Usages of parvus
Mater sorori parvum malum donat.
The mother gives a small apple to the sister.
Frater matri parvum librum donat.
The brother gives a small book to mother.
Nos equum parvum in via videmus.
(We see a small horse on the road.)
Nos ad insulam navigamus, nautas salutamus et cibum parvum sumimus.
(We sail to the island, greet the sailors, and take a small amount of food.)
Puer intrat cubiculum quod parvum est.
The boy enters the bedroom which is small.
In cubiculo parvo lectus est, et prope fenestram sella stat.
In the small bedroom there is a bed, and near the window a chair stands.
Prope scholam parva bibliotheca est, ubi discipuli post scholam libros legere amant.
Near the school there is a small library, where the students like to read books after school.
Inter flumen et viam parvus pons est, et pueri de ponte flumen spectant.
Between the river and the road there is a small bridge, and the boys look at the river from the bridge.
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."
Corpore loto, magistra prandium parvum in villa sumit.
With her body washed, the teacher has a small lunch in the villa.
Venditor piscem et panem civibus vendit, nummos parvos accipit, sed pretium minuere non vult.
The seller sells fish and bread to the citizens, receives small coins, but does not want to lower the price.
Vicina uxori donum parvum tradit.
The neighbor gives a small gift to the wife.
In officina vicinus scuta non facit, sed mensas parvas ponit.
In the workshop the neighbor does not make shields, but places small tables.
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