Usages of audire
Heri magister in schola multum docuit, et discipuli eum audiverunt.
Yesterday the (male) teacher taught a lot in the school, and the students listened to him.
Dum magister fabulam narrat, discipuli libros non legunt sed vocem eius audiunt.
While the teacher tells a story, the students do not read books but listen to his voice.
Puella parva aviam audit, quae cantat, et lucernam obscuram spectat.
The little girl listens to her grandmother, who is singing, and looks at the dim lamp.
Discipuli credunt magistram verum dixisse, et eam libenter audiunt.
The students believe that the teacher has spoken the truth, and they gladly listen to her.
Pueri circum ignem sedent et fabulam de nauta audiunt.
The boys sit around the fire and listen to a story about a sailor.
Apud aviam puella fabulam audit.
At grandmother’s house the girl listens to a story.
In schola poeta iuvenis versus breves recitat, et discipuli eum libenter audiunt.
At school a young poet recites short verses, and the students gladly listen to him.
Non timeo ne Lucia erret, quia semper animo attento magistram audit.
I do not fear that Lucia may make a mistake, because she always listens to the teacher with an attentive mind.
Pater prudentiam filiae laudat, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.
Father praises his daughter’s good judgment, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.
Ambo nepotes avunculi fabulam de mari libenter audiunt.
Both of the maternal uncle’s grandchildren gladly listen to a story about the sea.
Quo diligentius discipuli lectionem audiunt, eo facilius vocabula novi auctoris memoria tenent.
The more carefully the students listen to the lesson, the more easily they keep the new author’s words in memory.
Orator in contione dicit, et multi cives eum audiunt.
The orator speaks in the assembly, and many citizens listen to him.
Soror prudentior est quam frater, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.
The sister is wiser than her brother, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.
Discipuli scriptorem viventem libenter audiunt.
The students gladly listen to the living writer.
Humiles quoque cives bonam de re publica opinionem habere possunt, si eos alii audiunt.
Humble citizens too can have a good opinion about the state, if others listen to them.
Magistra dicit se arbitrari senatorem meliorem esse, si opinionem civium et mandata legis simul audiat.
The teacher says that she thinks a senator is better if he listens both to the opinion of the citizens and to the commands of the law.
Ipsi in foro adsunt et oratorem audiunt.
They themselves are present in the forum and listen to the orator.
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