Usages of ferre
Servus epistulam ad ianuam fert, et domina eam laeta accipit.
A servant brings a letter to the door, and the mistress gladly receives it.
Mater filiam vocat, ut auxilium ferat et librum e mensa tollat.
Mother calls her daughter, so that she may bring help and take the book from the table.
Avia servam monet ut pannum mundum ad mensam ferat.
Grandmother warns the female servant to bring a clean cloth to the table.
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.
Si mappa humida est, serva aliam mappam e culina fert.
If the napkin is wet, the maid brings another napkin from the kitchen.
Serva onus grave ad horreum portat, et pater ei auxilium fert.
The maid carries a heavy burden to the granary, and father brings her help.
Postridie matertera promittit se nepti parvum donum daturam esse, dummodo illa matri auxilium ferat.
The next day the maternal aunt promises that she will give her niece a small gift, provided that the girl brings help to her mother.
Discipuli codices suos secum ad scholam ferunt.
The students bring their own books with them to school.
Aprilis pluvias fert, sed mense Aprili etiam primi flores apparent.
April brings rains, but in April the first flowers also appear.
Mense Septembri discipuli ad scholam redeunt, et September novum laborem secum fert.
In September the students return to school, and September brings new work with it.
Mater filiam officiosam laudat, quia etiam cum lassa est, aviae et infanti auxilium fert.
Mother praises her dutiful daughter, because even when she is tired, she brings help to grandmother and the baby.
Mense Aprili saepe quattuordecim dies pluvias ferunt.
In April fourteen days often bring rains.
Mater hodie panem domi facere vult, itaque ancillam iubet far ex arca ferre.
Mother wants to make bread at home today, and so she orders the maid to bring spelt from the chest.
Cum ancilla paulisper apud puteum morata esset, mater ei dixit ut aquam celerius ferret.
When the maid had delayed for a little while at the well, mother told her to bring the water more quickly.
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