puer

the boy

Usages of puer

• Puer laborat in domo.: The boy works in a house.
• Puer legit et amicus videt.: The boy reads and the friend sees.
• Puer in horto timet.: The boy is afraid in the garden.
• Puer in via clamat.: The boy shouts in the road.
• Mox puer fortis erit, et miles erit.: (Soon the boy will be brave, and he will be a soldier.)
• Puer nunc parvum timorem sentit, sed cum amica sua ridet.: The boy now feels a little fear, but he laughs with his friend.
• Cras puer et puella in horto cum amicis ridebunt.: Tomorrow the boy and the girl will laugh with their friends in the garden.
• Puer intrat cubiculum quod parvum est.: The boy enters the bedroom which is small.
• In cubiculo fenestra est, et puer eam vesperi claudit.: In the bedroom there is a window, and the boy closes it in the evening.
• Mater respondet patri et dicit: "Puer foris currit.": Mother answers father and says: "The boy is running outside."
• Puer aquam frigidam bibere non vult, sed mater ei aquam calidam dat.: The boy does not want to drink cold water, but mother gives him warm water.
• 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.
• Avia pueros rogat: "Quomodo hodie vos sentitis?": Grandmother asks the boys: "How do you feel today?"
• Puer fessus matrem rogat: "Quid hodie in horto facere possumus, si avia non cantat?": The tired boy asks mother: "What can we do in the garden today, if grandmother does not sing?"
• Puer sororem rogat: "Quando cum amicis in horto ridebimus?": The boy asks his sister: "When will we laugh with friends in the garden?"
• Puer quietus domi manet.: The quiet boy stays at home.
• Puer fessus domi dormit.: The tired boy sleeps at home.
• Mater aut pater cum puero domi manet.: Mother or father stays at home with the boy.
• Puer gaudium amat et ridet, puella autem iram timet.: The boy loves joy and laughs, but the girl fears anger.
• Puer manus et pedes lavat, et mater caput eius spectat.: The boy washes his hands and feet, and mother looks at his head.
• Mater aures pueri videt et dicit: "Aures tuae purae sunt.": Mother sees the boy's ears and says: "Your ears are clean."
• Postquam pedes lavit, puer etiam aures lavat, et nunc aures purae sunt.: After he has washed his feet, the boy also washes his ears, and now his ears are clean.
• 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.
• Puer solus in cubiculo sedet, quamquam soror nostra foris ridet.: The boy sits alone in the bedroom, although our sister is laughing outside.
• Magister discipulos vocat: "Nolite timere, pueri, et venite huc.": The teacher calls the students: "Do not be afraid, children, and come here."
• Postquam domina fabulam narravit, pueri in lectis dormiunt et manus quietae sunt.: After the lady has told the story, the boys sleep in their beds and their hands are at rest.
• Puer mihi veritatem dicit.: The boy tells me the truth.
• Puer fessus est, tamen ad scholam currit.: The tired boy is tired, yet he runs to the school.
• Cum puer aegrotus erat, medica cum eo manebat tota hora.: When the boy was sick, the female doctor stayed with him for a whole hour.
• Postquam puer sanus erat, puer cum sorore pila iterum ludebat.: After the boy was healthy, the boy was again playing with the ball with his sister.
• Heri avia puero tunicam longam et calceos calidos dabat.: Yesterday grandmother was giving the boy a long tunic and warm 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.
• Mater dicit ludum esse bonum, sed clamorem puerorum nimium esse, quia pueri diu non tacent.: Mother says the game is good, but that the noise of the boys is too much, because the boys do not keep quiet for a long time.
• Tertia hora puer aegrotus iam dormit, et medicus de cura eius cum matre loquitur.: At the third hour the sick boy is already sleeping, and the doctor talks with the mother about his care.
• Puer cum eo in horto sedet.: The boy sits with him in the garden.
• Mater de cura pueri cum medico loquitur.: Mother speaks with the doctor about the care of the boy.
• Mater puerum cum magna cura spectat.: Mother watches the boy with great care.
• Magnus puer in horto ludit.: The big boy plays in the garden.
• Puer quiete in cubiculo dormit.: The boy sleeps quietly in the bedroom.
• 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.
• Puer dicit: "Ego quoque aviam iuvare debeo, quamquam iam fessa est.": The boy says: "I also ought to help grandmother, although she is already tired."
• Inter flumen et viam parvus pons est, et pueri de ponte flumen spectant.: Between the river and the road there is a small bridge, and the boys look at the river from the bridge.
• Avia lente per pontem ambulat, et puer ad pontem currit ut aviam iuvet.: Grandmother walks slowly across the bridge, and the boy runs to the bridge so that he may help grandmother.
• Magister cum discipulis in schola manet, ne pueri soli per viam domum currant; nam pueri ibi tuti sunt.: The teacher stays in the school with the students, so that the boys do not run home alone through the street; for there the boys are safe.
• Puer dicit: "Hic hortus parvus est, ille autem hortus prope flumen magnus et pulcher est.": The boy says: "This garden is small, but that garden near the river is large and beautiful."
• Puer domi matrem exspectat; pluvia cadit, igitur foris ludere non vult.: The boy waits at home for his mother; rain is falling, therefore he does not want to play outside.
• Puer solus in cubiculo sedet ut aviam in horto audire possit.: The boy sits alone in the bedroom so that he can hear grandmother in the garden.
• Puer laetus inter amicos ambulat.: The happy boy walks among his friends.
• Puer hodie foris exire non potest, quia pluvia lente cadit.: Today the boy cannot go outside, because the rain is falling slowly.
• Postquam epistulam legit, puer eam tollit et sorori ostendit.: After the boy reads the letter, he picks it up and shows it to his sister.
• Puer matrem quaerit et rogat: “Cur ad forum festinas?”: The boy looks for his mother and asks: “Why are you hurrying to the forum?”
• Puer in horto clavem quaerit, sed eam non invenit.: The boy looks for a key in the garden, but he does not find it.
• Puer clavem invenit et matri dicit se eam in via invenisse.: The boy finds the key and tells his mother that he found it in the street.
• Puer verum dicit, et mater gaudet.: The boy tells the truth, and mother rejoices.
• Subito puer clamat et matri veritatem dicit.: Suddenly the boy shouts and tells his mother the truth.
• Puer tunicam puram induit et ad scholam currit.: The boy puts on a clean tunic and runs to the school.
• Puer in alto ponte stat et flumen spectat.: The boy stands on the high bridge and looks at the river.
• Cum cives statuam spectarent, puer parvus sub ea ridebat.: While the citizens were looking at the statue, a little boy was laughing under it.
• Puer dicit se sororem laedere non velle, sed tantum ludere.: The boy says that he does not want to harm his sister, but only to play.
• Puer morbo gravi laborat, sed mater sperat medicamentum morbum levare et eum mox sanari.: The boy suffers from a serious illness, but mother hopes the medicine will relieve the illness and that he will soon be healed.
• Medicus matrem in cubiculum ducit, puerum sanat, et post paucos dies puer iterum in horto ludit.: The doctor leads the mother into the bedroom, heals the boy, and after a few days the boy plays in the garden again.
• Hospes aquam vino miscet, sed puer vinum purum bibere cupit.: The guest mixes water with wine, but the boy desires to drink unmixed wine.
• Puer clavem tenet et ianuam aperit.: The boy holds the key and opens the door.
• Puer gladium in sporta portat, ut militem iuvet.: The boy carries a sword in a basket, so that he may help the soldier.
• Puer tantum aquam bibit, quia vinum non amat.: The boy drinks only water, because he does not like wine.
• Medicus dicit puerum mox sanari posse.: The doctor says that the boy can soon be healed.
• Mater medicum vocat, ut puerum sanet.: Mother calls the doctor, so that he may heal the boy.
• Puer ex cubiculo currit et matrem vocat.: The boy runs out of the bedroom and calls his mother.
• Puer dicit se sitim sentire et lac bibere velle.: The boy says that he feels thirst and wants to drink milk.
• Puer quoque se audacem esse dicit, sed mater ridet.: The boy also says that he is bold, but mother laughs.
• Puer in carru sedet, et mater dicit se ad villam aviae ire.: The boy sits in the cart, and mother says that she is going to grandmother’s villa.
• Puer capram vocat, sed capra ad ovem currit.: The boy calls the goat, but the goat runs to the sheep.
• Puer rogat cur ovis lanam tam longam habeat.: The boy asks why the sheep has such long wool.
• Mater rogat utrum pueri, quia sitim sentiunt, lac an aquam bibere velint.: Mother asks whether the boys, because they feel thirst, want to drink milk or water.
• Puer dicit ventum desiturum esse, sed mater id non credit.: The boy says that the wind is going to stop, but mother does not believe it.
• Mater carrum parat, ut puer ad villam aviae ire possit.: Mother prepares the cart, so that the boy can go to grandmother’s villa.
• Puer cupit equitare ad oppidum, sed mater eum domi manere iubet.: The boy wants to ride to the town, but his mother orders him to stay at home.
• Puer conatur annulum capere, sed mater eum tacere iubet.: The boy tries to take the ring, but his mother orders him to be silent.
• 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.
• Puer annulum matri tradere conatur.: The boy tries to hand the ring to his mother.
• Mater puerum mane excitat, et puer statim tunicam puram induit.: Mother wakes the boy in the morning, and the boy immediately puts on a clean tunic.
• Puer paene veritatem dicit, sed timet.: The boy almost tells the truth, but he is afraid.
• Puer dicit se famem sentire et matrem rogare ut sibi panem det.: The boy says that he feels hunger and asks his mother to give him bread.
• Quaestio difficilis est, sed responsum pueri verum est.: The question is difficult, but the boy’s answer is true.
• Puer nomen actoris obliviscitur, sed soror eius id bene scit.: The boy forgets the actor’s name, but his sister knows it well.
• 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.
• Avia per scalas lente ambulat, et puer prope gradus eam exspectat.: Grandmother walks slowly on the stairs, and the boy waits for her near the steps.
• Avus puero dicit: “Si chartam et stilum habes, epistulam hodie scribe et cras ad me redi.”: Grandfather says to the boy: “If you have paper and a stylus, write a letter today and return to me tomorrow.”
• Mater dicit pluviam mox desituram esse, et pueri foris ludere poterunt.: Mother says that the rain will soon stop, and the boys will be able to play outside.
• Avia per scalas lente ambulat, et puer eam ducit.: Grandmother walks slowly on the stairs, and the boy leads her.
• In campo alta arbor stat, et pueri sub umbra eius legunt.: In the field a tall tree stands, and the boys read under its shade.
• In aestate calor magnus est, et pueri frigus aquae amant.: In summer the heat is great, and the boys like the coolness of the water.
• Parentes pueros et puellas bonos mores docent.: Parents teach boys and girls good manners.
• Non poena, sed praemium pueros saepe laetos facit, et pueri officium suum melius faciunt.: Not punishment but reward often makes the boys happy, and the boys do their duty better.
• Cum aestas venisset, parentes pueros ad litus duxerunt, et pueri in arena diu luserunt.: When summer had come, the parents led the boys to the shore, and the boys played on the sand for a long time.
• Hieme puer frigus timet, sed tunicam calidam induit.: In winter the boy fears the cold, but he puts on a warm tunic.
• Puer canem suum vocat.: The boy calls his own dog.
• Puer os aperit, et medica dentes eius spectat.: The boy opens his mouth, and the doctor looks at his teeth.
• Puer nasum lavat et bracchium suum prope ignem tenet.: The boy washes his nose and holds his arm near the fire.
• Serva cochleari parvo lac miscet et puero dat.: The female servant mixes milk with a small spoon and gives it to the boy.
• Puer mel amat, quia sapor eius dulcis est.: The boy loves honey, because its taste is sweet.
• Post cenam panis siccus manet, et puer aquam petit.: After dinner the bread remains dry, and the boy asks for water.
• In horto puer malum rubrum videt et folia viridia sub arbore.: In the garden the boy sees a red apple and green leaves under the tree.
• Puer cum amico suo laetior est quam solus.: The boy is happier with his friend than alone.
• Puer viam transire vult, sed mater eum monet ne sine ea transeat.: The boy wants to cross the road, but mother warns him not to cross without her.
• Avus dicit puerum cautum esse debere, cum per scalas descendat.: Grandfather says that the boy ought to be careful when he goes down the stairs.
• Mater puerum monet ut manus sordidas ante ientaculum lavet.: Mother warns the boy to wash his dirty hands before breakfast.
• Puer stilum dextra tenet et in charta clare scribit.: The boy holds the stylus in his right hand and writes clearly on the paper.
• Mater puerum monet ut cautus sit, cum viam transeat.: Mother warns the boy to be careful when he crosses the road.
• Mater puerum monet ut lente de scalis descendat.: Mother warns the boy to come down the stairs slowly.
• Puer dicit matrem mox domum venturam esse.: The boy says that mother will soon come home.
• Puer minus diligens est; ideo idem mendum iterum describit nec statim corrigit.: The boy is less diligent; therefore he copies the same mistake again and does not correct it at once.
• Puer dicit aliquid in cista latere.: The boy says that something is hidden in the chest.
• Pluvia gravis cadit; ideo pueri domi manent.: Heavy rain is falling; therefore the boys stay at home.
• Puer dicit aquam nimis frigidam esse.: The boy says that the water is too cold.
• Medica collum pueri tangit et rogat utrum etiam umerus doleat.: The doctor touches the boy’s neck and asks whether his shoulder also hurts.
• Puer respondet: “Mihi collum non dolet, sed genu et dorsum dolent.”: The boy answers: “My neck does not hurt, but my knee and back hurt.”
• Quia puer cecidit, parvum vulnus in genu habet, et paene nullus sanguis est.: Because the boy fell, he has a small wound on his knee, and there is almost no blood.
• Huic puellae duo fratres sunt, sed illi puero nulla soror est.: This girl has two brothers, but that boy has no sister.
• Pueri circum ignem sedent et fabulam de nauta audiunt.: The boys sit around the fire and listen to a story about a sailor.
• Si collum et dorsum sana sunt, puero iterum equitare licet.: If the neck and back are healthy, the boy is allowed to ride again.
• Intra domum silentium est, sed extra ianuam pueri rident.: Inside the house there is silence, but outside the door the boys are laughing.
• Pectus pueri calidum est, et sudor in pectore manet, quia per vicum et circum forum celerrime cucurrit.: The boy’s chest is warm, and sweat remains on his chest, because he ran very quickly through the street and around the forum.
• Puer respondet: “Mihi umerus dolet.”: The boy answers: “My shoulder hurts.”
• Puer tecum in horto ludere vult.: The boy wants to play with you in the garden.
• Quamquam medicus dicit dolorem brevem esse, puer adhuc quiete sedere non potest.: Although the doctor says that the pain is brief, the boy still cannot sit quietly.
• Dum pueri currunt, soror eorum iocum novum narrat et omnes iterum rident.: While the boys are running, their sister tells a new joke and everyone laughs again.
• Avia puero flenti dicit cor eius bonum esse et lacrimas eius tergit.: Grandmother tells the crying boy that his heart is good and wipes his tears.
• Medica dicit dolorem mox minui posse, si puer quiete sedet et non flet.: The doctor says that the pain can soon lessen if the boy sits quietly and does not cry.
• Regina pueris ridentibus respondet se risum eorum amare.: The queen answers the laughing boys that she likes their laughter.
• Puer matri narrat se in somnio montem altissimum vidisse.: The boy tells his mother that he saw a very high mountain in a dream.
• Puer flens matrem vocat.: The crying boy calls his mother.
• Avus iocum novum narrat, et puer flens tandem ridet.: Grandfather tells a new joke, and the crying boy finally laughs.
• Puer in charta imaginem canis pingit.: The boy paints an image of a dog on the paper.
• Mater puerum rogat: “Cur fles?”: Mother asks the boy: “Why are you crying?”
• Puer currens matrem vocat.: The running boy calls his mother.
• Puer matri de somnio tristi narrat.: The boy tells his mother about a sad dream.
• Puer stilum e mensa capit et in charta unam sententiam scribit.: The boy takes the stylus from the table and writes one sentence on the paper.
• Mater puerum ridentem videt.: Mother sees the laughing boy.
• Risus pueri matrem laetam facit.: The boy’s laughter makes mother happy.
• In die festo pueri minus laborant, sed coquus tota die in culina occupatus est.: On a festival day the boys work less, but the cook is busy in the kitchen all day.
• Puer vile poculum capit, sed soror dicit se pulchrius recipere velle.: The boy takes the cheap cup, but his sister says that she wants to receive a more beautiful one.

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