habere

to have

Usages of habere

• Puella vestem albam habet, puer vestem nigram habet.: The girl has a white dress, the boy has a black garment.
• Avia capillos longos et oculos claros habet.: Grandmother has long hair and bright eyes.
• In cena piscem et carnem parvam habemus.: At dinner we have fish and a little meat.
• Puella tunicam novam et calceos nigros habet.: The girl has a new tunic and black shoes.
• Civis dicit: “Nummos non multos habeo; potesne mihi pretium minuere?”: A citizen says: “I do not have many coins; can you lower the price for me?”
• Puer rogat cur ovis lanam tam longam habeat.: The boy asks why the sheep has such long wool.
• Puella in secunda pagina clare scribit, quia novum stilum habet.: The girl writes clearly on the second page, because she has a new stylus.
• Avus puero dicit: “Si chartam et stilum habes, epistulam hodie scribe et cras ad me redi.”: Grandfather says to the boy: “If you have paper and a stylus, write a letter today and return to me tomorrow.”
• Puella dicit se culpam habere, et magistra ei poenam parvam dat.: The girl says that she is at fault, and the teacher gives her a small punishment.
• Avia ridet et dicit se paucos dentes habere, sed adhuc panem edere posse.: Grandmother laughs and says that she has few teeth, but can still eat bread.
• In foro mater nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.: In the forum mother buys nothing, because she does not have enough money in her purse.
• 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?”
• 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.
• Si satis argenti habemus, pretium statim solvimus.: If we have enough money, we pay the price at once.
• Ex duabus crumenis haec plenissima est, sed illa minus argenti habet.: Of the two purses, this one is the fullest, but that one has less money.
• Discipuli dicunt nihil facilius esse quam menda corrigere, si exemplum optimum ante oculos habent.: The students say that nothing is easier than correcting mistakes, if they have the best example before their eyes.
• Quia puer cecidit, parvum vulnus in genu habet, et paene nullus sanguis est.: Because the boy fell, he has a small wound on his knee, and there is almost no blood.
• Post cenam parentes cum filiis et filiabus longum sermonem de vita bona habent.: After dinner the parents have a long conversation with their sons and daughters about a good life.
• Faber promittit se rimam cras clausurum esse, si satis clavorum habebit.: The craftsman promises that he will close the crack tomorrow, if he has enough nails.
• Discipuli libros secum habent.: The students have books with them.
• Bos ante stabulum ligatus magnum cornu habet.: The ox, tied in front of the stable, has a large horn.
• Bos cornu, quo portam paene tangit, tam magnum habet ut puer timeat.: The ox has a horn with which it almost touches the gate, so large that the boy is afraid.
• Avus meminit se olim magnum gregem habuisse et cum pastore per prata ambulavisse.: Grandfather remembers that once he had a large flock and had walked through the meadows with the shepherd.
• Huic gallinae quattuor pulli sunt, et mater dicit eos semper famem habere.: This hen has four chicks, and mother says that they are always hungry.
• Eadem mulier ad forum festinat, quia magnum negotium hodie habet.: The same woman hurries to the forum, because she has important business today.
• In foro mulier negotium breve habet, sed fur prope mensam quiete stat.: In the forum the woman has a brief errand, but a thief stands quietly near the table.
• Vicina rogat num domina sibi librum commodare possit; ipsa enim pecuniam ad novum librum emendum nondum habet.: The neighbor asks whether the mistress can lend her a book; for she herself does not yet have money to buy a new book.
• Mater ab argentario pecuniam mutuari recusat, quia parum argenti habet.: Mother refuses to borrow money from the banker, because she has too little silver.
• Utinam hodie plus temporis haberemus; tum versus nostros diligentius corrigeremus.: If only we had more time today; then we would correct our verses more carefully.
• Regina coronam pulchram habet, quam omnes in atrio spectant.: The queen has a beautiful crown, which everyone looks at in the atrium.
• Non omnis femina dives bona est, sed multae pauperes animos fortes habent.: Not every rich woman is good, but many poor women have brave spirits.
• Femina pauper in foro nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.: The poor woman buys nothing in the forum, because she does not have enough money in her purse.
• Pauper, quae nihil in crumena habet, panem emere non potest.: The poor woman, who has nothing in her purse, cannot buy bread.
• Magistra discipulis dicit ut codices et membranas paratas habeant.: The teacher tells the students to have their books and parchments ready.
• Eadem artifex puellae dicit se alia ornamenta quoque in taberna habere.: The same craftswoman tells the girl that she also has other pieces of jewelry in the shop.
• Postea figulus dicit se aliud vas cras fingere posse, si lutum bonum habeat.: Afterward the potter says that he can shape another vessel tomorrow if he has good clay.
• Lucia manum firmam habet, itaque litteras clare scribit.: Lucia has a steady hand, and so she writes letters clearly.
• Qui nimis celeriter procedunt saepe ordinem amittunt; qui prudenter recedunt minus periculi habent.: Those who advance too quickly often lose order; those who retreat prudently have less danger.
• Sic discipuli discunt ordinem, vigilias, et animos firmos et in bello et in pace magnam vim habere.: Thus the students learn that order, watchfulness, and brave spirits have great power both in war and in peace.
• Quamquam tribunus magnam potestatem habet, dicit se sine auctoritate senatus nihil facere velle.: Although the tribune has great power, he says that he wants to do nothing without the authority of the senate.
• Sed pater respondet vitam privatam quoque curas habere et officium commune familiae numquam deesse.: But father answers that private life also has cares and that the common duty of the family is never lacking.
• 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.

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