You're welcome

amans · Post by **amans** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:28 pm

saluete omnes

Does anyone know how to say "you're welcome" in Latin? I have no phrase book and my dictionary does not offer much help. I mean "you're welcome" used as a reply when someone else says "thank you". Perhaps quaeso could do, as "je vous en prie" in French or "prego" in Italian.

tantas uobis gratias ago

Ioannes · Post by **Ioannes** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:19 pm

What about "cum guadio"?

benissimus · Post by **benissimus** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:36 am

there are a couple ways to respond to thanks, most (if not all) of them modest rejections. we discussed this a very long time ago in these two threads:
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viewtopic.php?t=860

Lucus Eques · Post by **Lucus Eques** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:20 am

I'm still not sure myself on the matter. But just to array them, here are all five possibilities that have been suggested that I recall:

nihil laboris est

"It's [of] no trouble."

aliud cura

I can't manage to translate this meaningfully.

aufer mihi ista

I understand it, but what would be a good English translation? aufer is naturally the imperative, but where does the ista fit? If it's essentially nominative (referring to the feminine "res"?), wouldn't it have to be the vocative? Or is it ablative?

causa non est

"There's no reason [to thank]" which reminds me of the German nichts zu danken.

cum gaudio

This may be my favorite, for I personally enjoy saying "with pleasure" after helping someone, because I do indeed take such pleasure. But does it stand effectively with the rest of Latin? Ita precor.

FiliusLunae · Post by **FiliusLunae** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:31 am

This site has:

Salutatio. - You're welcome

benissimus · Post by **benissimus** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:47 am

Lucus Eques wrote:aufer mihi ista

I understand it, but what would be a good English translation? aufer is naturally the imperative, but where does the ista fit? If it's essentially nominative (referring to the feminine "res"?), wouldn't it have to be the vocative? Or is it ablative?

ista would surely be neuter plural, implied uerba, or just a substantive neuter "thing(s)".

Lucus Eques · Post by **Lucus Eques** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:00 pm

"Salutatio?" vero?

Cyborg · Post by **Cyborg** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:43 am

maybe one of these words could be used by someone to invent a "you're welcome":
- amplexor
- chaere
- chere
- gratus
- periucundus