Usages of rogare
Pater rogat: "Ubi curritis, filii, foris in via?"
Father asks: "Where are you running, children, outside on the road?"
Mater rogat filiam: "Quid nunc facis in cubiculo?"
Mother asks her daughter: "What are you doing now in the bedroom?"
Pater rogat: "Cur domi manes et cum amicis non curris?"
Father asks: "Why do you stay at home and not run with your friends?"
Avia pueros rogat: "Quomodo hodie vos sentitis?"
Grandmother asks the boys: "How do you feel today?"
Puella matrem rogat: "Quando fenestram aperies, et ubi avia cantabit?"
The girl asks mother: "When will you open the window, and where will grandmother sing?"
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?"
Puer sororem rogat: "Quando cum amicis in horto ridebimus?"
The boy asks his sister: "When will we laugh with friends in the garden?"
Magister rogat: "Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?"
The teacher asks: "Why do the students not stay in the school today?"
Puer matrem quaerit et rogat: “Cur ad forum festinas?”
The boy looks for his mother and asks: “Why are you hurrying to the forum?”
Servus linteum invenit et rogat: “Cuius est hoc linteum?”
The servant finds the towel and asks: “Whose towel is this?”
Servus rogat dominum: “Cuius est hic liber?”
The servant asks the master: “Whose book is this?”
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.
Puer rogat cur ovis lanam tam longam habeat.
The boy asks why the sheep has such long wool.
Mater rogat utrum pueri, quia sitim sentiunt, lac an aquam bibere velint.
Mother asks whether the boys, because they feel thirst, want to drink milk or water.
Pater rogat utrum sal in domo iam sit an sal adhuc desit.
Father asks whether there is already salt in the house or whether salt is still lacking.
Puer dicit se famem sentire et matrem rogare ut sibi panem det.
The boy says that he feels hunger and asks his mother to give him bread.
Magistra rogat utrum sententia discipulae exemplum bonum ostendat an culpam.
The teacher asks whether the female student’s sentence shows a good example or a fault.
Discipula rogat quomodo ad scholam pervenire possit, et magistra ei viam ostendit.
The female student asks how she can reach the school, and the teacher shows her the way.
Pater rogat: “Quot nummos in crumena habes? Potesne aliquid solvere?”
Father asks: “How many coins do you have in your purse? Can you pay anything?”
Discipula rogat quot lineae in hoc codice scribendae sint.
The female student asks how many lines must be written in this book.
Medica collum pueri tangit et rogat utrum etiam umerus doleat.
The doctor touches the boy’s neck and asks whether his shoulder also hurts.
Mater puerum rogat: “Cur fles?”
Mother asks the boy: “Why are you crying?”
Mater rogat utrum convivae lac an vinum recipere velint.
Mother asks whether the guests want to receive milk or wine.
Si quis ramum vivum frangit, hortulana iram non ostendit, sed causam rogat.
If someone breaks a living branch, the female gardener does not show anger, but asks the reason.
Magistra rogat cur discipuli hodie sero veniant et utrum mora in vico fuerit.
The teacher asks why the students are coming late today and whether there was a delay in the street.
Puer rogat unde sonus veniat; avus respondet aquam de monte ad fontem currere.
The boy asks where the sound comes from; grandfather answers that water runs from the mountain to the spring.
Mater rogat quis sacculum aperuerit et quis nummos ex eo tulerit; nemo respondet.
Mother asks who opened the bag and who took the coins from it; no one answers.
Pistor rogat utrum puella placentam nunc gustare velit, priusquam mater ad ianuam veniat.
The baker asks whether the girl wants to taste the cake now, before her mother comes to the door.
Postea discipuli de fabula inter se disputant, et magistra rogat cur ita disputent.
Afterward the students discuss the story among themselves, and the teacher asks why they are discussing in that way.
Pater rogat quid in illa oratione difficillimum sit, et filia respondet initium sibi clarissimum videri.
Father asks what is most difficult in that speech, and his daughter answers that the beginning seems very clear to her.
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