Latin/Common Phrases

Salvēte omnēs! I hope you are enjoying these lessons in basic Latin. If you are just joining, here are the links that will help you catch up:

Here are some basic phrases of conversational Latin, or “time traveler’s Latin” if you suddenly find yourself whisked back to Ancient Rome. I am not by any means an expert on conversational Latin, but this is certainly enough to get you started. There are whole books and conventions devoted to reviving spoken Latin, though.

New Grammar and Vocabulary
The grammar required for polite conversation is a little too detailed to study formally here, but you will notice the imperative singular and plural of some verbs, and some of the conjugation of valeō in the present tense. You may also notice that to turn a statement into a question, sometimes the particle -ne is tacked on to the end of a word. There are other ways of asking a question, such as the interrogative pronoun quid. And let’s learn the conjugation of valeō since we will be using it so much:

New Sentences
Omnibus vōbīs multās grātiās agō. (Thank you all very much). For the next lesson it is about time to start systematically introducing some 1st declension nouns and a few of the cases. Valēte!