Usages of credere
Discipuli credunt magistram verum dixisse, et eam libenter audiunt.
The students believe that the teacher has spoken the truth, and they gladly listen to her.
Ego mendacio non credo, sed veritati credo.
I do not believe a lie, but I believe the truth.
Discipula aperte dicit se mendacio non credere et testem audire velle.
The female student openly says that she does not believe a lie and wants to hear the witness.
Ego credo nos in villa manere posse, quamquam pluvia frigida cadit.
I believe that we can stay in the villa, although cold rain is falling.
Puer dicit ventum desiturum esse, sed mater id non credit.
The boy says that the wind is going to stop, but mother does not believe it.
Discipulus magistro veritatem dicit, quia mendacio non credit.
The student tells the teacher the truth, because he does not believe a lie.
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