Usages of ludere
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.)
Filius in horto saepe ludit.
The son often plays in the garden.
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?"
Post scholam domum vestram venite, deinde cum aliis amicis ludite.
After school come to your home, then play with the other friends.
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.
Postquam puer sanus erat, puer cum sorore pila iterum ludebat.
After the boy was healthy, the boy was again playing with the ball with his sister.
Magnus puer in horto ludit.
The big boy plays in the garden.
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.
Puer dicit se sororem laedere non velle, sed tantum ludere.
The boy says that he does not want to harm his sister, but only to play.
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.
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