Loquere Quasi Romani

Salve! Quid agis, amice? Visne loquere quasi Romani? Sententias has disce!

Salve! - Hello!
Salvete! - Hello! (to a group of people)

Quid tibi nomen est? - What's your name?
Mihi nomen est ... - My name is ...

Quid agis? - How are you?
Valeo - I'm doing fine

Optime - Great
Bene - Well
Male - Badly
Pessime - Really badly
Et tu? - And you?

Quid novi? - What's new?
Nihil - nothing

Visne ... - Do you want to ... ?
... ad theatrum ire? - go to the theater?
... ad tabernam ire? - go to the store?

Ubi sunt latrinae? - Where are the bathrooms?

Vade recte - Go straight
Verte dextra - Turn right
Verte sinistra - Turn left

Gratias - Thanks!
Libenter - You're welcome

Vale! - Bye!
Valete! - Bye! (to a group of people)

Pronunciation notes: 

In Latin, you must pronounce every letter - there are no silent letters! Words like optime should be three syllables - op-ti-me.

A c in Latin is always hard, like a k - recte should be pronounced rek-tay.

A v in Latin is pronounced like a w - valeo should be pronounced wall-lay-o.


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