Usages of domus
Ego habito in domo.
I live in a house.
Tu habitas in domo.
You live in a house.
Magna familia in domo habitat.
The large family lives in a house.
Puer laborat in domo.
The boy works in a house.
Puella legit in domo.
The girl reads in the house.
Eorum discipuli librum in domo legunt.
Their students read a book in the house.
Hodie dies frigidus est, sed domus calida est.
Today the day is cold, but the house is warm.
In domo nostra magna ianua et paucae fenestrae sunt.
In our house there is a large door and few windows.
Filius in horto ludit, soror autem in domo legit.
The son plays in the garden, but the sister reads in the house.
Parvus infans in domo dormit, sed mater vigilat.
The little baby sleeps in the house, but mother keeps watch.
Nunc mater laboriosior est quam pater, nam tota domus cura eius est et tamen gaudet.
Now mother is more hardworking than father, for the whole house is her responsibility and yet she rejoices.
Mater ianuam claudit ne infans foris exeat et ut domus tuta sit.
Mother closes the door so that the baby may not go outside and so that the house may be safe.
Dominus servum iubet ianuam claudere, ut domus tuta sit.
The master orders the servant to close the door, so that the house may be safe.
Pater rogat utrum sal in domo iam sit an sal adhuc desit.
Father asks whether there is already salt in the house or whether salt is still lacking.
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