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Usages of epistula
Hodie discipula epistulam a matre accipit.
Today the female student receives a letter from her mother.
Postquam epistulam legit, puer eam tollit et sorori ostendit.
After the boy reads the letter, he picks it up and shows it to his sister.
Servus epistulam ad ianuam fert, et domina eam laeta accipit.
A servant brings a letter to the door, and the mistress gladly receives it.
In illo loco prope portam puella sedet et epistulam iterum legit.
In that place near the gate the girl sits and reads the letter again.
Magister consilium dat, et discipuli id sequi volunt: “Si verba nova discere vis, epistulas breves scribe.”
The teacher gives advice, and the students want to follow it: “If you want to learn new words, write short letters.”
Domina servum iterum iubet consilium sequi et epistulam mittere.
The mistress again orders the servant to follow the plan and send a letter.
Puella matri epistulam ostendit.
The girl shows the letter to her mother.
Discipulus laetus epistulam accipit.
The happy student receives a letter.
Discipulus eam in foro exspectat, quia epistulam accipere vult.
The student waits for her in the forum, because he wants to receive a letter.
Mercator clam epistulam sub mensa relinquit, sed servus eam tollit et dominam vocat.
The merchant secretly leaves a letter under the table, but the servant picks it up and calls the mistress.
Tabellarius per viam celeriter currit et epistulam in sacculo portat.
A letter-carrier runs quickly along the road and carries a letter in a bag.
Ea epistulam accipit et matri ostendit.
She receives a letter and shows it to her mother.
Servus lucernam accendere debet, ut domina in atrio epistulam legere possit.
The servant must light the lamp so that the mistress can read a letter in the atrium.
Servus cito lucernam accendit, ut domina epistulam legere possit.
The servant quickly lights the lamp, so that the mistress can read the letter.
Maritus in officina laborat, dum uxor domi epistulam legit.
The husband works in the workshop, while the wife reads a letter at home.
Discipulus epistulam ab amico accipit.
The student receives a letter from a friend.
Post ientaculum serva calices et patinas lavat, dum domina in atrio epistulam legit.
After breakfast the female servant washes the cups and plates, while the mistress reads a letter in the atrium.
Avus puero dicit: “Si chartam et stilum habes, epistulam hodie scribe et cras ad me redi.”
Grandfather says to the boy: “If you have paper and a stylus, write a letter today and return to me tomorrow.”
Discipula epistulam facile legit.
The female student reads the letter easily.
Mihi hodie epistula brevis scribenda est.
A short letter must be written by me today.
In cista magna epistulae veteres servantur.
Old letters are kept in a large chest.
Puella cistam aperit et annulum parvum inter epistulas invenit.
The girl opens the chest and finds a small ring among the letters.
Domina epistulam cera claudit et sigillum suum in ea ponit.
The mistress seals the letter with wax and places her seal on it.
Tabellarius celerrime currit et epistulam ad villam portat.
The letter-carrier runs very quickly and carries a letter to the villa.
Mater sedens in atrio epistulam legit.
Mother, sitting in the atrium, reads a letter.
Epistula tua mihi grata est.
Your letter is pleasing to me.
Haec epistula longior est quam illa.
This letter is longer than that one.
Haec epistula mihi gratior est quam illud munus.
This letter is more pleasing to me than that gift.
Epistula matris puellam laetam facit.
Mother’s letter makes the girl happy.
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