Looking for practical Latin to Chuukese phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Latin phrase first, then the Chuukese translation (Chuukese) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Chuukese.
Tip: pick five Chuukese phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Salve
Mwar a ngeni(mwar a ngeni)
Gratias tibi
Kinisou(kinisou)
Bonum mane
Mwar a pwe(mwar a pwe)
Bonum postmeridianum
Mwar a pwe fiti(mwar a pwe fiti)
Bonum vesperum
Mwar a pwe nien(mwar a pwe nien)
Bona nox
Mwar a pwe en(mwar a pwe en)
Vide te postea
Chok ngeni(chok ngeni)
Vale
Soun(soun)
Quod est nomen tuum?
Nukuchuk a ngeni?(nukuchuk a ngeni)
Nomen meum est Iohannes
A ngeni John(a ngeni John)
Quomodo es?
Nukuchuk a ngeni?(nukuchuk a ngeni)
Te convenire mihi iucundum est
Kinisou a ngeni(kinisou a ngeni)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Loquerisne Anglice?
Mwe pwe esei English?(Loquerisne Anglice?)
Non bene loquor Hindi.
Ngeni pwe esei Hindi mehn.(Non bene loquor Hindi.)
Non intellego.
Ngeni pwe fenen.(Non intellego.)
Quaeso, lente loquere.
Pwe esei mehn.(Quaeso, lente loquere.)
Potesne id iterum dicere?
Mwe pwe esei an?(Potesne id iterum dicere?)
Ubi est latrina?
Where pwe an bathroom?(Ubi est latrina?)
Quomodo ad centrum urbis pervenio?
Mwe pwe fenen an city center?(Quomodo ad centrum urbis pervenio?)
Dextra verte.
Pwe fefen.(Dextra verte.)
Sinistra verte.
Pwe fefen.(Sinistra verte.)
I ad rectum.
Pwe fenen.(I ad rectum.)
Quot est merces?
Ewe pwe an fare?(Quot est merces?)
Unum tessera, quaeso.
Mwe pwe an ticket.(Unum tessera, quaeso.)
Estne longum a hic?
Ewe pwe far from here?(Estne longum a hic?)
Ego sum perditus.
Ngeni pwe lost.(Ego sum perditus.)
Ubi possum emere SIM card?
Where pwe an buy SIM card?(Ubi possum emere SIM card?)
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Ita
O
Non
A
Fortasse
Mwe
Consentio
Ngeni an
Non consentio
Ngeni aen
Bene sonat
Ewe pwe
Quid censes?
Mwe e pwe?
Potesne me adiuvare?
Mwe e pwe pwe?
Auxilium mihi opus est
Ngeni pwe pwe
Exspecta paulisper
Mwe pwe in
Me paenitet
Ngeni a pwe
Nullum problema
A pwe a
Felicitaciones
Kinisou
Felix natalis dies
Fahk a pwe
Felix iter habeas
Pwe pwe ewe
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Ubi est statio ferriviaria?
Where is the train station?(Ewe mwak mehnuk?)
Ubi est statio bus?
Where is the bus stop?(Ewe mwak bus stop?)
Quae est suggestus?
Mweir mehnuk?(Which platform?)
Quo tempore discedit?
Ewe mwak mehnuk?(What time?)
Estne haec via recta?
Ewe mwak epe?(Is this the right way?)
Prope est hic
Ewe mwak epe?(It is near here)
Longius est ab hoc
Ewe mwak epe?(It is far from here)
Potesne mihi ostendere in mappa?
Ewe mwak epe?(Can you show me?)
Siste hic, quaeso
Stop here, please(Stop here, please)
Quot tempus capit?
Ewe mwak epe?(How long?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Quot hoc constat?
Ehu an pwe ese?(eh-oo an pweh eh-seh)
Id nimis carum est.
Ewe pwe ese pwe ehu.(eh-weh pweh eh-seh pweh eh-hoo)
Habesne quidquam cheap?
Ika pwe ehu an pwe ese?(ee-kah pweh eh-hoo an pweh eh-seh)