Useful Non-English
Conversational Phrases

Add some depth to your character with these

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Below are some useful phrases that you can use to add some additional depth while in character.  Even if you may not be fluent in French or Latin or Gaelic, just dropping a couple of these in passing can easily give the impression that you are.

French
Especially good for use around the court, and impressing people (which was basically the only function of the court anyway.)
Phrase	Pronunciation	English Translation
Bonjour	bone-shoor	Hello
qu'est-ce qu'il se passé	"Kess key suh pass"	What's Happening?
Votre visage ressemble a un champignon	Votruh veezahj rezahmbl ah uhn shampeenyon	Your face resembles a mushroom
Henri VIII a beaucoup de flutes a bec	Ahn-ree wheat ah bow-coo duh floot ah beck	Henry VII has many recorders
Avec quel animal est-ce que vous vous identifier le plus fort?	A-vec kell aneemahl ess kuh voo voo eedehntifay luh ploo four	With which animal do you most strongly identify?
Ma grand tante s'est battu dans la Guerre de Cent Ans	Mah grahnd tahnt say battoo dahn luh gehr duuh sohnt ahn	My great aunt fought in the Hundred Year's War

Latin
Good for general all-round usage, as it was most commonly spoken in church.
Phrase	Pronunciation	English Translation
Heus! or Ohe!	heus or ohay	Hello
quo tempore est?	kwo temp-or-ay est	what time is it?
Quando prandimus?	Cwando pran-deemus	When is Lunch?
Diabolus me coegit peccare	Dee-abo-lus fake-it, uht id fak-eh-rem	The devil made me do it
Vescere bracis meis	Wes-keree brahk-iss may-iss	Eat my shorts
Vultus natiformis	Woolt-us nati-formis	Butt-face
Vale	Wah-lay	Goodbye

Irish Gaelic
Good for general usage by any English or Irish persona
Phrase	Pronunciation	English Translation
Dia dhuit	JEE-ah gwitch	Hello
Conas ta tu	CUNN-us thaw too	How are you?
Ta tuirse orm	thaw TIRR-shuh UR-um	I am tired
Dean deifir	jane JEFF-er	Hurry
Cén t-am atá sé anois?	cayn tom ay a-NISH	What time is it now?
Nil fhios agam	nyeel iss UG-um	I don't know
Aithnionn ciarog ciarog eile	AH-nee-un KEER-ohg KEER-ohg ELL-uh	One beetle recognizes another
Gabh mo leithsceal	gow muh LESH-kayl	Excuse me
Dia do bheatha	JEE-ah duh VAH-hah	God bless your life
Slan leat	Slawn laht	Goodbye (to one leaving)
Slan agat	Slawn UG-ut	Goodbye (by one leaving)

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