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?
Valeo (sg) Valemus (pl)
What's your name?
My name is ...
Quid est nomen tuum?
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?
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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Collections of Latin phrases
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/9601/cotidie.html
http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/adamhoward/latincomm.html
http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases
http://latin-phrases.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A218882
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/omnibus.html
http://www.biopsych.net/psyhumor/latin_phrases_for_all_occasions.htm
http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/latin-uk.htm

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