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Learn Hardcore Latin: qui - who

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 6
/qui

qui

Word

qui

Meaning

who

Part of speech

pronoun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

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.

Magister Romanus, qui nobiscum iter facit, dicit inscriptionem facilem esse.

The Roman teacher, who is traveling with us, says that the inscription is easy.

Sed philosophus Graecus, qui prope stat, ridet et dicit multa adhuc difficilia esse.

But the Greek philosopher, who is standing nearby, laughs and says that many things are still difficult.

Magistra respondet “hic” pronomen demonstrativum esse, “qui” autem pronomen relativum.

The teacher answers that “hic” is a demonstrative pronoun, but “qui” is a relative pronoun.

Magistra addit vocativum ad eum pertinere qui appellatur.

The teacher adds that the vocative belongs to the person who is addressed.

Discipuli, qui iam sciunt quid sit subiectum et quid obiectum, facilius intellegunt cur “amari” passivum, “amare” activum sit.

The students, who already know what the subject is and what the object is, understand more easily why “amari” is passive and “amare” is active.

Magistra, quae forte adest, dicit bonum concentum non ex voce una, sed ex multis vocibus oriri.

The teacher, who happens to be present, says that a good performance arises not from one voice, but from many voices.

Colona quae praedio praeest magnae industriae est.

The woman farmer who is in charge of the estate is very hardworking.

Nauta qui Rhodum viderat dicit portum eius tutissimum esse.

The sailor who had seen Rhodes says that its harbor is very safe.

Cives aedilem novum creant, qui forum diligenter administrare et silentium a turba postulare debeat.

The citizens elect a new aedile, who ought to manage the forum carefully and demand silence from the crowd.

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