Usages of Marcus
Nomen militis est Marcus, sed multi eum timidum vocant.
The soldier’s name is Marcus, but many call him timid.
Marcus tamen fortis est et bellum non amat.
However, Marcus is brave and does not love war.
Ex omnibus discipulis Lucia diligentissima est, sed Marcus celerrime scribit.
Of all the students, Lucia is the most diligent, but Marcus writes the most quickly.
Marcus diligentissimus est, quia menda cito corrigit.
Marcus is the most diligent, because he corrects mistakes quickly.
Dubito num Marcus meminerit quid magistra dixerit, quia is sine libro venit.
I doubt whether Marcus remembers what the teacher said, because he came without a book.
Magistra laudat studium Marci, quia discipulus studiosus cotidie paratus venit.
The teacher praises Marcus’s eagerness, because the studious student comes prepared every day.
Lucia studiosior est quam Marcus, sed Marcus celerius scribit.
Lucia is more studious than Marcus, but Marcus writes more quickly.
Lucia menda diligentius quam Marcus corrigit.
Lucia corrects mistakes more carefully than Marcus.
Lucia hodie plus quam Marcus legit.
Lucia reads more than Marcus today.
Marcus hodie abest, quia aegrotus est.
Marcus is absent today, because he is sick.
Lucia Marco diligentior est, sed alia discipula eo timidior.
Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, but another female student is more timid than he is.
Lucia diligentior est quam Marcus, quia menda sua statim corrigit.
Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, because she corrects her mistakes at once.
Lucia et Marcus versus recitant; alii tacent.
Lucia and Marcus recite verses; the others are silent.
Postea Marcus dicit se carmen novum de mari componere velle.
Afterward Marcus says that he wants to compose a new poem about the sea.
Marcus dicit remigem fortem et portitorem prudentem utramque viam tutam fecisse.
Marcus says that a strong rower and a prudent ferryman made both routes safe.
Lucia dicit hoc exemplar tam clarum esse quam illud, sed Marcus verba difficiliora in hoc esse putat.
Lucia says that this copy is as clear as that one, but Marcus thinks that there are more difficult words in this one.
Dum alii discipuli scribunt, Lucia pergit legere, Marcus autem paulisper scribere desinit ut magistram audiat.
While the other students are writing, Lucia continues to read, but Marcus stops writing for a little while so that he may listen to the teacher.
Marcus male pronuntiat, quia accentum in falsa syllaba ponit.
Marcus pronounces badly, because he places the accent on the wrong syllable.
Nec Lucia nec Marcus hodie ad scholam veniunt.
Neither Lucia nor Marcus comes to school today.
Marcus quaerit utrum “quis” pronomen interrogativum sit.
Marcus asks whether “quis” is an interrogative pronoun.
Licet vox Marci parva sit, magistra eum clare respondere audit.
Although Marcus’s voice is small, the teacher hears him answer clearly.
Marcus respondet hoc participium ad tempus praeteritum pertinere, quia rem iam factam significat.
Marcus answers that this participle belongs to past time, because it indicates a thing already done.
Marcus dicit se hanc coniugationem facilius intellegere quam illam.
Marcus says that he understands this conjugation more easily than that one.
Marcus prorsus obliviscitur quo die comitia habeantur.
Marcus completely forgets on what day the elections are held.
Marcus rogat cur in sententia passiva obiectum saepe in subiectum vertatur.
Marcus asks why in a passive sentence the object is often changed into the subject.
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