Denuone Latine loquebar?

Was I speaking Latin again?

Most of this page has been quoted from Henry Beard's book, The Complete Latin for all Occasions (Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus In Toto).

So tug up your toga, relax on that couch, and prepare to be educated!

• Sure, I speak a little Latin.
  Sane, paululum linguae Latinae dico.
• I picked it up here and there. Really, Latin isn't all that hard.
  Id legi modo hic modo illic. Vero, Latine loqui non est difficilissimum.
• It looks like a tricky language, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly.
  Lingua speciem involutam praebet, sed sat cito eam comprehendes.
• And remember, there aren't any Romans around to correct your pronunciation.
  Atque memento, nulli adsunt Romanorum qui locutionem tuam corrigant.

Signs of the times ...

• BEWARE OF DOG
  CAVE CANEM
• DO NOT DISTURB
  NOLI PERTURBARE
• KEEP OUT
  NOLI INTRARE
• THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING
  TIBI GRATIAS AGIMUS QUOD NIHIL FUMAS
• HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN
  SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS

Things you may say a lot ...

• There goes by bleeper!
  Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
• Garbage in, garbage out.
  Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.
• Here today, gone tomorrow.
  Hodie adsit, cras absit.
• Seen one, seem them all.
  Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
• What goes around, comes around.
  Id quot circumiret, circumveniat.
• God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
  Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
• I've got to see a man about a dog.
  Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
• I think that Elvis is still alive.
  Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere.

Handy catch phrases

• Have a nice day.
  Die dulci fruimini.
• No way.
  Nullo modo.
• Read my lips ...
  Labra lege ...
• Accidentally on purpose.
  Casu consulto.
• Just do it
  Modo fac
• Bah! Humbug!
  Phy! Fabulae!
• If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
• Read 'em and weep.
  Lege atque lacrima.
• I have nothing to declare.
  Nihil declaro.
• It was that way when I got here.
  Ita erat quando hic adveni.

Medical conditions ...

• Impedimentum Memoriae
  A mental block that makes it hard to remember names.
• Inopia Celeritatis
  A mild dyslexia that makes it impossible to arrive on time.
• Morbus Irrigationis
  A rare disease aggravated by watering friends' plants.

A few more essential phrases ...

• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
  Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
• May barbarians invade your personal space!
  Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
• May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
  Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
• Don't let the bastards wear you down.
  Noli nothis permittere te terere.
• Go ahead. Make my day.
  Age. Fac ut gaudeam.
• How much wood would a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?
  Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
• Beam me up, Scotty!
  Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
• Who was that masked man?
  Quis fuit ille personatus?
• Now this isn't carved in stone ...
  Nunc hoc in marmore non est incisum ...
• Shark! Shark!
  Pistrix! Pistrix!
• Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English?
  Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice?
• You charge how much an hour?
  Quantum in ura hora imputas?
• I'd like to buy some condoms.
  Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra.

Don't forget the Seven Dwarfs!

• Fatuus
  Dopey
• Medicullus
  Doc
• Severus
  Grumpy
• Beatus
  Happy
• Somniculosus
  Sleepy
• Verecundus
  Bashful
• Sternuens
  Sneezy

In use today ...

The Australian Fish Diseases Laboratory, part of CSIRO, have adopted the carefully-researched motto "Quidquid excusatio prandium pro" for their social activities - "Any excuse for lunch!"

And, of course, caveat depascor means "Browser Beware!"