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Uncommon Latin Lesson
That is certain that can be made certain.
These Latin phrases are from an e-mail I received in 1998. There's no source and I don't vouch for the accuracy of the translation. But it's kind of fun.
Die dulci fruere: Have a nice day. Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi: Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog. Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!: If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin! Sona si Latine loqueris: Honk if you speak Latin. Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!: Don't you dare erase my hard disk! Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam: I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. Gramen artificiosum odi: I hate Astroturf.
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare: I think some people in togas are plotting against me. Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo: Don't call me, I'll call you. Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules: If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults. Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!: May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! Canis meus id comedit: My dog ate it. Illiud Latine dici non potest: You can't say that in Latin. Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?: Seen any good movies lately? Nullo metro compositum est: It doesn't rhyme. Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema: I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it's not a poem. Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!: May barbarians invade your personal space!
Quo signo nata es?: What's your sign? Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt: You know, the Romans invented the art of love. Tam exanimis quam tunica Nehru fio: I am as dead as the Nehru jacket. Ventis secundis, tene cursum: Go with the flow. Totum dependeat: Let it all hang out. Te precor dulcissime supplex!: Pretty please with a cherry on top! Magister Mundi sum!: I am the Master of the Universe! Fac me cocleario vomere!: Gag me with a spoon! Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure: I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. Prehende uxorem meam, sis!: Take my wife, please! Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est: Yes, that is a very large amount of corn. Vescere bracis meis: Eat my shorts. Sic faciunt omnes: Everyone is doing it. Vacca foeda: Stupid cow. Fac ut vivas: Get a life.
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