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.
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