Usages of autem
Puer gaudium amat et ridet, puella autem iram timet.
The boy loves joy and laughs, but the girl fears anger.
Servus statim currit et celer est, domina autem lente ambulat et tarda est.
The servant runs immediately and is quick, but the lady walks slowly and is slow.
In silentio noctis filia in mente sua dicit: "Veritas matrem laetam facit, mendacium autem matrem tristem facit; iterum veritatem dicam."
In the silence of the night the daughter says in her mind: "Truth makes mother happy, but a lie makes mother sad; again I will tell the truth."
Dominus et servus sine verbo sedent; dominus pedes fessos spectat, servus autem silentium amat.
The master and the servant sit without a word; the master looks at his tired feet, but the servant loves the silence.
Puer et puella novum ludum cum pila faciunt et diu rident, postea autem quieti sedent.
The boy and the girl make a new game with a ball and laugh for a long time, but afterwards they sit quietly.
Cotidie prima hora medicus in oppidum venit, secunda hora autem medica ad scholam ambulat.
Every day at the first hour the male doctor comes into the town, but at the second hour the female doctor walks to the school.
Puer dicit: "Hic hortus parvus est, ille autem hortus prope flumen magnus et pulcher est."
The boy says: "This garden is small, but that garden near the river is large and beautiful."
Ad sinistram taberna est, ad dextram autem bibliotheca.
On the left there is a shop, but on the right there is a library.
Hic titulus omnium brevissimus est, ille autem clarissimus.
This title is the shortest of all, but that one is the clearest.
Frater pirum gustat, soror autem ficum gustat.
The brother tastes a pear, but the sister tastes a fig.
Quidam discipuli formam verborum cito tenent, alii autem sensum paulatim intellegunt.
Some students grasp the form of words quickly, but others understand the meaning gradually.
Nuper avia dixit puellas saepius apud se manere, fratres autem rarius venire, quia procul habitant.
Recently grandmother said that the girls stay with her more often, but the brothers come more rarely, because they live far away.
Puella in prora stat, mater autem in puppi sedet et velum album spectat.
The girl stands at the prow, but mother sits at the stern and looks at the white sail.
Postridie scriptor idem ad scholam venit et de arte sua narrat; discipulis autem maxime placet quod de navi, de velo, et de ancora tam clare scribit.
The next day the same writer comes to the school and tells about his art; the students especially like that he writes so clearly about the ship, the sail, and the anchor.
Una puella in commentario suo scribit senatum decreta facere, oratores autem in contione populum movere conari.
One girl writes in her notebook that the senate makes decrees, but that orators in the assembly try to move the people.
Quaedam miles arcum tenet et sagittas parat, alii autem se hastis instruunt.
A certain female soldier holds a bow and prepares arrows, but the others equip themselves with spears.
Nocte tranquilla tertia vigilia pauci adhuc in turri manent, ceteri autem dormiunt.
On a calm night, during the third watch, a few still remain in the tower, but the rest sleep.
Cum senator de mandato populi loqueretur, quidam cives tacebant, alii autem clamabant.
When the senator was speaking about the people’s commission, some citizens were silent, but others were shouting.
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