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Usages of scribere
Tu multum scribis.
You write a lot.
Amicus multum scribit.
The friend writes a lot.
Magnus discipulus in via scribit.
The great student writes in the road.
Magister magnam tabulam parat ut discipuli verba nova clare scribant.
The teacher prepares a large board so that the students may clearly write the new words.
Discipulus domi manet ut verba difficilia iterum discat et postea facilius scribat.
The student stays at home so that he may learn the difficult words again and later write more easily.
Magister consilium dat, et discipuli id sequi volunt: “Si verba nova discere vis, epistulas breves scribe.”
The teacher gives advice, and the students want to follow it: “If you want to learn new words, write short letters.”
Discipula scribit in tabula: “Veritas semper vincit, quamquam mendacium saepe latet.”
The female student writes on the board: “Truth always wins, although a lie often lies hidden.”
In prima pagina chartae magister nomen suum scribit, sed discipulus nondum stilum tenet.
On the first page of the paper the teacher writes his name, but the student is not yet holding the stylus.
Puella in secunda pagina clare scribit, quia novum stilum habet.
The girl writes clearly on the second page, because she has a new stylus.
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.”
Magister in tabula exemplum bonum scribit, et discipuli id in charta scribunt.
The teacher writes a good example on the board, and the students write it on paper.
Puer stilum dextra tenet et in charta clare scribit.
The boy holds the stylus in his right hand and writes clearly on the paper.
Puella chartam sinistra tenet et dextra scribit.
The girl holds the paper with her left hand and writes with her right.
Ex omnibus discipulis Lucia diligentissima est, sed Marcus celerrime scribit.
Of all the students, Lucia is the most diligent, but Marcus writes the most quickly.
Poeta carmen breve scribere vult.
The poet wants to write a short poem.
Discipula litteras in charta clare scribit.
The female student writes letters clearly on the paper.
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.
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