Usages of mater
Mater sorori parvum malum donat.
The mother gives a small apple to the sister.
Magister patri vinum non donat, sed matri panem donat.
The teacher does not give wine to father, but gives bread to mother.
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.
Pater et mater cum familia in villa laeti sunt.
Father and mother are happy with the family in the villa.
Mater in villa manet.
The mother stays in the villa.
Frater tuus cras ad scholam venire non vult, sed mater eum mittet.
Your brother does not want to come to school tomorrow, but mother will send him.
Puer timidus numquam iam sine matre dormit, sed semper matrem vocat.
The timid boy no longer ever sleeps without his mother, but he always calls his mother.
Post scholam discipuli domum venerunt, et magistra matri tuae nuntium misit.
After school the students came home, and the female teacher sent a message to your mother.
Puer timidus cum matre in villa dormit.
The timid boy sleeps with his mother in the villa.
Mater vesperi fenestram claudit et domi manet.
In the evening mother closes the window and stays at home.
Mater respondet patri et dicit: "Puer foris currit."
Mother answers father and says: "The boy is running outside."
Puer aquam frigidam bibere non vult, sed mater ei aquam calidam dat.
The boy does not want to drink cold water, but mother gives him warm water.
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.
Mater rogat filiam: "Quid nunc facis in cubiculo?"
Mother asks her daughter: "What are you doing now in the bedroom?"
Puella matrem rogat: "Quando fenestram aperies, et ubi avia cantabit?"
The girl asks mother: "When will you open the window, and where will grandmother sing?"
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?"
Mater respondet: "Nonne potestis ludere aut legere? Quomodo sine avia tristes esse potestis?"
Mother answers: "Can you not play or read? How can you be sad without grandmother?"
Mater aut pater cum puero domi manet.
Mother or father stays at home with the boy.
Puer manus et pedes lavat, et mater caput eius spectat.
The boy washes his hands and feet, and mother looks at his head.
Mater aures pueri videt et dicit: "Aures tuae purae sunt."
Mother sees the boy's ears and says: "Your ears are clean."
Mater filiam vocat et dicit: "Veni huc, quaeso, et mihi veritatem dic."
Mother calls her daughter and says: "Come here, please, and tell me the truth."
Mater addit: "Noli mendacium dicere, sed veritatem iterum dic."
Mother adds: "Do not tell a lie, but tell the truth again."
Quamquam nox obscura est, mater sola non timet.
Although the night is dark, mother alone is not afraid.
Mater autem dicit: "Noli ianuam claudere, quia hospes intus manet."
Mother, however, says: "Do not close the door, because the guest is staying inside."
In silentio noctis filia in mente sua dicit: "Veritas matrem laetam facit, mendacium autem matrem tristem facit; iterum veritatem dicam."
In the silence of the night the daughter says in her mind: "Truth makes mother happy, but a lie makes mother sad; again I will tell the truth."
Mater pecuniam numerat et piscem emere vult.
Mother counts the money and wants to buy fish.
Cotidie prima hora mater ad forum ambulat et panem emit.
Every day at the first hour mother walks to the forum and buys bread.
Parvus infans in domo dormit, sed mater vigilat.
The little baby sleeps in the house, but mother keeps watch.
Nunc medicus dicit infantem sanum esse et mater gaudet.
Now the male doctor says that the baby is healthy and mother rejoices.
Mater dicit ludum esse bonum, sed clamorem puerorum nimium esse, quia pueri diu non tacent.
Mother says the game is good, but that the noise of the boys is too much, because the boys do not keep quiet for a long time.
Nunc mater laboriosior est quam pater, nam tota domus cura eius est et tamen gaudet.
Now mother is more hardworking than father, for the whole house is her responsibility and yet she rejoices.
Tertia hora puer aegrotus iam dormit, et medicus de cura eius cum matre loquitur.
At the third hour the sick boy is already sleeping, and the doctor talks with the mother about his care.
Mater de cura pueri cum medico loquitur.
Mother speaks with the doctor about the care of the boy.
Mater oculos eius laudat.
Mother praises his eyes.
Mater puerum cum magna cura spectat.
Mother watches the boy with great care.
Mater filiae dicit: "Nunc sororem tuam iuvare debes."
Mother says to her daughter: "Now you must help your sister."
Mater ianuam claudit ne infans foris exeat et ut domus tuta sit.
Mother closes the door so that the baby may not go outside and so that the house may be safe.
Puer domi matrem exspectat; pluvia cadit, igitur foris ludere non vult.
The boy waits at home for his mother; rain is falling, therefore he does not want to play outside.
Nos ante portam exspectamus, dum mater in foro est.
We wait in front of the gate while mother is in the forum.
Hodie discipula epistulam a matre accipit.
Today the female student receives a letter from her mother.
Soror dicit matrem eos cras ad forum venire velle.
The sister says that mother wants them to come to the forum tomorrow.
Puer matrem quaerit et rogat: “Cur ad forum festinas?”
The boy looks for his mother and asks: “Why are you hurrying to the forum?”
Mane mater opus incipit; vespere tamen finire potest.
In the morning mother begins the work; in the evening, however, she can finish it.
Mater filiam vocat, ut auxilium ferat et librum e mensa tollat.
Mother calls her daughter, so that she may bring help and take the book from the table.
Puer verum dicit, et mater gaudet.
The boy tells the truth, and mother rejoices.
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