difficilis

Usages of difficilis

Magistra dicit: "Hic liber facilis est, ille liber difficilis; tamen vos potestis multum discere."
The (female) teacher says: "This book is easy, that book is difficult; nevertheless you can learn a lot."
Discipulus domi manet ut verba difficilia iterum discat et postea facilius scribat.
The student stays at home so that he may learn the difficult words again and later write more easily.
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.
Quaestio difficilis est, sed responsum pueri verum est.
The question is difficult, but the boy’s answer is true.
Cum ad villam pervenissent, puella et mater negaverunt iter difficile fuisse, quia vicus rectus erat.
When they had reached the house, the girl and her mother denied that the journey had been difficult, because the street was straight.
Mercator respondet oleum quoque carum constare, quia annus difficilis fuit.
The merchant answers that oil too costs a lot, because the year was difficult.

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