ne

so that not

Usages of ne

• Mater ianuam claudit ne infans foris exeat et ut domus tuta sit.: Mother closes the door so that the baby may not go outside and so that the house may be safe.
• Magister cum discipulis in schola manet, ne pueri soli per viam domum currant; nam pueri ibi tuti sunt.: The teacher stays in the school with the students, so that the boys do not run home alone through the street; for there the boys are safe.
• Pater portam urbis claudit vespere, ne hostes nocte taciti intrent.: Father closes the gate of the city in the evening, so that enemies may not enter silently at night.
• Mater cultrum sub mensa relinquit, ne infans eum capiat.: Mother leaves the knife under the table, so that the baby may not take it.
• Puer viam transire vult, sed mater eum monet ne sine ea transeat.: The boy wants to cross the road, but mother warns him not to cross without her.
• Magistra discipulos monet ut lente ascendant et ne in scalis currant.: The teacher warns the students to go up slowly and not run on the stairs.
• Discipuli ordine stantes magistram exspectant, ne sine ordine in scholam intrent.: The students, standing in a row, wait for the teacher, so that they may not enter the school without order.
• Pater dicit fenestram fractam statim reficiendam esse, ne stillae pluviae intus cadant.: Father says that the broken window must be repaired at once, so that drops of rain may not fall inside.
• Puer malleum tenere vult, sed pater eum monet ne clavos male figat.: The boy wants to hold the hammer, but father warns him not to fasten the nails badly.
• Hortulana puerum monet ne ramum vivum frangat.: The gardener warns the boy not to break a living branch.
• Faber fenestram reficit, ne pluvia intus cadat.: The craftsman repairs the window so that the rain does not fall inside.
• Soror quoque salire vult, sed pater eam monet ne ad flammam propius accedat.: The sister also wants to jump, but father warns her not to go nearer to the flame.
• Puer extra domum exire vult, sed mater eum monet ne sine ea exeat.: The boy wants to go outside the house, but mother warns him not to go out without her.
• Soror fratrem per vicum sequitur, ne iterum erret.: The sister follows her brother through the street, so that he may not make a mistake again.
• Mater filiam hortatur ne ante iudicium veritatem timeat.: Mother encourages her daughter not to fear the truth before the trial.

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