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Usages of sine
Puer timidus numquam iam sine matre dormit, sed semper matrem vocat.
The timid boy no longer ever sleeps without his mother, but he always calls his mother.
Femina forte in via stat sine timore, quia corpus suum bene scit.
By chance a woman stands in the street without fear, because she knows her body well.
Multi numquam sine amicitia vivunt.
Many people never live without friendship.
Magistra dicit: “Sine libris bonis bene vivere non possumus.”
The teacher says: “Without good books we cannot live well.”
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?"
Dominus et servus sine verbo sedent; dominus pedes fessos spectat, servus autem silentium amat.
The master and the servant sit without a word; the master looks at his tired feet, but the servant loves the silence.
Puer viam transire vult, sed mater eum monet ne sine ea transeat.
The boy wants to cross the road, but mother warns him not to cross without her.
Ego autem puto difficillimum esse verbum novum sine mendo describere, cum manus et mens satis quietae non sunt.
I, however, think that it is most difficult to copy a new word without a mistake, when the hand and mind are not calm enough.
Discipuli ordine stantes magistram exspectant, ne sine ordine in scholam intrent.
The students, standing in a row, wait for the teacher, so that they may not enter the school without order.
In foro mercatores sine ordine sedentes pretia magna clamant.
In the forum the merchants, sitting without order, shout high prices.
Avus saepe dicit animos hominum non semper eosdem manere, sed vitam sine spe tristem esse.
Grandfather often says that people’s spirits do not always remain the same, but that life without hope is sad.
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