Usages of puella
Puella est laeta.
The girl is happy.
Puella legit in domo.
The girl reads in the house.
Equus lente per viam ambulat, et puella eum lente spectat.
The horse walks slowly along the road, and the girl watches him slowly.
Heri puella tristis fuit, nunc tamen cum fratre suo ridet.
Yesterday the girl was sad, now however she laughs with her brother.
Cras puer et puella in horto cum amicis ridebunt.
Tomorrow the boy and the girl will laugh with their friends in the garden.
Luna, quae nocte lucet, puellam quietam facit.
The moon, which shines at night, makes the girl calm.
Puella mane fenestram domi aperit.
In the morning the girl opens the window at home.
Puella vestem albam habet, puer vestem nigram habet.
The girl has a white dress, the boy has a black garment.
Mater puellae vestem albam dat, et pater puero vestem nigram dat.
Mother gives a white dress to the girl, and father gives a black garment to the boy.
Avia, quae puellam amat, capillos pueri spectat et oculos eius laudat.
The grandmother, who loves the girl, looks at the boy's hair and praises his eyes.
Puella parva aviam audit, quae cantat, et lucernam obscuram spectat.
The little girl listens to her grandmother, who is singing, and looks at the dim lamp.
Puella matrem rogat: "Quando fenestram aperies, et ubi avia cantabit?"
The girl asks mother: "When will you open the window, and where will grandmother sing?"
Puer gaudium amat et ridet, puella autem iram timet.
The boy loves joy and laughs, but the girl fears anger.
Puella caput fratris lavare non vult, sed manus suas lavat.
The girl does not want to wash her brother's head, but she washes her own hands.
Puer celer ad scholam currit, sed puella tarda domi manet et statim dormit.
The boy runs quickly to school, but the girl, being slow, stays at home and immediately sleeps.
Secunda hora puella cum amicis pila in horto ludit.
At the second hour the girl plays with a ball in the garden with her friends.
Puella tunicam novam et calceos nigros habet.
The girl has a new tunic and black shoes.
Vespere pueri et puellae in horto saltant et cantant.
In the evening the boys and girls dance and sing in the garden.
Puer et puella novum ludum cum pila faciunt et diu rident, postea autem quieti sedent.
The boy and the girl make a new game with a ball and laugh for a long time, but afterwards they sit quietly.
Puella per fenestram nubes spectat et pluviam clare audit.
The girl looks at the clouds through the window and clearly hears the rain.
Puer et puella per silvam ambulant et flumen clarum spectant.
The boy and the girl walk through the forest and look at the clear river.
In illo loco prope portam puella sedet et epistulam iterum legit.
In that place near the gate the girl sits and reads the letter again.
Pater hodie occupatus est, sed puella opus domi facit.
Father is busy today, but the girl does the work at home.
Puella sportam cum pane et aqua fert, ut amicam aegrotam auxilio iuvet.
The girl carries a basket with bread and water, so that she may help her sick friend.
Puella matri epistulam ostendit.
The girl shows the letter to her mother.
Puella linteum in sporta fert et ad thermas festinat.
The girl carries a towel in a basket and hurries to the baths.
Postea puella fenestram claudit et in cubiculo quiete sedet.
Afterward the girl closes the window and sits quietly in the bedroom.
Puella cupit cum amica sua ad thermas ire.
The girl desires to go to the baths with her friend.
Puella audax in caupona sedet et panem cum caseo edit.
The bold girl sits in the inn and eats bread with cheese.
Puella quaerit quomodo avia tunicam texat, dum avia in sella sedet.
The girl asks how grandmother weaves a tunic, while grandmother sits on a chair.
Ventus frigidus est, igitur puella domi manet.
The wind is cold, therefore the girl stays at home.
Puella quoque conatur, et tandem annulum sub mensa invenit.
The girl also tries, and finally finds the ring under the table.
Mater puerum mane excitat, et pater puellam deinde excitat.
Mother wakes the boy in the morning, and father then wakes the girl.
Haec verba a puero non intelleguntur, sed a puella intelleguntur.
These words are not understood by the boy, but they are understood by the girl.
Puella paene clamat, quia canis annulum capit.
The girl almost shouts, because the dog takes the ring.
Mane puella ientaculum parvum sumit, quia magna fames eam excitat.
In the morning the girl eats a small breakfast, because great hunger wakes her.
Puella in secunda pagina clare scribit, quia novum stilum habet.
The girl writes clearly on the second page, because she has a new stylus.
Quia memoria eius bona est, puella verba nova non facile obliviscitur.
Because her memory is good, the girl does not easily forget the new words.
Puer canem prope murum videt, et puella tectum altum spectat.
The boy sees a dog near the wall, and the girl looks at the high roof.
Puella in scalis sedet, quia gradus frigidi pedes eius laedunt.
The girl sits on the stairs, because the cold steps hurt her feet.
Post hiemem ver venit, et puellae flores in horto iterum vident.
After winter spring comes, and the girls see flowers in the garden again.
Ventus frigidus pedes puellae laedit.
The cold wind hurts the girl's feet.
Puella in arena ludit, et frater eius prope litus ambulat.
The girl plays on the sand, and her brother walks near the shore.
Parentes pueros et puellas bonos mores docent.
Parents teach boys and girls good manners.
Puella dicit se culpam habere, et magistra ei poenam parvam dat.
The girl says that she is at fault, and the teacher gives her a small punishment.
Cum autumnus venisset, puella per campum ambulavit et multa folia in terra vidit.
When autumn had come, the girl walked through the field and saw many leaves on the ground.
Puella in speculo vultum suum et os parvum spectat.
The girl looks at her face and small mouth in the mirror.
Puella cochlear petit et mel in patina videt.
The girl asks for a spoon and sees honey on the plate.
Sapor huius herbae tam amarus est ut puella eam edere non velit.
The taste of this herb is so bitter that the girl does not want to eat it.
Mater ientaculum parat, dum puella tunicam puram induit.
Mother prepares breakfast while the girl puts on a clean tunic.
Puella ad angulum vici stat et amicam exspectat.
The girl stands at the corner of the street and waits for her friend.
Postquam viam transiit, puella ad scholam tandem pervenit.
After the girl crossed the road, she finally arrived at the school.
In villa puella per scalas ad cubiculum ascendit.
In the house the girl goes up the stairs to the bedroom.
Puella cistam aperit et annulum parvum inter epistulas invenit.
The girl opens the chest and finds a small ring among the letters.
Cum ad villam pervenissent, puella et mater negaverunt iter difficile fuisse, quia vicus rectus erat.
When they had reached the house, the girl and her mother denied that the journey had been difficult, because the street was straight.
Puella chartam sinistra tenet et dextra scribit.
The girl holds the paper with her left hand and writes with her right.
Puella aliquid dulce emere cupit, sed ipsa dicit se reliquos nummos servare debere.
The girl wants to buy something sweet, but she herself says that she ought to save the remaining coins.
Post ientaculum puella in lecto iacet et librum legit, quia ei pectus dolet.
After breakfast the girl lies in bed and reads a book, because her chest hurts.
Huic puellae duo fratres sunt, sed illi puero nulla soror est.
This girl has two brothers, but that boy has no sister.
Apud aviam puella fabulam audit.
At grandmother’s house the girl listens to a story.
Puella litteras matris iterum legit et dicit se unam litteram nondum intellegere.
The girl reads her mother’s letter again and says that she does not yet understand one letter.
Mater filiam flentem videt; lacrimae in vultu puellae sunt.
Mother sees her daughter weeping; tears are on the girl’s face.
Puella in pariete imaginem navis pingit, et mater imaginem laudat.
The girl paints an image of a ship on the wall, and mother praises the image.
Avia in horto cantans a puella libenter auditur.
Grandmother, singing in the garden, is gladly heard by the girl.
Postquam vinum in aram fuderit, sacerdos puellis pacem optabit.
After the priestess has poured wine on the altar, she will wish peace to the girls.
Illud munus puellae gratum est, quia ipsa librum veterem semper legere amat.
That gift is pleasing to the girl, because she herself always loves to read an old book.
Cum convivium finitum erit, puellae mensam ornatam spectabunt et cantabunt.
When the feast has ended, the girls will look at the decorated table and sing.
Epistula matris puellam laetam facit.
Mother’s letter makes the girl happy.
Cum uvae maturae erunt, puellae ad colligendas uvas in vineam venient.
When the grapes are ripe, the girls will come into the vineyard to gather grapes.
Postquam stillae desierunt cadere, puella rimam parvam in tecto videt.
After the drops stopped falling, the girl sees a small crack in the roof.
Post meridiem puellae ad colligendas uvas iterum venire volunt, sed mater dicit uvas nondum maturas esse.
In the afternoon the girls want to come again to gather grapes, but mother says that the grapes are not yet ripe.
Aurora frigida est, sed puella e somno cito surgit.
Dawn is cold, but the girl rises quickly from sleep.
Post scholam puellae ad fontem prope collem ambulant, quia ibi aqua purissima est.
After school the girls walk to the spring near the hill, because the water there is very pure.
Parva puella quaerit ubi fons sub colle lateat; hortulana ei viam monstrat.
The little girl asks where the spring is hidden below the hill; the gardener shows her the way.
Puella sine mora dicit se nihil tulisse et fratrem iocum facere solere.
The girl says without delay that she took nothing and that her brother usually plays jokes.
Avus puellae imaginem reginae ostendit.
Grandfather shows the girl the image of the queen.
In macello puella pira et ficus eligit, quia fructus recentes amat.
In the market the girl chooses pears and figs, because she likes fresh fruit.
Pistor rogat utrum puella placentam nunc gustare velit, priusquam mater ad ianuam veniat.
The baker asks whether the girl wants to taste the cake now, before her mother comes to the door.
Mater puellae ficum dat.
Mother gives the girl a fig.
Ante cenam puella breve exercitium scribendi facit, et mater ei verba nova explicat.
Before dinner the girl does a short writing exercise, and mother explains the new words to her.
Puella codicem quaerit, sed is in cista latet.
The girl looks for the book, but it is hidden in the chest.
Puella dicit se codicem suum in schola reliquisse.
The girl says that she left her own book at school.
Avia puellam ad pistrinum comitatur.
Grandmother accompanies the girl to the bakery.
Puella in limine vestigia parva videt et scit felem nocte intus venisse.
The girl sees small tracks on the threshold and knows that the cat came inside at night.
Puella discit quomodo vaccam mulgere debeat, et mater eam laudat.
The girl learns how she ought to milk the cow, and mother praises her.
Pastor puellis paludem, per quam anates lente natant, ostendit.
The shepherd shows the girls the marsh through which the ducks swim slowly.
Puella vaccam, quam mater cotidie mulget, libenter tangit.
The girl gladly touches the cow that mother milks every day.
Puella caudam vaccae spectat, quam vitulus sequi conatur.
The girl watches the cow’s tail, which the calf tries to follow.
Mater puellas hortatur ut mane ad pratum veniant et vaccas numerent.
Mother encourages the girls to come to the meadow in the morning and count the cows.
Huic puellae duo asini sunt, et eos mane ad agrum ducit.
This girl has two donkeys, and she leads them to the field in the morning.
Puella unum granum in manu tenet et rogat cur tam parvum sit.
The girl holds one grain in her hand and asks why it is so small.
Puella a magistra consilium accipit.
The girl gets advice from the teacher.
Infra fenestram puella sonum rivi audit et librum claudere non vult.
Below the window the girl hears the sound of the stream and does not want to close the book.
Puella septem flores et decem folia in horto numerat, dum soror eius cantat.
The girl counts seven flowers and ten leaves in the garden while her sister sings.
Puella fidelis est, et magistra fidem eius laudat.
The girl is loyal, and the teacher praises her loyalty.
Puella prudens rationem matris intellegit, sed frater stultus eandem rationem non intellegit.
The prudent girl understands her mother’s reasoning, but her foolish brother does not understand the same reasoning.
Mater puellae permittit ut post scholam apud amicam maneat.
Mother allows the girl to stay with her friend after school.
Puella annulum retinet, donec mater domum redeat.
The girl keeps the ring until mother returns home.
Puella in die festo pallium novum induit.
The girl puts on a new cloak on the festival day.
Puella dicit se hoc beneficium memoria semper servaturam esse.
The girl says that she will always keep this kindness in her memory.
Magistra Luciae ignoscere vult, quia puella tandem veritatem dixit.
The teacher wants to forgive Lucia, because the girl finally told the truth.
Amica puellae beneficium facit, et puella ei magnas gratias agit.
The girl's friend does her a favor, and the girl gives her great thanks.
Puella rogat utrum acus satis longa sit, ut tunicam laceram consuat.
The girl asks whether the needle is long enough to sew the torn tunic.
Puella in litore concham albam invenit et matri ostendit.
The girl finds a white shell on the shore and shows it to her mother.
Pater non dubitat quin puella, quae conchas amat, etiam rete piscatoris libenter spectet.
Father does not doubt that the girl, who loves shells, also gladly looks at the fisherman’s net.
Puella parum dormit, itaque hodie in schola fessa est.
The girl sleeps too little, and so she is tired at school today.
Propter imbrem puellae domi manent; interea avia eis de virtute et fide narrat.
Because of the rain the girls stay at home; meanwhile grandmother tells them about courage and loyalty.
Mos puellae bonus est: cotidie prima hora surgit et ad scholam venit.
The girl's habit is good: every day she gets up at the first hour and comes to school.
Mater existimat puellam veritatem dicere.
Mother thinks that the girl is telling the truth.
Ubicumque puellae conveniunt, ceterae quoque de fabulis loqui volunt.
Wherever the girls meet, the others also want to talk about stories.
Hoc onus levius est quam illud, et puella ipsa id tollere potest.
This load is lighter than that one, and the girl herself can lift it.
Quicumque adest, ceteris auxilium ferre debet, ne grave onus uni puellae relinquatur.
Whoever is present ought to bring help to the others, so that a heavy load may not be left to one girl alone.
Panis secandus est; deinde frusta inter puellas dividenda sunt.
The bread must be cut; then the pieces must be divided among the girls.
Nuper avia dixit puellas saepius apud se manere, fratres autem rarius venire, quia procul habitant.
Recently grandmother said that the girls stay with her more often, but the brothers come more rarely, because they live far away.
Puella librum amissum rursus invenit et magistrae ostendit.
The girl finds the lost book again and shows it to the teacher.
Puella suam tunicam induit.
The girl puts on her own tunic.
Eadem artifex puellae dicit se alia ornamenta quoque in taberna habere.
The same craftswoman tells the girl that she also has other pieces of jewelry in the shop.
Puella tamen hoc ornamentum sumere vult, quia diem festum cras celebrabit.
The girl nevertheless wants to take this ornament, because she will celebrate a festival tomorrow.
Puella armillam argenteam matri ostendit.
The girl shows the silver bracelet to her mother.
Puella matri monile aureum ostendit.
The girl shows a golden necklace to her mother.
Puella dicit monile aureum pretiosum esse, sed se id emere non posse.
The girl says that the gold necklace is precious, but that she cannot buy it.
In die festo mater filiae coronam tradit, et puella valde gaudet.
On the festival day mother hands a garland to her daughter, and the girl is very happy.
Artifex monile aureum puellae ostendit.
The craftswoman shows the girl a gold necklace.
Modestia puellae magistram laetam facit, et ea in schola cito laudem accipit.
The girl’s modesty makes the teacher happy, and she quickly receives praise at school.
Puella pauperi feminae panem dat; mater bonitatem filiae videt et gaudet.
The girl gives bread to a poor woman; her mother sees her daughter’s goodness and rejoices.
Matrem quoque pauperis puellae miseret, itaque ei calidum pallium dat.
The mother also pities the poor girl, and so she gives her a warm cloak.
Quamvis puellae laudem accipiant, modestiam tamen servant.
Although the girls receive praise, they nevertheless keep their modesty.
Puellam mendacii pudet, et matri veritatem tandem dicit.
The girl is ashamed of the lie, and at last tells the truth to her mother.
Puella misera in cubiculo sedet, quia amica eius abest.
The unhappy girl sits in the bedroom, because her friend is away.
Puella pulvinum in cubili ponit, ut hospes bene dormiat.
The girl puts a pillow on the bed so that the guest may sleep well.
Postea vestimenta puellae plicantur, et mater dicit ea in armario ponenda esse.
Afterward the girl’s clothes are folded, and mother says that they must be put in the cupboard.
Ventus aulaeum movet, et puella rogat cur fenestra aperta sit.
The wind moves the curtain, and the girl asks why the window is open.
Cum magistra ad villam venisset, puella celeriter chartas plicavit et de mensa sustulit.
When the teacher had come to the house, the girl quickly folded the papers and took them from the table.
Puella tunicam sordidam detrahit et tunicam puram induit antequam ad scholam eat.
The girl takes off the dirty tunic and puts on a clean tunic before she goes to school.
Postquam puella vestimenta plicavit et in armario posuit, ad bibliothecam rediit ut librum amissum quaereret.
After the girl folded the clothes and put them in the cupboard, she returned to the library to look for the lost book.
Puella pallium umidum detrahit et in armario suspendit.
The girl takes off the damp cloak and hangs it in the cupboard.
Puella vestimentum novum induit, quia tunica vetus iam sordida est.
The girl puts on a new garment, because the old tunic is now dirty.
Puella sutorem rogat utrum soleae hae satis firmae sint ad longum iter.
The girl asks the shoemaker whether these sandals are firm enough for a long journey.
Neutra solea puellae bona est; itaque illa ad sutorem postridie redibit.
Neither sandal is good for the girl; therefore she will return to the shoemaker the next day.
Pictor puellae ostendit quomodo color caeruleus cum colore flavo misceatur.
The painter shows the girl how blue color is mixed with yellow color.
Avunculus medicam vocat, quia febris puellae alta est et tussis eam dormire impedit.
The uncle calls the doctor, because the girl’s fever is high and the cough prevents her from sleeping.
Medica dicit remedium amarum esse, sed puellam mox sanam futuram esse, dummodo aquam satis bibat.
The doctor says that the remedy is bitter, but that the girl will soon be healthy, provided that she drinks enough water.
Matertera gaudet, quod remedium utile fuit et puella tandem bene dormit.
The aunt rejoices because the remedy was useful and the girl is finally sleeping well.
Dummodo puella quieta maneat, medica dicit eam ad scholam paucis diebus redituram esse.
Provided that the girl remains quiet, the doctor says that she will return to school in a few days.
Serva in vestibulo saccum gravem ponit, sed puella saccum levem ad culinam fert.
The maid puts a heavy sack in the entrance hall, but the girl carries a light sack to the kitchen.
In foro figulus vasa vendit et puellae monstrat quomodo ex luto vas fingat.
In the forum the potter sells vessels and shows the girl how to shape a vessel from clay.
Mater non sinit puellam extra ostium currere, quia pluvia cadit.
Mother does not allow the girl to run outside the door, because rain is falling.
Puella pallium leve gerit, quia ventus non iam frigidus est.
The girl wears a light cloak, because the wind is no longer cold.
In medio foro femina mitis aquam pauperi puellae dat.
In the middle of the forum a gentle woman gives water to a poor girl.
Puella ante ostium stat et rogat: “Quo eam? Ad forum an domum?”
The girl stands before the door and asks: “Where am I to go? To the forum or home?”
Puella a magistra consilium poscit.
The girl asks the teacher for advice.
Puella in prora stat, mater autem in puppi sedet et velum album spectat.
The girl stands at the prow, but mother sits at the stern and looks at the white sail.
Sub porticu longa puellae inter columnas stant, dum pluvia in foro cadit.
Under the long portico the girls stand among the columns while rain falls in the forum.
Postquam domum redimus, mater rogat quid puellae in portu didicerint de gubernatore et de velo.
After we return home, mother asks what the girls learned in the harbor about the helmsman and the sail.
Postquam index inventus est, puella librum iterum evolvit, quia prooemium antea non legerat.
After the index has been found, the girl unrolls the book again, because she had not read the preface earlier.
Puella librum non in mensa, sed in scrinio relinquit, quia bibliotheca quietior est cum omnia ordine servantur.
The girl leaves the book not on the table, but in the case, because the library is quieter when everything is kept in order.
Una puella in commentario suo scribit senatum decreta facere, oratores autem in contione populum movere conari.
One girl writes in her notebook that the senate makes decrees, but that orators in the assembly try to move the people.
Sic puellae et pueri, legendo, audiendo, meditando, et inter se tractando, et libros et vitam urbis paulatim intellegunt.
Thus girls and boys, by reading, listening, thinking, and discussing among themselves, gradually understand both books and the life of the city.
Postero die puella ad scholam redibit.
On the next day the girl will return to school.
Sagitta e arcu volat, sed puella dicit se hastam graviorem esse putare quam telum leve.
An arrow flies from the bow, but the girl says that she thinks a spear is heavier than a light weapon.
Sunt qui putent forum esse scholam viventem, in qua pueri et puellae non minus quam in libris discant.
There are those who think that the forum is a living school, in which boys and girls learn no less than in books.
Puella humilis in foro stat et oratorem nobilem clara voce loquentem audit.
A humble girl stands in the forum and hears a noble speaker talking in a clear voice.
Nobilis femina puellae humili panem dat et dicit honestatem plus valere quam pecuniam.
A noble woman gives bread to the humble girl and says that honesty is worth more than money.
Post lectionem magistra puellas ad ripam ducit, ubi parva navicula prope pontem ligata est.
After the lesson the teacher leads the girls to the riverbank, where a small boat is tied near the bridge.
Puellae dicunt naviculam esse parvam, sed satis firmam ad flumen transeundum.
The girls say that the little boat is small, but firm enough for crossing the river.
Cum remex ratem lente ageret, portitor puellae ostendit ubi alveus altior esset.
While the rower was guiding the raft slowly, the ferryman showed the girl where the channel was deeper.
In villa medica faciem puellae spectat et dicit frontem calidiorem esse quam heri.
In the house the doctor looks at the girl’s face and says that her forehead is warmer than yesterday.
Mater et pater inter se dissentiunt utrum puella domi maneat an ad scholam veniat.
Mother and father disagree with each other whether the girl should stay at home or come to school.
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