Usages of tristis
Senex clamat: “Caelum manet triste, sed nos manemus in insula.”
(The old man shouts: “The sky remains sad, but we remain on the island.”)
Magister discipulam tristem videt.
The teacher sees the sad student.
Heri puella tristis fuit, nunc tamen cum fratre suo ridet.
Yesterday the girl was sad, now however she laughs with her brother.
Post quietam noctem corpus discipulae non est triste, sed laborare vult et studere potest.
After a quiet night the female student's body is not sad, but it wants to work and is able to study.
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?"
Discipulus libros legit, ita mens eius non est tristis.
The student reads books, so his mind is not sad.
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."
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