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Learn Hardcore Latin: ubi - where

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 6
/ubi

ubi

Word

ubi

Meaning

where

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of ubi

Pater rogat: "Ubi curritis, filii, foris in via?"

Father asks: "Where are you running, children, outside on the road?"

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?"

Mater respondet: "Nonne avia in horto cantabit, ubi luna et stellae lucent? Nunc fenestram aperio, ita lucerna clara erit."

Mother answers: "Won’t grandmother sing in the garden, where the moon and stars shine? Now I am opening the window, so the lamp will be bright."

Prope scholam parva bibliotheca est, ubi discipuli post scholam libros legere amant.

Near the school there is a small library, where the students like to read books after school.

Deinde familia domum redibit, ubi convivae iam ante ianuam exspectabunt.

Then the family will return home, where the guests will already be waiting before the door.

Parva puella quaerit ubi fons sub colle lateat; hortulana ei viam monstrat.

The little girl asks where the spring is hidden below the hill; the gardener shows her the way.

Serva dominam ad horreum comitatur, ubi custos merces servat.

The maid accompanies the mistress to the warehouse, where a guard watches the goods.

Magistra postremo dicit: “Ubi honestas, prudentia, et diligentia manent, ibi nec severitas nec laus discipulis nocet.”

At last the teacher says: “Where honesty, prudence, and diligence remain, there neither strictness nor praise harms the students.”

Post lectionem magistra discipulos ad forum ducit, ubi contio magna iam ante rostra convenit.

After the lesson the teacher leads the students to the forum, where a large assembly is already gathering before the rostra.

Post lectionem magistra puellas ad ripam ducit, ubi parva navicula prope pontem ligata est.

After the lesson the teacher leads the girls to the riverbank, where a small boat is tied near the bridge.

Cum remex ratem lente ageret, portitor puellae ostendit ubi alveus altior esset.

While the rower was guiding the raft slowly, the ferryman showed the girl where the channel was deeper.

Post tepidarium puella in caldarium it, ubi balneatrix aquam in piscinam fundit.

After the warm room the girl goes into the hot room, where the bath-attendant pours water into the pool.

Retro villam hortus parvus est, ubi flores crescunt.

Behind the house there is a small garden, where flowers grow.

Sic in domo, ubi tablinum, triclinium, et peristylium inter se differunt, etiam pueri paulatim discunt quid in his locis recte faciendum sit.

Thus in a house, where the study, dining room, and peristyle differ from one another, even the boys gradually learn what ought to be done properly in these places.

Post scholam magistra discipulos ad silvam ducit, ubi quercus altae et pinus densae crescunt.

After school the teacher leads the students to a forest, where tall oaks and thick pines grow.

Sic puella discit domum non solum tectum et parietes esse, sed etiam locum ubi blandi sermones, flores suaves, et parva oscula amicitiam servant.

Thus the girl learns that a home is not only a roof and walls, but also a place where gentle conversations, sweet-smelling flowers, and little kisses preserve friendship.

In eo praedio pomarium magnum est, ubi mala et pira bene crescunt.

On that estate there is a large orchard, where apples and pears grow well.

Sic filia didicit et ubi humi liber iaceret et quomodo paenulae, baltei, linum, purpuraque a fullone aut a textore curarentur.

Thus the daughter learned both where the book was lying on the ground and how cloaks, belts, linen, and purple cloth were cared for by a fuller or by a weaver.

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