audire

to hear

Usages of audire

• Puella per fenestram nubes spectat et pluviam clare audit.: The girl looks at the clouds through the window and clearly hears the rain.
• Puer solus in cubiculo sedet ut aviam in horto audire possit.: The boy sits alone in the bedroom so that he can hear grandmother in the garden.
• Cum magister tacet, discipuli veritatem facilius audiunt.: When the teacher is silent, the students hear the truth more easily.
• Discipula aperte dicit se mendacio non credere et testem audire velle.: The female student openly says that she does not believe a lie and wants to hear the witness.
• Domi tacemus, ut aviam audire possimus.: At home we are silent, so that we can hear grandmother.
• Cum ianitor nomen viatoris audivisset, portam aperuit et eum intrare iussit.: When the doorkeeper had heard the traveler’s name, he opened the gate and ordered him to enter.
• Nos in bibliotheca tacemus, ut veritatem facilius audire possimus.: We are silent in the library, so that we can hear the truth more easily.
• Discipuli veritatem audire cupiunt, sed clamor in via magnus est.: The students want to hear the truth, but the noise in the street is loud.
• Poeta in theatro carmen breve cantans a turba libenter auditur.: A poet, singing a short poem in the theater, is gladly heard by the crowd.
• Avia in horto cantans a puella libenter auditur.: Grandmother, singing in the garden, is gladly heard by the girl.
• Omnes in bibliotheca tacent, ut magistram audire possint.: Everyone is silent in the library, so that they can hear the teacher.
• Subito sonus aquae clarior fit, et omnes tacent ut eum audiant.: Suddenly the sound of the water becomes clearer, and everyone is silent so that they may hear it.
• Servus ad dominum propius venit, quia eum audire vult.: The servant comes nearer to the master, because he wants to hear him.
• Infra fenestram puella sonum rivi audit et librum claudere non vult.: Below the window the girl hears the sound of the stream and does not want to close the book.
• Bona fortuna mulierem iuvat, quia vicina clamorem audit et legem bene scit.: Good fortune helps the woman, because the neighbor hears the shout and knows the law well.
• Si vicina clamorem non audivisset, fortuna mulierem non iuvisset.: If the neighbor had not heard the shout, good fortune would not have helped the woman.
• Cum tonitrus auditur, infans flens matrem quaerit.: When thunder is heard, the crying baby looks for mother.
• Cum tonitrus auditur, canis sub lecto iacet.: When thunder is heard, the dog lies under the bed.
• Puer tonitrum audit et matrem statim vocat.: The boy hears the thunder and immediately calls his mother.
• In bibliotheca quisque librum suum aperit et interea voces aliorum non facile audit.: In the library each person opens his or her own book, and meanwhile does not easily hear the voices of the others.
• Post tempestatem spes nova in civitate oritur, quia fama pacis iterum auditur.: After the storm a new hope arises in the community, because the report of peace is heard again.
• Sed magistra monet neminem celeriter iudicare oportere, antequam totam fabulam audiverit.: But the teacher warns that no one ought to judge quickly before hearing the whole story.
• Puer peius dormit, quia tonitrum audit.: The boy sleeps worse, because he hears thunder.
• Multi cives ad contionem veniunt, quia volunt audire quid consul in curia dixerit.: Many citizens come to the assembly, because they want to hear what the consul said in the senate-house.
• Pater dicit se iuvenem saepe ad contiones ivisse, ut bonos oratores audiret.: Father says that when he was young he often went to assemblies so that he might hear good orators.
• 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.
• Puer matris manum capit, quia tonitrum audit.: The boy grasps his mother’s hand because he hears thunder.
• Cum tonitrus auditur, mater infantem flentem suscipit.: When thunder is heard, mother takes up the crying baby.
• Una discipula consilium novum proponit: “Cur non cras in foro oratorem audimus?”: One female student proposes a new plan: “Why do we not hear an orator in the forum tomorrow?”
• Magistra vult discipulos non solum tabellas in capsam deponere, sed etiam ea quae audiverunt inter se conferre.: The teacher wants the students not only to put the tablets into the box, but also to compare among themselves the things that they heard.
• Discipula dicit se antea numquam in contione oratorem audivisse.: The female student says that she has never heard an orator in an assembly before.
• Tribunus legatum audit et dicit rem publicam magno in periculo esse.: The tribune hears the envoy and says that the state is in great danger.
• Puella humilis in foro stat et oratorem nobilem clara voce loquentem audit.: A humble girl stands in the forum and hears a noble speaker talking in a clear voice.
• Multi cives ad contionem veniunt, quia oratorem clara voce loquentem audire volunt.: Many citizens come to the assembly because they want to hear the speaker speaking in a clear voice.
• Magistra in bibliotheca loquens a discipulis auditur.: The teacher, speaking in the library, is heard by the students.
• Orator in contione loquens a multis civibus auditur.: The orator, speaking in the assembly, is heard by many citizens.

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