Usages of magnus
Si tempestas in mari est, nautae magnum periculum timent.
(If there is a storm at sea, the sailors fear great danger.)
Magnus discipulus in via scribit.
The great student writes in the road.
Domina gaudium magnum sentit, sed dominus etiam iram parvam sentit.
The lady feels great joy, but the master also feels a little anger.
In schola magnum silentium est, et magister tacet.
In the school there is great silence, and the teacher is silent.
Mater puerum cum magna cura spectat.
Mother watches the boy with great care.
Magnum flumen inter oppidum et silvam est.
A great river is between the town and the forest.
Mane puella ientaculum parvum sumit, quia magna fames eam excitat.
In the morning the girl eats a small breakfast, because great hunger wakes her.
In aestate calor magnus est, et pueri frigus aquae amant.
In summer the heat is great, and the boys like the coolness of the water.
Cum calor magnus esset, nos sub umbra arborum sedebamus et aquam bibebamus.
When the heat was great, we were sitting under the shade of the trees and drinking water.
Hodie in foro magna copia panis est, sed vini inopia manet.
Today in the forum there is a great supply of bread, but a shortage of wine remains.
Inopia aquae agricolas terret, sed post pluviam magna copia aquae erit.
The lack of water frightens the farmers, but after the rain there will be a great supply of water.
Avia meminit magnam messem olim sub sole calidissimo factam esse.
Grandmother remembers that a great harvest was once made under the very hot sun.
Mane nebula tam magna erat ut mons prope villam non videretur.
In the morning the mist was so great that the mountain near the house could not be seen.
Avia beneficium vicinae numquam obliviscitur et ei magnas gratias agit.
Grandmother never forgets the neighbor’s kindness and gives her great thanks.
Mater servae parvum donum mittit, quia illa beneficium fecit, et serva magnas gratias agit.
Mother sends the maid a small gift because she did a favor, and the maid gives great thanks.
Amica puellae beneficium facit, et puella ei magnas gratias agit.
The girl's friend does her a favor, and the girl gives her great thanks.
Piscator dicit se hodie e portu non exiturum esse, quia fluctus nimis magni sunt.
The fisherman says that he will not leave the harbor today, because the waves are too great.
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