Usages of respondere
Filii respondent: "Nunc foris currimus, sed soror intus legit."
The children answer: "Now we run outside, but our sister reads inside."
Mater respondet patri et dicit: "Puer foris currit."
Mother answers father and says: "The boy is running outside."
Filia respondet: "Librum lego, quia foris dies frigidus est."
The daughter answers: "I am reading a book, because outside the day is cold."
Filia respondet: "Fortasse cras cum eis curram; nunc domi manere melius est."
The daughter answers: "Perhaps tomorrow I will run with them; now it is better to stay at home."
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."
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?"
Actrix in scaena respondet, et turba ridet.
An actress answers on the stage, and the crowd laughs.
Discipulus respondet: “Cum magistra nos doceret, clamor in via minuebatur.”
A student answers: “While the teacher was teaching us, the noise in the street was decreasing.”
Caupo respondet se pretium minuere non posse, quia amphora vini iam vacua est.
The innkeeper answers that he cannot lower the price, because the jar of wine is already empty.
Avia respondet lanam utilem esse, quia ex lana tunicam texere potest.
Grandmother answers that wool is useful, because from wool she can weave a tunic.
Nemo respondet, quia serva in horto aquam portat.
No one answers, because the female servant is carrying water in the garden.
Discipula respondet se tandem intellegere et libenter discere.
The female student answers that she finally understands and gladly learns.
Mater respondet se paucos nummos habere, sed argentum mox mutare velle.
Mother answers that she has few coins, but wants to change the money soon.
Puer respondet: “Mihi collum non dolet, sed genu et dorsum dolent.”
The boy answers: “My neck does not hurt, but my knee and back hurt.”
Puer respondet: “Mihi umerus dolet.”
The boy answers: “My shoulder hurts.”
Regina pueris ridentibus respondet se risum eorum amare.
The queen answers the laughing boys that she likes their laughter.
Mercator respondet oleum quoque carum constare, quia annus difficilis fuit.
The merchant answers that oil too costs a lot, because the year was difficult.
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