| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the bowl | catinum |
| The dog drinks water from the bowl. | Canis aquam e catino bibit. |
| the apple | pomum |
| The boy picks up the apple from the table and shows it to his sister. | Puer pomum e mensa tollit et sorori ostendit. |
| The maid carries a bowl with apples and bread to the table. | Serva catinum cum pomis et pane ad mensam fert. |
| Another maid washes the clean dishes and puts them in the cupboard. | Alia serva scutellas puras lavat et in armario ponit. |
| The maid carries the basket, in which there is much bread, to the table. | Canistrum, in quo multus panis est, serva ad mensam fert. |
| In the garden roses and lilies are blooming, and grandmother says that the garden is more beautiful today than yesterday. | In horto rosae et lilia florent, et avia dicit hortum hodie pulchriorem esse quam heri. |
| Sister puts a red rose and a white violet in water, because their scent is sweet. | Soror rosam rubram et violam albam in aqua ponit, quia odor earum suavis est. |
| Grandmother comforts the girl with a gentle voice and gives a kiss on her forehead. | Avia puellam blanda voce consolatur et osculum in fronte dat. |
| Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden. | Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit. |
| After dinner everyone sits in the peristyle and talks about the long day. | Post cenam omnes in peristylio sedent et de die longo loquuntur. |
| Mother leads the guests into the dining room, because dinner is already prepared. | Mater convivas in triclinium ducit, quia cena iam parata est. |
| Grandmother stands before the small household shrine and greets the goddess with a few words. | Avia ante lararium parvum stat et paucis verbis deam salutat. |
| When rain falls through the roof-opening, the rain-pool is gradually filled. | Cum pluvia per compluvium cadit, impluvium paulatim completur. |
| The maid mixes garlic and salt in the mortar while she uses a small pestle. | Serva in mortario allium et salem miscet, dum pistillo parvo utitur. |
| Then eggs are cooked in the frying pan, and mother takes the hot frying pan from the hearth. | Deinde ova in sartagine coquuntur, et mater sartaginem calidam e foco tollit. |
| Mother says that the book has been placed in the study and that the flowers have been placed before the household shrine by her daughter. | Mater dicit librum in tablino positum esse et flores ante lararium a filia positos esse. |
| carried | portatus |
| The basket carried by the maid has been placed on the table. | Canistrum a serva portatum in mensa positum est. |
| the bowl | catinus |
| Father thinks that the basket has been carried by the maid to the dining room, but that the bowl is still remaining in the kitchen. | Pater putat canistrum a serva ad triclinium portatum esse, sed catinum adhuc in culina manere. |
| cleaned | purgatus |
| The cleaned floor is now dry. | Pavimentum purgatum iam siccum est. |
| The teacher says that the dishes have been washed after dinner and that the mortar has not yet been cleaned by the boy. | Magistra narrat scutellas post cenam lotas esse et mortarium a puero nondum purgatum esse. |
| cooked | coctus |
| The cooked eggs are on the table. | Ova cocta in mensa sunt. |
| crushed | tritus |
| Mother mixes crushed garlic and salt in the mortar. | Mater allium tritum et salem in mortario miscet. |
| Grandmother says that the eggs have been cooked in the frying pan and that the salt has been well crushed with the pestle in the mortar. | Avia dicit ova in sartagine cocta esse et salem pistillo in mortario bene tritum esse. |
| When the guest enters the atrium, the girl gives her mother a kiss and says “Hello” in a gentle voice. | Cum hospes in atrium intrat, puella osculum matri dat et blanda voce “Salve” dicit. |
| In the small peristyle there is clear water in the rain-pool, and the girl looks at the water in it. | In peristylio parvo aqua clara in impluvio est, et puella aquam in eo spectat. |
| Afterward the maid says that water fell through the roof-opening into the rain-pool, but that the floor is already dry. | Postea serva dicit aquam per compluvium in impluvium cecidisse, sed pavimentum iam siccum esse. |
| A fragrant lily blooms in the garden, and violets grow near the door. | Lilium suave in horto floret, et violae prope ianuam crescunt. |
| Near the wall the bramble has long thorns, and so father warns the boys not to go nearer to it. | Prope murum rubus spinas longas habet, itaque pater pueros monet ne eo propius accedant. |
| Mother decorates the household shrine with a branch of rose and a branch of violet, because it is a festival day. | Mater ramo rosae et ramo violae lararium ornat, quia dies festus est. |
| While the maid was cleaning the bedroom, the girl took two dishes from the table and put apples in the bowl. | Cum serva cubiculum purgaret, puella de mensa duas scutellas sustulit et in catino mala posuit. |
| Father stays in the study, while mother arranges the table in the dining room and waits for the guests. | Pater in tablino manet, dum mater in triclinio mensam instruit et convivas exspectat. |
| If the scent of the lily and the rose is so sweet, why does the guest not stay in the peristyle? | Si odor lilii et rosae tam suavis est, cur hospes in peristylio non maneat? |
| The teacher asks why there are so many baskets, bowls, and dishes in this house; mother answers that she is sometimes in charge of many banquets. | Magistra rogat cur in hac domo tam multa sint canistra, catini, et scutellae; mater respondet se interdum multis conviviis praeesse. |
| Grandmother remembers that, when she was young, she often stood before the household shrine and placed roses there. | Avia meminit se, cum iuvenis esset, saepe ante lararium stetisse et rosas ibi posuisse. |
| sweet-smelling | suavis |
| The scent of the rose is sweet-smelling. | Odor rosae suavis est. |
| Thus the girl learns that a home is not only a roof and walls, but also a place where gentle conversations, sweet-smelling flowers, and little kisses preserve friendship. | Sic puella discit domum non solum tectum et parietes esse, sed etiam locum ubi blandi sermones, flores suaves, et parva oscula amicitiam servant. |
| the maid | ancilla |
| the well | puteus |
| to draw | haurire |
| The maid draws water from the well. | Ancilla aquam e puteo haurit. |
| the room | cella |
| the candle | candela |
| Another maid lights a candle in the small room. | Alia ancilla in cella parva candelam accendit. |
| deep | altus |
| The well is deep, and the maid draws water from the well. | Puteus altus est, et ancilla aquam e puteo haurit. |
| Mother says that the well is deep, but that the maid can draw water easily. | Mater dicit puteum altum esse, sed ancillam aquam facile haurire posse. |
| the porridge | puls |
| In the cold room warm porridge is ready. | In cella frigida puls calida parata est. |
| to be thirsty | sitire |
| The girl is thirsty, and so she drinks water from the vessel. | Puella sitit, itaque aquam e vase bibit. |
| If the girl is thirsty again, the maid will bring her water from the well. | Si puella iterum sitiet, ancilla ei aquam e puteo afferet. |
| to be hungry | esurire |
| The brother is hungry too, but mother says that dinner is not yet ready. | Frater quoque esurit, sed mater dicit cenam nondum paratam esse. |
| A small candle shines in the room, because the night is dark. | Candela parva in cella lucet, quia nox obscura est. |
| to extinguish | extinguere |
| Mother warns the girl to extinguish the candle before sleep. | Mater puellam monet ut candelam ante somnum extinguat. |
| If the wind is strong, the maid extinguishes the candle at once. | Si ventus fortis est, ancilla candelam statim extinguit. |
| the axe | securis |
| the saw | serra |
| Father keeps an axe and a saw in the workshop. | Pater securim et serram in officina servat. |
| the log | truncus |
| to split | findere |
| Father splits the dry log with an axe. | Pater truncum siccum securi findit. |
| The servant cuts wood with a saw, but father splits the log with an axe. | Servus lignum serra secat, sed pater truncum securi findit. |
| Father splits a dry branch with an axe. | Pater ramum siccum securi findit. |
| If the wood is dry, the axe splits it more easily. | Si lignum siccum est, securis id facilius findit. |
| suitable | idoneus |
| The teacher says that this book is suitable for the girl. | Magistra dicit hunc librum puellae idoneum esse. |
| This chair is not suitable for me, but that bench is more comfortable. | Haec sella mihi non est idonea, sed illud scamnum commodius est. |
| empty | inanis |
| The boy cannot sleep on an empty stomach. | Puer inani ventre dormire non potest. |
| the solitude | solitudo |
| The solitude of the forest is pleasing to grandmother. | Solitudo silvae aviae grata est. |
| perhaps | forsitan |
| Perhaps tomorrow we will go to the well again. | Forsitan cras ad puteum iterum ibimus. |
| Mother answers: “Perhaps, if the rain does not fall.” | Mater respondet: “Forsitan, si imber non cadet.” |
| surely not | num |
| Surely the truth does not harm friendship? | Num veritas amicitiam laedit? |
| on the contrary | immo |
| The boy is not sleeping; on the contrary, he is looking at the moon through the window. | Puer non dormit; immo per fenestram lunam spectat. |
| “Does solitude displease you?” “On the contrary, I sometimes like it.” | “Num solitudo tibi displicet?” “Immo, mihi interdum placet.” |
| no / rather | immo |
| The boy is not crying; rather, he is laughing. | Puer non lacrimat; immo ridet. |
| “Are you hungry?” “No, I am thirsty more than hungry.” | “Esurisne?” “Immo, sitio magis quam esurio.” |
| While the maid was drawing water, the girl was singing near the well. | Cum ancilla aquam hauriret, puella prope puteum cantabat. |
| After they drew the water, the maid and the girl returned to the room. | Postquam aquam hauserunt, ancilla et puella in cellam redierunt. |
| If the stomach is empty, even simple porridge seems sweet. | Si venter inanis est, etiam puls simplex dulcis videtur. |
| The girl says that she is thirsty, because she worked in the garden all day. | Puella dicit se sitire, quia tota die in horto laboravit. |
| the servant girl | serva |
| The servant girl brings lukewarm water to the boy. | Serva puero aquam tepidam affert. |
| rather | immo |
| I do not want to go to the forum; rather, I prefer to stay in the library. | Ad forum ire nolo; immo in bibliotheca manere malo. |
| The servant girl—or rather, the new maid—carries the candle and closes the door. | Serva, immo ancilla nova, candelam fert et ostium claudit. |
| The teacher warns the boys not to go too far from the road in solitude. | Magistra pueros monet ne in solitudine nimis longe a via discedant. |
| peaceful | quietus |
| At last father extinguishes the candle, and everyone sleeps peacefully. | Denique pater candelam extinguit, et omnes quieti dormiunt. |
| preserved | servatus |
| The very old book has been preserved in a large chest. | Codex veterrimus in cista magna servatus est. |
| With peace preserved, the province remains peaceful. | Pace servata, provincia quieta manet. |
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