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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.
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