Useful Latin phrases

A collection of useful phrases in Latin. Click on the English phrases to see them in many other languages.

Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person)

English	Lingua Latina (Latin)
Hello	Heus (inf) Ave / Salve (sg) Salvete (pl)
How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?	Quomodo vales? Quid agis? (sg) Quid agitis? (pl) Quid res tecum sunt? Esne salvus/salva?
How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?	Valeo (sg) Valemus (pl)
What's your name? My name is ...	Quid est nomen tuum?
What's your name? My name is ...	Meum nomen ... est
Good morning	Ut vales hatie mane?
Goodbye	Vale (sg) Valete (pl)
Good luck	Bona fortuna!
Cheers/Good health!	Sanitas bona! Bene tibi!
Have a nice day	Die dulci fruimini
I don't understand	Nullo intellego
Please speak more slowly	Loquere, quaeso, paulo lentius
Please say that again	Dic iterum sivis / Iterum dicere potes?
Do you speak Latin? Yes, I speak a little Latin	Loquerisne linguam latinam?
Do you speak Latin? Yes, I speak a little Latin	Sic, paululum linguae Latinae dico
How much is this?	Quanti constat?
Sorry	Ignosce mihi!
Thank you	Gratias tibi ago (inf) Gratias vobis ago (fml & pl) Multas gratias vobis ago
Where's the toilet?	Ubi sunt latrinae? Ubi sunt loca secreta? Ubi est conclave necessarium?
I love you	Amo te
Get well soon	Convalescas ex aegroto mox
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year	Natale hilare et annum faustum
Happy Easter	Prospera Pascha sit
Happy Birthday	Felix dies natalis / Felix sit natalis dies
One language is never enough	Una lingua numquam satis est
My hovercraft is full of eels	Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat

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