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Greetings |
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Salve! Salvete! |
Hello! (to one / more persons) |
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Ave! |
Hello! Bye! |
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Vale! Valete! |
Fare well! Goodbye! |
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Polite phrases |
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Quid agis? Quid agitis? |
How are you? (to one / more persons) |
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Valeo. Valemus. |
I'm fine. / We are fine. |
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Paulo minus valeo. |
I'm not very well. |
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Non valeo. |
I'm not well. |
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Cur non vales? |
Why aren't you well? (to one person) |
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Aeger (aegra) / fatigatus (a) / indignatus (a) sum. |
I'm ill / tired / in a bad mood (Answer by male/female) |
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Gratias tibi ago. |
Thank you. |
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Salutatio. |
You're welcome. |
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Quaeso. |
Please. |
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Introducing oneself |
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Quis tu? |
Who are you? |
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Mihi nomen est ... |
My name is ... |
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Suave te cognoscere est. |
Nice to get to know you. |
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Quot annos natus(a) es? |
How old are you? (Talking to a male/female) |
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... annos natus(a) sum. |
I am ... years old. (Answer by male/female) |
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Unde es? |
Where are you from? (to one person) |
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Sina |
China |
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Britannia. Hibernia. |
Britain. Ireland. |
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Hispania. |
Spain / Portugal |
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Gallia. Belgica. |
France. Belgium. |
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Germania |
Germany (included Netherlands and most of Eastern Europe) |
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Italia. Graecia. |
Italy. Greece. |
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Asia minor. |
Turkey. |
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Syria / Phoenicia. Judaea. |
Syria. Israel. |
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Arabia. |
the Arabian peninsula. |
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Aegyptus |
Egypt. |
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Agreeing and disagreeing |
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Sic est. Scilicet. Certe. |
It's so. Of course. Certainly. |
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Fortasse. Verisimile. |
Perhaps. Likely. |
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Non ita. Minime. Non. |
It isn't so. Not at all. Not. |
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Nescio. |
I don't know. |
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Non intellego. |
I don't understand |
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Words of love |
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(Ego) amo te. |
I love you. (place "ego" if you want to stress "I") |
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Amor! |
Love! |
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Columba! |
Pidgeon! |
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Lepus! |
Hare! |
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Gemma! |
Jewel! |
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Words of hate |
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Vipera impudens! |
Impudent snake! |
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Fur! |
Thief! |
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Nequissime! |
Good-for-nothing! |
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Asine! |
Donkey! |
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Inepte! |
Idiot! |