Some Funny Latin Translations By Carina Hahn

 

How to Flatter People in Latin

 

Have you lost weight? 
  Nonne macescis?

You haven’t aged a bit! 
  Minime senuisti

It looks great on you! 
   Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam

A wig? I never would have guessed! 
 Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!

 

Phrases in Latin

Your fly is open. 
  Braccae tuae aperiuntur.

 

Sounding Smart in Latin

Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? 
   Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar?

Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. 
 Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.

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.

 

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