Usages of lavare
Puer manus et pedes lavat, et mater caput eius spectat.
The boy washes his hands and feet, and mother looks at his head.
Puella caput fratris lavare non vult, sed manus suas lavat.
The girl does not want to wash her brother's head, but she washes her own hands.
Postquam pedes lavit, puer etiam aures lavat, et nunc aures purae sunt.
After he has washed his feet, the boy also washes his ears, and now his ears are clean.
Post spectaculum mater dicit: “Ite mecum ad thermas; corpus lavare oportet.”
After the show mother says: “Go with me to the baths; it is necessary to wash the body.”
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