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RUDIMENTA(Getting Started) DE EPISTULA SCRIBENDA (Writing a letter) DE FAMILIA(The Family) DE ITINERE (Getting Around) VERBA UTILIA(Useful Phrases) |
APUD MEDICUM(At the Doctor's) APUD ALIMENTARIUM(At the Grocer's) APUD TONSOREM/ORNATRICEM(At the Barber’s/Ladies’ Hairdressers) APUD TABERNARIUM (At the Pub) |
Hello!
salve/salvete!
Goodbye!
vale/valete!
Thank you
gratias ago/gratias
Please
si tibi/vobis placet
How do you do?
quid agis?
Are you well?
valesne?
What’s new?
quid novi?
I don’t understand
non intellego
I’m sorry
me paenitet/veniam peto
Could you repeat that?
velis id iterum dicere?/iterum?
Please speak more slowly
loquere/loquimini lentius, si placet
What is your name?
quid nomen est?/quo nomine appellaris?/quis es?
Do you speak English?
anglice loqueris?
What time is it?
quota hora est?
It’s the first hour (after sunrise)
prima hora est (secunda, tertia etc.)
It’s 12 o’clock (noon)
meridies est
Midnight
media nox
Dear Quintus
(Marcus) Quinto salutem (dicit)
Goodbye/best wishes/yours faithfully etc.
vale!
Where do you live?
ubi habitas?
Where are you from (what town or country)?
cuias es?
I’m English by birth
genere/natione Anglus/Angla sum
Have you any sisters/brothers?
habesne sorores/fratres?
How many brothers do you have?
quot fratres habes?
How old are they/you?
quot annos habent/habes?
Have you any pets?
habesne animalia domestica?
Do you have a cat/dog?
habesne felem/canem?
What do you do in the city?
quid agis in urbe?
What do you do in your free time?
quid agis otiosus/otiosa?
I like reading
lego libenter/legere mihi placet
Do you look like your mother/father?
matrem/patrem refers?
I want to go shopping
volo obsonare
How do I get to…
qua via pervenire ad… possim?
Where is/are…?
ubi est/sunt…?
… bank
… argentaria
… baths
… thermae
… public toilets
… latrinae publicae
… library
… bibliotheca
… theatre
… theatrum
… take-away/hot food shop
… popina
… bakery
… pistrina
… market
… macellum
… butcher’s shop
… laniena
… vestiaria
… clothes shop
… house for sale
… villa venalis
I’ve lost all my money!
omnem pecuniam amisi!
Do you come here often?
frequentasne hunc locum?
Does my bum look big in this?
lata videtur puga in hac?
Make my day!
fac ut gaudeam!
Get a life!
fac ut vivas!
Get lost!
abi in malam rem!
My father went to Rome and all I got was this crummy toga
pater Roma regressus mihi hanc sordidam togam attulit
Is there a doctor in the house?
estne medicus in casa?
Hello, Doctor!
salve, o medice!
I don’t feel well
ego non valeo
I have a headache/stomachache
dolorem capitis/ventris fero
I feel faint
animo male est
I have false teeth
dentes falsos habeo
Milk
lac
Cornflakes
frusta frumentaria
Extra virgin olive oil
merum oleum oleaginum
Mince
minutal
Loo roll
minutalia
Pizza
orbs crusti (see Aeneid VII)
Apples/fruit
poma
Stuffed olives
olivae fartae
Please trim my hair/beard
tonde meos capillos/meam barbam, si placet
I want my hair dyed blonde/red
volo meos crines flavos/rutilos tingi
Landlord!
caupo!
Barman!
tabernari!
Two beers please!
duo pocula fermenti, si placet!
More wine!
plus vini!
I’ve drunk too much
nimium bibi