| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
cheerful | hilaris |
everyone | omnis |
When the teacher enters, everyone is silent. | Cum magistra intrat, omnes tacent. |
happy | felix |
Mother is happy, because father is at home. | Mater felix est, quia pater domi adest. |
Today my friend comes to school cheerful and tells everyone that her sister is happy. | Hodie amica mea hilaris ad scholam venit et omnibus dicit sororem suam felicem esse. |
to report | renuntiare |
The letter-carrier reports to mother that father will soon return home. | Tabellarius matri renuntiat patrem mox domum rediturum esse. |
free from worry | securus |
Mother is now free from worry, because her son is at home. | Mater iam secura est, quia filius domi adest. |
Now, however, the letter-carrier reports that the brother has returned home and that mother is now free from worry. | Nunc autem tabellarius renuntiat fratrem domum rediisse et matrem iam securam esse. |
returning | rediens |
The returning mother greets her son. | Mater rediens filium salutat. |
to embrace | amplecti |
to kiss | osculari |
Mother embraces her returning son and kisses his forehead. | Mater filium redeuntem amplectitur et frontem eius osculatur. |
to cry | lacrimare |
the fear | pavor |
to overcome | vincere |
Although the sister is crying, fear no longer overcomes her, but she laughs cheerfully. | Soror, quamquam lacrimat, non iam pavor eam vincit, sed hilaris ridet. |
anxious | anxius |
It happens that even brave travelers are sometimes anxious, when the road is long and dark. | Fit ut etiam fortes viatores interdum anxii sint, cum via longa et obscura sit. |
But it happened that he saw a small light in a house near the road; so he approached the door and asked for help. | Accidit autem ut parvum lumen in villa prope viam videret; ita ad ianuam accessit et auxilium petivit. |
kind | benignus |
tired | lassus |
After a long hour the tired female student sleeps. | Post longam horam discipula lassa dormit. |
The mistress of the house, a kind woman, received the tired guest without delay and gave him warm water. | Domina villae, femina benigna, hospitem lassum sine mora accepit et aquam calidam dedit. |
harsh | asper |
gentle | blandus |
The man, however, who at first seemed harsh, afterward spoke to the boy in a gentle voice. | Vir autem, qui primo asper videbatur, postea voce blanda puero locutus est. |
at first | initio |
At first the boy is afraid, but afterward he tells his mother the truth. | Puer initio timet, sed postea matri veritatem dicit. |
calm | serenus |
That night, which at first was full of fear, afterward became calm and quiet. | Illa nox, quae initio plena pavoris fuit, postea serena et quieta facta est. |
In the morning the guest greeted the kind mistress again and gave thanks to the man, who was no longer harsh. | Mane hospes benignam dominam iterum salutavit et viro, qui non iam asper erat, gratias egit. |
the comfort | solacium |
The boy says that gentle words often give greater comfort than much food. | Puer dicit verba blanda saepe maius solacium dare quam cibum multum. |
unhappy | infelix |
Mother answers that the comfort of good words is very necessary for unhappy people. | Mater respondet solacium bonorum verborum infelicibus valde necessarium esse. |
to comfort | consolari |
Grandmother comforts her and says that her father will come within a few days. | Avia eam consolatur et dicit patrem intra paucos dies venturum esse. |
the longing | desiderium |
While she tells these things, grandmother holds in her lap her little granddaughter, who is crying because of longing for her father. | Cum haec narrat, avia parvam neptem, quae propter desiderium patris lacrimat, in gremio tenet. |
Longing for her father makes the girl sad. | Desiderium patris puellam tristem facit. |
the absent person | absens |
The absent person wants to return home. | Absens domum redire vult. |
to bring | afferre |
Mother brings fresh bread to the table. | Mater panem recentem ad mensam affert. |
It often happens that longing for absent people brings us pain, but hope lessens the pain. | Fit saepe ut desiderium absentium nobis dolorem afferat, sed spes dolorem minuat. |
When father finally comes, he embraces his little daughter and kisses her again. | Cum pater tandem venit, filiam parvam amplectitur et iterum osculatur. |
whole | omnis |
The whole family waits in the atrium for the returning father. | Omnis familia in atrio patrem redeuntem exspectat. |
the household | domus |
The whole household greets the returning father. | Omnis domus patrem redeuntem salutat. |
the sigh | gemitus |
Mother hears the girl’s sighs and comforts her. | Mater gemitus puellae audit et eam consolatur. |
nightly | nocturnus |
Mother complains about the nightly noise, because the baby cannot sleep. | Mater queritur de strepitu nocturno, quia infans dormire non potest. |
Then the whole household rejoices, and mother tells father about the girl's nightly sighs. | Tum omnis domus gaudet, et mater patri de gemitibus puellae nocturnis narrat. |
to congratulate | gratulari |
safe | salvus |
Mother rejoices, because her daughter returned home safe. | Mater gaudet, quia filia salva domum rediit. |
On the next day the female neighbors congratulate the mother because her husband returned safely. | Postridie vicinae matri gratulantur, quod maritus salvus rediit. |
kindly | benigne |
Mother kindly comforts her daughter. | Mater filiam benigne consolatur. |
Mother receives the neighbors (female) kindly and congratulates them because they care for their daughters so diligently. | Mater vicinas benigne accipit et eis gratulatur, quod filias suas tam diligenter curant. |
The teacher says in school that it happens that unhappy people change more quickly if kind friends are present. | Magistra in schola dicit accidere ut homines infelices celerius mutentur, si amici benigni adsint. |
She also warns that not all harsh words are true, and that not every gentle voice seems true. | Illa etiam monet non omnia verba aspera vera esse, nec omnem vocem blandam veram videri. |
For it often happens that a calm face cannot hide an anxious mind. | Saepe enim fit ut facies serena mentem anxiam celare non possit. |
on the contrary | contra |
The boy is not afraid; on the contrary, he openly tells the truth. | Puer non timet; contra, veritatem aperte dicit. |
sometimes | aliquando |
The girl sometimes sits alone in the garden and looks at the sky. | Puella aliquando in horto sola sedet et caelum spectat. |
the expression | vultus |
The girl’s happy expression makes mother happy. | Vultus puellae laetus matrem laetam facit. |
hidden | occultus |
Mother sees hidden pain in her daughter’s face. | Mater dolorem occultum in vultu filiae videt. |
then | tunc |
First the teacher explains the difficult words; then the students write them in the margin. | Primum magistra verba difficilia interpretatur; tunc discipuli ea in margine scribunt. |
On the contrary, sometimes a harsh expression shows hidden pain, and then one ought to comfort a friend. | Contra, aliquando vultus asper dolorem occultum ostendit, et tunc amicum consolari oportet. |
to sigh | suspirare |
If your friend is crying and sighing, do not leave at once, but stay with her. | Si amica tua lacrimat et suspirat, noli statim discedere, sed apud eam mane. |
to her | illi |
The teacher explains the sentence to her again. | Magistra illi sententiam iterum explicat. |
When I see a weeping friend, I often sigh too and ask what is lacking to her. | Ego, cum amicam flentem video, saepe suspiro quoque et quaero quid illi desit. |
the circumstance | res |
hard | asper |
Life is hard, but friendship gives comfort. | Vita aspera est, sed amicitia solacium dat. |
Mother says that true friendship appears not only in calm days, but also in hard circumstances. | Mater dicit veram amicitiam non solum in diebus serenis, sed etiam in rebus asperis apparere. |
not only | nec ... tantum |
The teacher says that prudence is useful not only in public life, but also in private life. | Magistra dicit prudentiam nec in vita publica tantum, sed etiam in vita privata utilem esse. |
fortunate | felix |
The defendant is fortunate, because the judge acquits her. | Rea felix est, quia iudex eam absolvit. |
unfortunate | infelix |
When the unfortunate girl is crying, mother kindly comforts her. | Cum puella infelix lacrimat, mater eam benigne consolatur. |
the kindness | benignitas |
Mother’s kindness comforts the sad girl. | Benignitas matris puellam tristem consolatur. |
And so a wise woman is present not only for the fortunate, but also for the unfortunate, and overcomes everyone by kindness. | Itaque sapiens femina nec felicibus tantum, sed etiam infelicibus adest, et omnes benignitate vincit. |
difficult | asper |
This exercise is difficult, but the teacher says that we can complete it. | Haec exercitatio aspera est, sed magistra dicit nos eam perficere posse. |
In difficult circumstances, steadfastness is worth more than fear. | In rebus asperis, constantia plus valet quam timor. |
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