mercator

the merchant

Usages of mercator

• Mercator intrat in villam.: The merchant enters the villa.
• Mercator panem et vinum in villa cenat.: The merchant dines on bread and wine in the villa.
• Mercator patri panem donat.: The merchant gives bread to father.
• Multi mercatores in foro ambulant et tabernas intrant.: (Many merchants walk in the forum and enter the shops.)
• Multi mercatores per forum festinant.: Many merchants hurry through the forum.
• Mercator ad oppidum ambulat.: The merchant walks to the town.
• Discipula bonum mercatorem amat.: The female student loves the good merchant.
• Mercator piscem vendit et magnum pretium petit.: The merchant sells fish and asks a high price.
• Mercator veteres tunicas vendit, sed magnum pretium petit.: The merchant sells old tunics, but asks a high price.
• In via clamor mercatorum magnus est, sed in culina solum coquus et servus quiete loquuntur.: In the street the merchants’ noise is loud, but in the kitchen only the cook and the servant speak quietly.
• Mercator occupatus in taberna manet, sed servus vinum ad villam portat.: The busy merchant stays in the shop, but the servant carries wine to the villa.
• Mercator a foro ad villam ambulat.: The merchant walks from the forum to the villa.
• Vir mercatorem accusat, sed mercator se defendit.: A man accuses the merchant, but the merchant defends himself.
• Femina testis dicit se mercatorem in taberna vidisse.: A woman witness says that she saw the merchant in the shop.
• Teste audito, iudex dicit mercatorem pecuniam reddere oportere.: After the witness has been heard, the judge says that the merchant must return the money.
• Nuntius clam ad tabernam venit et mercatori consilium dat.: A messenger comes secretly to the shop and gives the merchant advice.
• Mercator clam epistulam sub mensa relinquit, sed servus eam tollit et dominam vocat.: The merchant secretly leaves a letter under the table, but the servant picks it up and calls the mistress.
• Discipula aperte mercatorem accusat, quia pretium nimium petivit.: The female student openly accuses the merchant, because he asked too high a price.
• Mercator autem se defendere vult et dicit se veritatem semper dicere.: The merchant, however, wants to defend himself and says that he always tells the truth.
• Post iudicium mercator pecuniam reddere vult.: After the trial the merchant wants to return the money.
• In taberna proxima mercator panem emit.: In the nearest shop the merchant buys bread.
• Iudex mercatori dicit: “Noli mendacium dicere; veritatem dic.”: The judge says to the merchant: “Do not tell a lie; tell the truth.”
• Mercator negat se pretium nimium petere.: The merchant denies that he is asking too high a price.
• Mercator argentum accipit et reliquos nummos matri dat.: The merchant takes the money and gives the remaining coins to mother.
• Si nihil in crumena est, a mercatore nihil emere possumus.: If there is nothing in the purse, we can buy nothing from the merchant.
• In foro mercatores sine ordine sedentes pretia magna clamant.: In the forum the merchants, sitting without order, shout high prices.
• Iudex dicit mercatorem pretium minuere oportere.: The judge says that the merchant ought to lower the price.
• Mercator respondet oleum quoque carum constare, quia annus difficilis fuit.: The merchant answers that oil too costs a lot, because the year was difficult.
• Mercator nobis duo pocula offert: unum carum, aliud vile.: The merchant offers us two cups: one expensive, the other cheap.

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