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.”
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