qui

who

Usages of qui

• Avia, quae puellam amat, capillos pueri spectat et oculos eius laudat.: The grandmother, who loves the girl, looks at the boy's hair and praises his eyes.
• Puella parva aviam audit, quae cantat, et lucernam obscuram spectat.: The little girl listens to her grandmother, who is singing, and looks at the dim lamp.
• Avus, qui in horto sedet, fabulam de familia sua narrat; memoria eius adhuc clara est.: Grandfather, who is sitting in the garden, tells a story about his family; his memory is still clear.
• Nemo est qui tonitrum et fulgur non timeat.: There is no one who does not fear thunder and lightning.
• Quaero tonsorem qui barbam avi diligenter curet.: I am looking for a barber who may carefully tend grandfather’s beard.
• Pater non dubitat quin puella, quae conchas amat, etiam rete piscatoris libenter spectet.: Father does not doubt that the girl, who loves shells, also gladly looks at the fisherman’s net.
• Pauper, quae nihil in crumena habet, panem emere non potest.: The poor woman, who has nothing in her purse, cannot buy bread.
• Pater, qui olim oratorem quendam audiverat, censet vocem claram plus valere quam verba nimis multa.: Father, who once heard a certain orator, thinks that a clear voice is worth more than too many words.
• Sed magistra monet cladem unius populi etiam iis qui vicerunt dolori esse posse.: But the teacher warns that the defeat of one people can be a sorrow even to those who have won.
• Magistra iis libros dat, qui in bibliotheca tacent.: The teacher gives books to those who are silent in the library.
• Magistra quaerit discipulam quae hanc sententiam in linguam Latinam recte transferat.: The teacher looks for a female student who may translate this sentence correctly into Latin.
• Nemo est qui omnia verba novi auctoris uno die perfecte transferre possit.: There is no one who can translate all the words of a new author perfectly in one day.
• Sunt discipuli qui duas fabulas inter se conferant antequam responsum scribant.: There are students who compare two stories with one another before they write an answer.
• Non est discipulus qui hoc exercitium sine cura perficiat; omnibus enim tempus et patientia necessaria sunt.: There is no student who completes this exercise without care; for time and patience are necessary for everyone.
• Idem est qui heri ad villam venit.: He is the same person who came to the house yesterday.
• Cum pompa ad templum appropinquaret, tibicen eos qui cantabant lente sequebatur.: When the procession was approaching the temple, the flute-player was slowly following those who were singing.
• Magister eos laudat, qui veritatem dicunt.: The teacher praises those who tell the truth.
• Auditores, qui primo tacebant, postea rogaverunt utrum altera lectio postero die futura esset.: The listeners, who were silent at first, afterward asked whether another reading would take place on the next day.
• Magistra docta discipulis suadet ut bonos auctores sequantur, non eos qui levitatem potius quam gravitatem amant.: The learned teacher advises the students to follow good authors, not those who love frivolity rather than seriousness.
• Vir autem, qui primo asper videbatur, postea voce blanda puero locutus est.: The man, however, who at first seemed harsh, afterward spoke to the boy in a gentle voice.
• Mane hospes benignam dominam iterum salutavit et viro, qui non iam asper erat, gratias egit.: In the morning the guest greeted the kind mistress again and gave thanks to the man, who was no longer harsh.
• Denique ad domum propinquae veniunt, quae hospitium parvum sed mundum paravit.: At last they come to the house of a female relative, who has prepared small but clean lodging.
• Plerique, qui in contione adsunt, oratorem libenter audiunt.: Most people who are present at the assembly gladly listen to the orator.
• Hodierna laetitia etiam avum, qui saepe tacet, ad risum movet.: Today’s joy moves even grandfather, who is often silent, to laughter.
• Antequam nuptiae incipiant, magistra, quae etiam propinqua est, puellis dicit bonos mores in omni domo servandos esse.: Before the wedding begins, the teacher, who is also a relative, tells the girls that good manners must be kept in every house.
• Propinqua, quae procul habitat, cras ad nuptias veniet.: The relative, who lives far away, will come to the wedding tomorrow.

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