Usages of si
Si tempestas in mari est, nautae magnum periculum timent.
(If there is a storm at sea, the sailors fear great danger.)
Si pater in horto laborat, frater cenat in villa.
If the father works in the garden, the brother dines in the villa.
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.)
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?"
Magister consilium dat, et discipuli id sequi volunt: “Si verba nova discere vis, epistulas breves scribe.”
The teacher gives advice, and the students want to follow it: “If you want to learn new words, write short letters.”
Magister dicit: “Si veritatem dicitis, gaudium vincet; si mendacium dicitis, timor latet in mente.”
The teacher says: “If you tell the truth, joy will win; if you tell a lie, fear lies hidden in the mind.”
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