live in Rome (in London, in New York) | Habitó Rómae (Londinií, Noví Eborací). - See locative |
| Excuse me! | Ígnósce mihí! |
| Now I have to go home. | Nunc est mihí domum féstínandum. |
| Good bye! | Valé! (sing.) Valéte! (plur.) |
Other
Let's just get stuff in now and organize it later, as the topics emerge.
| Vernacular | Latin |
|---|---|
| Where is the toilet? | Ubí latrína est? |
| Pass the (bread/wine/cheese/garum) please. | Tráde, quaesó, mihí (pánem/vínum/caseum/garum)! |
| (Many) thanks! (to one/to many) | (Multás) grátiás (tibí/vóbís) agó. |
