The literal translation of the Latin word "ubi" in English is "where". First common use in English was around 1640-1740.
Latin is closer to English than a lot of languages, like Swahili or Mandarin. That's because Latin and English are both in the same language family - called Indo-European.
Sharing a language family doesn't necessarily make it easy for an English speaker to learn Latin, the ancient language of the Romans. Since the Romance languages (e.g., French and Spanish) evolved from Latin, familiarity with them helps. Here are some tips about the parts of speech in Latin shared by About.com.
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