Usages of pater
Pater in horto laborat.
The father works in the garden.
Mercator patri panem donat.
The merchant gives bread to father.
Magister patri vinum non donat, sed matri panem donat.
The teacher does not give wine to father, but gives bread to mother.
Pater discipulis panem donat.
The father gives bread to the students.
Pater et mater cum familia in villa laeti sunt.
Father and mother are happy with the family in the villa.
Frater vinum patri petit.
The brother asks father for wine.
Si pater in horto laborat, frater cenat in villa.
If the father works in the garden, the brother dines in the villa.
Pater rogat: "Ubi curritis, filii, foris in via?"
Father asks: "Where are you running, children, outside on the road?"
Mater respondet patri et dicit: "Puer foris currit."
Mother answers father and says: "The boy is running outside."
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.
Pater rogat: "Cur domi manes et cum amicis non curris?"
Father asks: "Why do you stay at home and not run with your friends?"
Pater ei panem dat.
Father gives bread to him.
Mater aut pater cum puero domi manet.
Mother or father stays at home with the boy.
Quamquam pater iram sentit, tamen gaudium filiae manet.
Although father feels anger, nevertheless the joy of his daughter remains.
Pater dicit filio: "Aperi ianuam, quaeso, et deinde in lecto sede."
Father says to his son: "Open the door, please, and then sit on the bed."
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