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"LEARNING CHINESE" That's not right: Sum Ting Wong Are you harboring a fugitive?: Hu Yu Hai Ding? See me ASAP: Kum Hia Nao Stupid Man: Dum Gai Small Horse: Tai Ni Po Ni Did you go to the beach?: Wai Yu So Tan? I bumped into a coffee table: Ai Bang Mai Ni I think you need a face lift: Chin Tu Fat It's very dark in here: Wai So Dim? I thought you were on a diet: Mun Ching? This is a tow away zone: No Pah King You are not very bright: Yu So Dum I got this for free: Ai No Pei Please stay a while longer: Wai Go Nao? Stay out of sight: Lei Lo He's cleaning his automobile: Wa Shing Ka Your body odor is offensive: Yu Stin Ki Pu HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS Can you drive a French motorcycle? EX POST FUCTO Lost in the mail. IDIOS AMIGOS We're wild and crazy guys! VENI, VIPI, VICI I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered. COGITO EGGO SUM I think; therefore I waffle. RIGOR MORRIS The cat is dead. RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID Honk if you're Scottish. QUE SERA SERF Life is feudal. LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI The king is dead. No kidding. POSH MORTEM Death styles of the rich and famous. MONAGE A TROIS I am three years old. FELIX NAVIDAD Our cat has a boat. VENI, VIDI, VICE I came, I saw, I partied. QUIP PRO QUOA Fast retort. ALOHA OY Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you would never know. MAZEL TON Tons of luck VISA LA FRANCE Don't leave your chateau without it. COGITO, ERGO SPUD I think, therefore I Yam. VENI, VIDI, VELCRO I came, I saw, I stuck around. ICH BIT EIN BERLINER He deserved it. ZITGEIST The Clearasil doesn't quite cover it up. You never know when a little conversational Latin might come in handy. Toward that end I've dug up a few Latin Phrases for you to familiarize yourself with... Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! God, look at the time! My wife will kill me! Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est. The designated hitter rule has got to go. Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. I think some people in togas are plotting against me. Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris. If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar. Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (At a barbeque) Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? Neutiquam erro. I am not lost. Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. |
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