LATIN CONVERSATION

Greetings

 

Salve! Salvete!

Hello! (to one / more persons)

Ave!

Hello! Bye!

Vale! Valete!

Fare well! Goodbye!

 

 

Polite phrases

 

Quid agis? Quid agitis?

How are you? (to one / more persons)

Valeo. Valemus.

I'm fine. / We are fine.

Paulo minus valeo.

I'm not very well.

Non valeo.

I'm not well.

Cur non vales?

Why aren't you well? (to one person)

Aeger (aegra) / fatigatus (a) / indignatus (a) sum.

I'm ill / tired / in a bad mood (Answer by male/female)

Gratias tibi ago.

Thank you.

Salutatio.

You're welcome.

Quaeso.

Please.

 

 

Introducing oneself

 

Quis tu?

Who are you?

Mihi nomen est ...

My name is ...

Suave te cognoscere est.

Nice to get to know you.

Quot annos natus(a) es?

How old are you? (Talking to a male/female)

... annos natus(a) sum.

I am ... years old. (Answer by male/female)

Unde es?

Where are you from? (to one person)

Sina

China

Britannia. Hibernia.

Britain. Ireland.

Hispania.

Spain / Portugal

Gallia. Belgica.

France. Belgium.

Germania

Germany (included Netherlands and most of Eastern Europe)

Italia. Graecia.

Italy. Greece.

Asia minor.

Turkey.

Syria / Phoenicia. Judaea.

Syria. Israel.

Arabia.

the Arabian peninsula.

Aegyptus

Egypt.

 

 

Agreeing and disagreeing

 

Sic est. Scilicet. Certe.

It's so. Of course. Certainly.

Fortasse. Verisimile.

Perhaps. Likely.

Non ita. Minime. Non.

It isn't so. Not at all. Not.

Nescio.

I don't know.

Non intellego.

I don't understand

 

 

Words of love

 

(Ego) amo te.

I love you. (place "ego" if you want to stress "I")

Amor!

Love!

Columba!

Pidgeon!

Lepus!

Hare!

Gemma!

Jewel!

 

 

Words of hate

 

Vipera impudens!

Impudent snake!

Fur!

Thief!

Nequissime!

Good-for-nothing!

Asine!

Donkey!

Inepte!

Idiot!