Usages of hodie
Hodie magistra in schola discipulos docet.
Today the (female) teacher teaches the students in the school.
Hodie dies clarus fuit, sed discipuli tamen in schola manserunt.
Today the day was bright, but the students nevertheless stayed in the school.
Hodie dies brevis fuit, sed cras dies longus erit in schola.
Today the day was short, but tomorrow the day will be long at school.
Hodie caelum clarum est.
Today the sky is bright.
Hodie dies frigidus est, sed domus calida est.
Today the day is cold, but the house is warm.
Avia pueros rogat: "Quomodo hodie vos sentitis?"
Grandmother asks the boys: "How do you feel today?"
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?"
Hodie dies obscurus est.
Today the day is dark.
Magister rogat: "Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?"
The teacher asks: "Why do the students not stay in the school today?"
Puer hodie foris exire non potest, quia pluvia lente cadit.
Today the boy cannot go outside, because the rain is falling slowly.
Hodie discipula epistulam a matre accipit.
Today the female student receives a letter from her mother.
Servus dicit se opus novum hodie incipere.
The servant says that he is beginning a new task today.
Pater hodie occupatus est, sed puella opus domi facit.
Father is busy today, but the girl does the work at home.
Ego puto caelum hodie clarum esse.
I think that the sky is bright today.
Certe thermas amo, sed hodie domi manere volo.
Certainly I like the baths, but today I want to stay at home.
Hodie ad forum ire non possum, quia pluvia frigida cadit.
Today I cannot go to the forum, because cold rain is falling.
Hospes rogat cur amphora tam cito vacua facta sit, et caupo dicit vinum hodie deesse.
The guest asks why the jar became empty so quickly, and the innkeeper says that wine is lacking today.
Hospes panem edere cupit, sed vinum hodie deest.
The guest wants to eat bread, but wine is lacking today.
Hodie sal deest, igitur mater ad forum festinat.
Today salt is lacking, therefore mother hurries to the forum.
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