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.
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