Conversational Latin Survival Phrases
Use this as a language resource as you learn to speak Latin. You will find lists of words and vocabulary below of Common Latin Phrases , the Latin Phrases for Meeting and Greeting and Latin in the Bathroom at the end, which will assist you with conversational Latin.
The following Latin language lesson is a partial excerpt from Transparent Language's Latin software, Learn Latin Now!.
Additional resources:
- Hear Latin phrases to learn pronunciation spoken by a native Latin speaker.
Common Latin Phrases
- salve! Greetings!
- vale. Goodbye.
- bene! Great!
- euge! Hurray!
- hercle! By golly!
- satis! Enough!
- eheu! Oh, no!
- quis es tu? Who are you?
- ego sum mercator. I am a businessman.
- quid vis? What do you want?
- audi! Listen up!
- placentne tibi? Do you like them?
- ego tibi gratias maximas ago. Thanks a million!
Latin Phrases for Meeting and Greeting
- carpe diem! Seize the day!
- requiescat in pace. Rest in peace.
- cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am.
- ars longa, vita brevis. Art is long, life is short.
- in vino veritas. There is truth in wine.
- ab uno disce omnes. If you've seen one, you've seen them all.
- de mortuis nil nisi bonum. Do not speak ill of the dead.
- O tempora! O mores! Oh, what times we live in! Oh, what morals!
- usus magister est optimus. Experience is the best teacher.
- fortuna caeca est. Luck is blind.
- omnia vincit amor. Love conquers all.
Latin in the Bathroom
- balneum bathroom
- lābrum bathtub
- lātrīna toilet
- mantźle towel
- novācula razor
- pelvis sink
- sāpō soap
When learning Spanish, survival phrases are also available.