Learn Latin ten words at a time
Latina
Ten short games: the 102 most useful Latin words and expressions you could live on for years, from greetings and ordering food to numbers, small talk and getting around. Play a lesson in the box beside its words, and the next one starts itself.
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the eleven openers everything else builds on.
- SalveSAL-weh
- Hello
- Bonum maneBOH-noom MAH-neh
- Good morning
- Bonum vesperumBOH-num WES-pe-rum
- Good evening
- ValeWAH-leh
- Goodbye
- Te videboteh wee-DEH-boh
- See you
- QuaesoKWAY-so
- Please
- GratiasGRAH-tee-as
- Thank you
- Libenterlee-BEN-ter
- You're welcome
- Me paenitetmeh PIE-ni-tet
- Sorry
- Ignosce mihiig-NOS-keh MEE-hee
- Excuse me
- Gaudeo te cognoscereGOW-deh-oh teh kog-NOS-ke-reh
- Nice to meet you
Order anything by pointing
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu.
- Velim...WEH-lim
- I would like...
- Hochok
- This one
- Quantum est?KWAN-tum EST
- How much is it?
- Rationem, quaesorah-tee-OH-nem KWAY-so
- The bill, please
- Per chartam creditoriamper KAR-tam kre-di-TOH-ri-am
- By card
- NummisNUM-ees
- In cash
- AquaAH-kwa
- Water
- Cafaeumka-FAI-um
- Coffee
- TheaTEH-a
- Tea
- Cervisiaker-WEE-si-a
- Beer
- SineSEE-neh
- Without...
Yes, no and the essentials
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it.
- ItaEE-ta
- Yes
- Nonnohn
- No
- BeneBEH-neh
- Okay
- Non intellegonohn in-TEL-eh-go
- I don't understand
- Loquerisne Anglice?lo-KWEH-ris-neh AN-gli-keh
- Do you speak English?
- Iterum dic, quaesoEE-te-rum DEEK, KWAY-so
- Can you repeat that?
- Lente, quaesoLEN-teh, KWAY-so
- Slowly, please
- Quid est hoc?kwid est HOK
- What is this?
- Mihi opus est...MEE-hee O-pus est
- I need...
- Potesne me adiuvare?po-TES-neh meh ad-yoo-WAH-reh
- Can you help me?
Counting to ten
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers.
- UnusOO-nus
- One
- DuoDOO-oh
- Two
- TresTREYS
- Three
- QuattuorKWAT-too-or
- Four
- QuinqueKWIN-kweh
- Five
- Sexseks
- Six
- SeptemSEP-tem
- Seven
- OctoOK-toh
- Eight
- NovemNO-wem
- Nine
- DecemDEH-kem
- Ten
Shops and hotels
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk.
- Habesne...?HA-bes-neh
- Do you have...?
- Ubi est...?OO-bee EST
- Where is...?
- Apertuma-PER-tum
- Open
- ClausumKLOW-sum
- Closed
- Sacculum?SAK-koo-lum
- A bag?
- Nimis carumNI-mis KAH-rum
- Too expensive
- Locum reservaviLO-kum re-ser-WAH-wee
- I have a reservation
- Estne ientaculum inclusum?EST-neh yen-TAH-ku-lum in-KLOO-sum
- Is breakfast included?
- Quod est verbum arcanum retis?kwod est WER-bum ar-KAH-num REH-tis
- What's the wifi password?
- Licetne mihi...?LI-ket-neh MEE-hee
- Can I...?
Cafe and restaurant
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen.
- Mensam duobus, quaesoMEN-sahm DOO-oh-bus KWAY-so
- A table for two
- Catalogum, quaesoka-ta-LO-gum KWAY-so
- The menu, please
- Quid commendas?kwid kom-MEN-das
- What do you recommend?
- Non edo...nohn EH-doh
- I don't eat...
- ...mihi nocetMEE-hee NO-ket
- I'm allergic to...
- CarnesKAR-nes
- Meat
- PullusPOOL-lus
- Chicken
- PiscisPIS-kis
- Fish
- Sapidissimum estsa-pee-DIS-see-mum EST
- It's delicious
- Bene tibi!BEH-neh TI-bee
- Cheers
Meeting people
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes.
- Quomodo tu vales?KWO-mo-do too WAH-les
- How are you?
- Bene valeoBEH-neh wah-LAY-oh
- I'm fine, thanks
- Et tu?et TOO
- And you?
- Quid est nomen tibi?kwid est NO-men TI-bee
- What's your name?
- Mihi nomen est...MEE-hee NO-men est
- My name is...
- Unde es?OON-deh es
- Where are you from?
- Sum ex...sum eks
- I'm from...
- Mihi placetMEE-hee PLA-ket
- I like it
- Pulchrum estPUL-krum est
- It's beautiful
- Bene venistiBEH-neh weh-NIS-tee
- Welcome
Getting around
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet.
- Ubi est forica?OO-bee EST for-ee-KAH
- Where is the toilet?
- Quomodo ad ... perveniam?KWO-mo-doh ad ... per-WEH-ni-am
- How do I get to...?
- Sinistrorsumsi-nis-TROR-sum
- To the left
- Dextrorsumdeks-TROR-sum
- To the right
- Recta viaREK-ta WEE-ah
- Straight ahead
- Hichik
- Here
- Statio ferriviariaSTAH-ti-oh fer-ri-wi-AH-ri-a
- Train station
- Autoraeda publicaow-to-RAI-da POOB-li-ka
- Bus
- Aëroportusai-ro-POR-tus
- Airport
- Unum tesseram, quaesoOO-noom TES-ser-ahm KWAY-so
- One ticket, please
Time and days
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please.
- Nuncnoonk
- Now
- PosteaPOS-tay-ah
- Later
- Hodiehoh-DEE-eh
- Today
- Craskrahs
- Tomorrow
- Hac noctehahk NOK-teh
- Tonight
- Quando?KWAN-doh
- When?
- Qua hora aperitur?kwah HO-ra a-pe-REE-tur
- What time does it open?
- Exspecta paulispereks-SPEK-ta pow-LIS-per
- One moment, please
- Minutaemi-NOO-tai
- Minutes
- HoraeHO-rai
- Hours
Help and emergencies
The words you hope to never need.
- Fer auxilium!fer owk-SIL-ee-um
- Help!
- Vocate medicumwo-KAH-teh MEH-dee-kum
- Call a doctor
- VigilesWI-gi-les
- Police
- Apothecariumah-poh-theh-KAH-ree-um
- Pharmacy
- Valetudinariumwa-leh-too-di-NAH-ri-um
- Hospital
- Sum aberratussum ab-er-AH-tus
- I'm lost
- Non me bene habeonohn meh BEH-neh hah-BAY-oh
- I don't feel well
- Rapta estRAP-ta EST
- It was stolen
- Res urgetrays UR-get
- It's an emergency
- Sine meSI-neh meh
- Leave me alone