autem

however

Usages of autem

• Mater autem dicit: "Noli ianuam claudere, quia hospes intus manet.": Mother, however, says: "Do not close the door, because the guest is staying inside."
• Filius in horto ludit, soror autem in domo legit.: The son plays in the garden, but the sister reads in the house.
• Mercator autem se defendere vult et dicit se veritatem semper dicere.: The merchant, however, wants to defend himself and says that he always tells the truth.
• Uxor dicit aliquem ante portam stare; maritus autem dicit neminem intrare posse.: The wife says that someone is standing before the gate; the husband, however, says that no one can enter.
• Ego autem puto difficillimum esse verbum novum sine mendo describere, cum manus et mens satis quietae non sunt.: I, however, think that it is most difficult to copy a new word without a mistake, when the hand and mind are not calm enough.
• Frater autem sero surgit, quia nocte non bene dormivit.: The brother, however, gets up late, because he did not sleep well at night.
• Mercator autem discedere non vult, quia amphorae adhuc in portu manent.: The merchant, however, does not want to leave, because the jars are still in the harbor.
• Mihi non placet odium; concordia autem et bona voluntas omnibus placent.: I do not like hatred; harmony, however, and good will please everyone.
• Illa autem fabula non eiusdem generis est; tota enim natura eius diversa est.: That story, however, is not of the same kind; for its whole nature is different.
• Puer peius scribit, cum festinat; soror autem minus cito scribit et rarius errat.: The boy writes worse when he hurries; his sister, however, writes less quickly and makes mistakes more rarely.
• Praetor autem respondit suffragium postero die latum iri, ne contio nimium clamaret.: The praetor, however, replied that the vote would be taken on the next day, so that the assembly might not shout too much.
• Cum sol iam occidisset, omnes e ripa domum redierunt; navicula autem ad ripam quieta manebat.: When the sun had already set, everyone returned home from the riverbank; the little boat, however, remained quiet by the riverbank.
• Lucia autem censet se illo die et de hereditate et de alveo fluminis multa didicisse.: Lucia, however, thinks that on that day she learned many things both about inheritance and about the river channel.

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