Usages of duo
Duo cives in portu stant et venditorem vocant.
Two citizens stand in the harbor and call the seller.
Duo nautae navem parant ut cras e portu exeat.
Two sailors prepare the ship so that tomorrow it may leave the harbor.
Postea filia codicem fratris capit et duas lineas describit.
Afterward the daughter takes her brother’s book and copies two lines.
Ex duabus crumenis haec plenissima est, sed illa minus argenti habet.
Of the two purses, this one is the fullest, but that one has less money.
Huic puellae duo fratres sunt, sed illi puero nulla soror est.
This girl has two brothers, but that boy has no sister.
Mercator nobis duo pocula offert: unum carum, aliud vile.
The merchant offers us two cups: one expensive, the other cheap.
Huic puellae duo asini sunt, et eos mane ad agrum ducit.
This girl has two donkeys, and she leads them to the field in the morning.
Duo asini plaustrum ad forum trahunt.
Two donkeys pull the wagon to the forum.
Frater duas conchas in sporta ponit, sed soror dicit unam pulchriorem esse.
The brother puts two shells in the basket, but the sister says that one is more beautiful.
Duae discipulae iam adsunt, sed ceterae adhuc absunt.
Two female students are already here, but the others are still absent.
Discipula sententiam iterum describere cogitur, quia duo menda in charta sunt.
The female student is forced to copy the sentence again, because there are two mistakes on the paper.
Amicitia inter duas discipulas paulatim nascitur, dum cotidie simul in bibliotheca sedent.
A friendship gradually grows between two female students, while they sit together in the library every day.
Hoc scamnum sella vetere commodius est, itaque duae discipulae ibi libenter sedent.
This bench is more comfortable than the old chair, and so two female students gladly sit there.
Mater panem cultro secat et duo frusta parva infantibus dividit.
Mother cuts the bread with a knife and divides two small pieces among the children.
Pater malum dividere conatur, ut filiae et filio duo frusta det.
Father tries to divide the apple so that he may give two pieces to his daughter and son.
Neuter e duobus libris alibi inventus est; denique ambo sub sella iacebant.
Neither of the two books was found elsewhere; at last both were lying under the chair.
Faber unam trabem mutat et duas columnas purgat antequam pluvia redeat.
The craftsman changes one beam and cleans two columns before the rain returns.
Post contionem duo discipuli inter se disputant utrum decretum consulis an responsum praetoris prudentius fuerit.
After the assembly two students discuss among themselves whether the consul’s decree or the praetor’s answer was wiser.
Sunt discipuli qui duas fabulas inter se conferant antequam responsum scribant.
There are students who compare two stories with one another before they write an answer.
Si duo heredes inter se dissentiunt, hereditas saepe moram patitur.
If two heirs disagree with one another, the inheritance often suffers delay.
Frater et soror dicunt patrimonium aviae inter duos heredes aeque dividendum esse.
Brother and sister say that grandmother’s estate must be divided equally between the two heirs.
Limes inter duos agros servandus est.
The boundary between the two fields must be preserved.
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