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Usages of diu
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.
Mater dicit ludum esse bonum, sed clamorem puerorum nimium esse, quia pueri diu non tacent.
Mother says the game is good, but that the noise of the boys is too much, because the boys do not keep quiet for a long time.
Discipuli diu in bibliotheca manent, quia discere volunt etiam ea quae difficilia sunt, non solum quae facilia sunt.
The students stay in the library for a long time, because they want to learn even the things that are difficult, not only the things that are easy.
Cum aestas venisset, parentes pueros ad litus duxerunt, et pueri in arena diu luserunt.
When summer had come, the parents led the boys to the shore, and the boys played on the sand for a long time.
Post pluviam campus tam viridis est ut avus diu eum spectet.
After the rain the field is so green that grandfather looks at it for a long time.
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