unus

one

Usages of unus

• Unus homo in via solus ambulat; pluvia frigida cadit, igitur domum currit.: One person walks alone in the street; cold rain is falling, therefore he runs home.
• In bibliotheca unus homo quiete sedet et librum veterem legit, igitur schola tota tacet.: In the library one person sits quietly and reads an old book, therefore the whole school is silent.
• Magistra unam quaestionem ponit, et discipula breve responsum dat.: The teacher asks one question, and the female student gives a short answer.
• Mihi hodie una pagina scribenda est, sed manus iam fessa est.: Today one page must be written by me, but my hand is already tired.
• Discipula unam sententiam facile legit, sed aliam sententiam intellegere nondum potest.: The female student reads one sentence easily, but she cannot yet understand another sentence.
• In olla parva mater oleum et unum ovum ponit.: In a small pot mother puts oil and one egg.
• In initio fabulae una pars facilis est, sed postea alia pars difficilior fit.: At the beginning of the story one part is easy, but later another part becomes more difficult.
• Puella litteras matris iterum legit et dicit se unam litteram nondum intellegere.: The girl reads her mother’s letter again and says that she does not yet understand one letter.
• Puer stilum e mensa capit et in charta unam sententiam scribit.: The boy takes the stylus from the table and writes one sentence on the paper.
• Soror amicis parva munera dat, et una conviva valde gaudet.: The sister gives small gifts to her friends, and one female guest is very happy.
• Mercator nobis duo pocula offert: unum carum, aliud vile.: The merchant offers us two cups: one expensive, the other cheap.
• Mater unam cepam et paulum allii emit.: Mother buys one onion and a little garlic.
• Cras unus discipulus versus suos clara voce recitabit, et alii eum laudabunt.: Tomorrow one student will recite his own verses in a clear voice, and the others will praise him.
• In stabulo una vacca et unus vitulus sunt.: In the stable there are one cow and one calf.
• Puella unum granum in manu tenet et rogat cur tam parvum sit.: The girl holds one grain in her hand and asks why it is so small.
• Asinus plaustrum trahit, sed una rota male vertitur.: The donkey pulls the wagon, but one wheel turns badly.
• Ex frumento bona farina fit, et ex uno grano multi panes tandem fieri possunt.: Good flour is made from grain, and from one grain many loaves can finally be made.
• Frater duas conchas in sporta ponit, sed soror dicit unam pulchriorem esse.: The brother puts two shells in the basket, but the sister says that one is more beautiful.
• Quicumque adest, ceteris auxilium ferre debet, ne grave onus uni puellae relinquatur.: Whoever is present ought to bring help to the others, so that a heavy load may not be left to one girl alone.
• Lucia unum vocabulum novi auctoris non intellegit, sed post lectionem sensum eius invenit.: Lucia does not understand one word of the new author, but after the lesson she finds its meaning.
• Una tegula de tecto cecidit, sed faber dicit trabem et fornices firmos manere.: One roof tile fell from the roof, but the craftsman says that the beam and the arches remain strong.
• Faber unam trabem mutat et duas columnas purgat antequam pluvia redeat.: The craftsman changes one beam and cleans two columns before the rain returns.
• Una discipula rogat utrum omnis magistratus suffragio fiat an quidam alio modo fiant.: One female student asks whether every magistrate comes to office by vote or whether some are made in another way.
• 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.
• Sed magistra monet cladem unius populi etiam iis qui vicerunt dolori esse posse.: But the teacher warns that the defeat of one people can be a sorrow even to those who have won.
• Nemo est qui omnia verba novi auctoris uno die perfecte transferre possit.: There is no one who can translate all the words of a new author perfectly in one day.
• 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?”
• Hodie comitia in foro habentur, et multi cives de uno candidato inter se disputant.: Today elections are being held in the forum, and many citizens are discussing one candidate among themselves.
• Una discipula in commentario scribit hereditatem non semper laetam esse, si heres officium tutelae neglegat.: One female student writes in her notebook that an inheritance is not always a happy thing if the heir neglects the duty of guardianship.

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