| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
What sort of book do you like today? | Qualis liber tibi hodie placet? |
wisest | prudentissimus |
Grandfather is the wisest of all. | Avus omnium prudentissimus est. |
The teacher asks what sort of character seems wisest in this story. | Magistra rogat qualis persona in hac fabula prudentissima videatur. |
How great a noise there is in front of the theater today! | Quantus clamor ante theatrum hodie est! |
Father wonders how great a rain fell so suddenly. | Pater miratur quantus imber tam subito ceciderit. |
So many female students are present that the teacher is happy. | Tot discipulae adsunt ut magistra laeta sit. |
Mother received so many letters that in the evening she could hardly read them. | Tot epistulas mater accepit ut eas vesperi vix legere posset. |
Which book is more pleasing to you, this one or that one? | Uter liber tibi gratior est, hic an ille? |
The teacher asks which student (of two) may understand this sentence more easily. | Magistra rogat uter discipulus hanc sententiam facilius intellegat. |
The library is quieter than the forum, and so some students prefer to read there. | Bibliotheca foro quietior est, itaque nonnulli discipuli ibi legere malunt. |
Some women hurry to the forum, but some men stay at home. | Nonnullae feminae ad forum festinant, sed nonnulli viri domi manent. |
them | is |
The teacher warns them to be silent in the library. | Magistra eos monet ut in bibliotheca taceant. |
A few girls walk to the riverbank after school, and most of the boys follow them. | Aliquot puellae post scholam ad ripam ambulant, et plerique pueri eas sequuntur. |
Mother carries a few apples and pears in a basket, but most of the fruit stays at home. | Mater aliquot mala et pira in canistro portat, sed plerique fructus domi manent. |
Does anyone know why the gate is being opened so late today? | Num quisquam scit cur porta hodie tam sero aperiatur? |
Hardly anyone is on the road, because heavy rain is falling. | Vix quisquam in via est, quia pluvia gravis cadit. |
The girl walks across the bridge so that she may see her friend. | Puella trans pontem ambulat, ut amicam videat. |
The dog ought not to run across the road, although a carriage is moving slowly past the temple. | Canis trans viam currere non debet, quamquam raeda praeter templum lente movetur. |
to go | procedere |
The boy goes to his mother and tells the truth. | Puer ad matrem procedit et veritatem dicit. |
Father says that this road is shorter than that one, and so he goes past the market to the bakery. | Pater dicit hanc viam illa breviorem esse, itaque praeter macellum ad pistrinum procedit. |
Many citizens stand around the rostra and listen to the speaker. | Multi cives circa rostra stant et oratorem audiunt. |
The boys sit around the hearth while grandmother tells a story. | Pueri circa focum sedent, dum avia fabulam narrat. |
Behind the house there is a small garden. | Retro villam hortus parvus est. |
up | sursum |
The little bird flies up and the boy watches it. | Parva avis sursum volat et puer eam spectat. |
The boy climbs up into the tree so that he may see the nest. | Puer sursum in arborem ascendit, ut nidum videat. |
Smoke rises upward from the hearth while mother prepares dinner. | Fumus sursum e foco surgit, dum mater cenam parat. |
Water flows downward from the mountain. | Aqua deorsum e monte fluit. |
The boy looks downward from the tower and sees the river. | Puer deorsum ex turri spectat et flumen videt. |
The teacher calls the students inside, because the wind is cold. | Magistra discipulos intro vocat, quia ventus frigidus est. |
Mother carries the baby inside; when the rain stops, the girls go outside again. | Mater infantem intro fert; cum imber desinit, puellae iterum foras exeunt. |
Do not run outside; for Marcus has completely forgotten that he has not yet put on his boots. | Noli foras currere; Marcus enim prorsus oblitus est se caligas nondum induisse. |
Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, and I clearly understand why she says that this answer is correct. | Lucia Marco diligentior est, et plane intellego cur hoc responsum rectum esse dicat. |
at all | prorsus |
I do not like this medicine at all. | Haec medicina mihi prorsus non placet. |
This road is not at all safe at night; the teacher nevertheless clearly shows why the students should stay inside now. | Haec via prorsus tuta non est nocte; magistra tamen plane ostendit cur discipuli nunc intro maneant. |
We find water nowhere as pure as at the spring. | Nusquam aquam tam puram invenimus quam apud fontem. |
the female merchant | mercatrix |
the plum | prunum |
the cherry | cerasum |
The female merchant sells plums and cherries. | Mercatrix pruna et cerasa vendit. |
the buyer | emptor |
The buyer wants to buy red cherries. | Emptor cerasa rubra emere vult. |
sweeter | dulcior |
Mother says that honey is sweeter than milk. | Mater dicit mel dulcius esse quam lac. |
the peach | persicum |
The girl says that cherries are sweeter than peaches. | Puella dicit cerasa dulciora esse quam persica. |
the denarius | denarius |
The female merchant asks two denarii as the price of three peaches. | Mercatrix pretium trium persicorum duos denarios poscit. |
The buyer replies that he has only one denarius. | Emptor respondet se unum tantum denarium habere. |
the lettuce | lactuca |
the beet | beta |
Mother buys two lettuces and one beet from the female merchant. | Mater duas lactucas et unam betam a mercatrice emit. |
tender | tener |
the cucumber | cucumis |
The cucumber is still small, but mother says that it will soon be ripe. | Cucumis adhuc parvus est, sed mater dicit eum mox maturum futurum esse. |
In the garden tender lettuce is growing, but the cucumber is still small. | In horto lactuca tenera crescit, sed cucumis adhuc parvus est. |
The beet is cooked, but the lettuce is placed raw on the table. | Beta coquitur, lactuca autem cruda in mensa ponitur. |
the bag | pera |
Mother carries a bag with her, because she is walking to the forum. | Mater peram secum fert, quia ad forum ambulat. |
This bag is light, and so the girl carries it with her to the forum. | Haec pera levis est, itaque puella eam secum ad forum fert. |
the chest | arca |
The girl carries a light bag, but the chest in the atrium is heavy. | Puella peram levem fert, sed arca in atrio gravis est. |
Father keeps letters and denarii in the chest. | Pater in arca epistulas et denarios servat. |
the dress | stola |
The new dress pleases the girl. | Stola nova puellae placet. |
Mother puts the dress in the chest so that the baby may not touch it. | Mater stolam in arca ponit, ne infans eam tangat. |
Another woman sells dresses in the forum, but this female merchant sells only fruit. | Alia femina in foro stolas vendit, sed haec mercatrix fructus tantum vendit. |
the sesterce | sestertius |
Mother says that one dress costs six sesterces. | Mater dicit unam stolam sex sestertiis constare. |
The buyer complains that six sesterces are too much. | Emptor queritur sex sestertios nimium esse. |
the dew | ros |
In the morning dew shines on the grass. | Mane ros in herba lucet. |
calm | placidus |
The baby touches the calm dog. | Infans canem placidum tangit. |
The sea is calm today, and the sailors are happy. | Mare hodie placidum est, et nautae laeti sunt. |
savage | saevus |
Father says that a savage wolf is near the house. | Pater dicit lupum saevum prope villam esse. |
In the story a savage wolf frightens the sheep. | In fabula lupus saevus oves terret. |
fierce | saevus |
A fierce bull stands near the road, and so the boys run to mother. | Taurus saevus prope viam stat, itaque pueri ad matrem currunt. |
Father says that a fierce wind almost broke the window. | Pater dicit ventum saevum fenestram paene fregisse. |
The boy touches a tender branch, but mother warns him not to break it. | Puer ramum tenerum tangit, sed mater monet ne frangat. |
soft | tener |
Mother says that soft bread is better for the baby than dry bread. | Mater dicit panem tenerum infanti meliorem esse quam panem siccum. |
The girl likes soft bread more than dry bread. | Puella panem tenerum magis amat quam panem siccum. |
the ash | cinis |
Ash remains in the hearth after dinner. | In foco cinis manet post cenam. |
The maid removes the ash from the hearth. | Serva cinerem e foco tollit. |
the soot | fuligo |
The maid takes a damp cloth and wipes the soot from the wall. | Serva pannum humidum capit et fuliginem de pariete tergit. |
Soot is black above the hearth. | Fuligo supra focum nigra est. |
the spark | scintilla |
A spark suddenly comes out of the hearth. | Scintilla e foco subito exit. |
Mother warns us not to touch the sparks. | Mater monet ne scintillas tangamus. |
fresher | recentior |
This bread is fresher than that one and smells better. | Hic panis recentior est quam ille et melius olet. |
The female merchant says that the plums are fresher today than yesterday. | Mercatrix dicit pruna hodie recentiora esse quam heri. |
The calm buyer asks the price again and does not shout. | Emptor placidus pretium iterum rogat, nec clamat. |
The old chest does not contain ash, but letters and a dress. | Arca vetus cinerem non continet, sed epistulas et stolam. |
fiercer | saevior |
The wind is fiercer today than yesterday. | Ventus hodie saevior est quam heri. |
If the wind is fiercer, sparks will be able to come out of the hearth. | Si ventus saevior erit, scintillae e foco exire poterunt. |
calmer | placidior |
Father is at home, and mother is calmer now. | Pater domi adest, et mater iam placidior est. |
After the rain the garden seems calmer, and dew shines on the grass again. | Post imbrem hortus placidior videtur, et ros in herba iterum lucet. |
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