Useful Latin phrases

A collection of useful phrases in Latin (LINGVA LATINA), an Italic language that was spoken throughout the western Roman Empire until 480 AD. That continued to be used as a language of international communication, scholarship, science and the Roman Catholic Church until the 18th century, and remains the official language of the Holy See and the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.

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

Hear some Latin phrases:

Notes

There are no exact equivalents of Yes or No. Instead, you just repeat the verb. For example, if someone asks you "Intellegisne?" (Do you understand?), the positive reply is "Intellego" (I understand), and the negative is "Non intellego" (I don't understand). The translations shown here for these words are other ways to answer questions.

Recordings by Phil Stamato. Corrections and additions by Phil Stamato, Bill Darlington and Monique Finley

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Collections of Latin phrases
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

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