hortus

the garden

Usages of hortus

• Pater in horto laborat.: The father works in the garden.
• Soror et frater in horto flores vident.: The sister and brother see flowers in the garden.
• Mater non cenat in villa, sed in horto cum familia cenat.: Mother does not dine in the villa, but dines in the garden with her family.
• Filia aquam in horto petit.: (The daughter seeks water in the garden.)
• Agricola in agris multum laborat, sed filius in horto ludit.: (The farmer works a lot in the fields, but the son plays in the garden.)
• Discipula magistrae flores donat, et cum ea in horto sedet.: (The female student gives flowers to the female teacher, and sits with her in the garden.)
• Filius in horto saepe ludit.: The son often plays in the garden.
• Agricola panem in horto sumit.: The farmer takes bread in the garden.
• Discipulus in horto sedet.: The student sits in the garden.
• Si pater in horto laborat, frater cenat in villa.: If the father works in the garden, the brother dines in the villa.
• Puer in horto timet.: The boy is afraid in the garden.
• Agricola per hortum ambulat.: The farmer walks through the garden.
• Magistra discipulis fabulam in horto narrat.: The teacher tells the students a story in the garden.
• Si timidus es, studere potes in urbe, sed si fortis es, potes dormire in horto.: (If you are timid, you can study in the city, but if you are brave, you can sleep in the garden.)
• Timidus puer in horto sedet, quia ignem non amat.: (The timid boy sits in the garden, because he does not love fire.)
• Senex saepe in horto orat et pacem sperat.: The old man often prays in the garden and hopes for peace.
• Magister in horto laetior est quam in villa.: The teacher is happier in the garden than in the house.
• Equus altus in horto stat.: The tall horse stands in the garden.
• Omnes discipuli in horto sedent et libros legunt.: All the students sit in the garden and read books.
• Equus pulcher in horto stat.: The beautiful horse stands in the garden.
• Cras puer et puella in horto cum amicis ridebunt.: Tomorrow the boy and the girl will laugh with their friends in the garden.
• Magister quoque in horto sedet.: The teacher also sits in the garden.
• Mater respondet: "Nonne avia in horto cantabit, ubi luna et stellae lucent? Nunc fenestram aperio, ita lucerna clara erit.": Mother answers: "Won’t grandmother sing in the garden, where the moon and stars shine? Now I am opening the window, so the lamp will be bright."
• 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?"
• Fortasse discipulus in horto sedet.: Perhaps the student sits in the garden.
• Filius in horto ludit, soror autem in domo legit.: The son plays in the garden, but the sister reads in the house.
• Secunda hora puella cum amicis pila in horto ludit.: At the second hour the girl plays with a ball in the garden with her friends.
• Vespere pueri et puellae in horto saltant et cantant.: In the evening the boys and girls dance and sing in the garden.
• Avia in horto ambulat.: Grandmother walks in the garden.
• Puer cum eo in horto sedet.: The boy sits with him in the garden.
• Magnus puer in horto ludit.: The big boy plays in the garden.
• Avia solum in horto ambulat.: Grandmother walks only in the garden.
• Magister cum discipulo in horto de libro loquitur.: The teacher speaks with the student in the garden about the book.
• 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 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 in horto clavem quaerit, sed eam non invenit.: The boy looks for a key in the garden, but he does not find it.
• 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.
• Mater mane laborare incipit, sed vespere in horto cum familia sedet.: Mother begins to work in the morning, but in the evening she sits in the garden with the family.
• Mater dicit ventum mox desiturum esse, et nos in horto exspectamus.: Mother says the wind will soon stop, and we wait in the garden.
• Capra in horto lente ambulat.: The goat walks slowly in the garden.
• Nemo respondet, quia serva in horto aquam portat.: No one answers, because the female servant is carrying water in the garden.
• Avus, qui in horto sedet, fabulam de familia sua narrat; memoria eius adhuc clara est.: Grandfather, who is sitting in the garden, tells a story about his family; his memory is still clear.
• Post hiemem ver venit, et puellae flores in horto iterum vident.: After winter spring comes, and the girls see flowers in the garden again.
• 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.
• Capra herbam in horto edit.: The goat eats grass in the garden.
• Meridie servi in horto non laborant, sed sub umbra sedent et aquam bibunt.: At midday the servants do not work in the garden, but sit in the shade and drink water.
• Puer tecum in horto ludere vult.: The boy wants to play with you in the garden.
• Meridie sudor in pectore servi manet, quia in horto multum laborat.: At midday sweat remains on the servant’s chest, because he works a lot in the garden.
• Avia in horto cantans a puella libenter auditur.: Grandmother, singing in the garden, is gladly heard by the girl.

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