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Learn Hardcore Latin: fieri - to become

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 13
/fieri

fieri

Word

fieri

Meaning

to become

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of fieri

Hospes rogat cur amphora tam cito vacua facta sit, et caupo dicit vinum hodie deesse.

The guest asks why the jar became empty so quickly, and the innkeeper says that wine is lacking today.

Fortasse bellum in provincia mox fieri potest.

Perhaps war can soon happen in the province.

In initio fabulae una pars facilis est, sed postea alia pars difficilior fit.

At the beginning of the story one part is easy, but later another part becomes more difficult.

Mater dicit initium itineris facile esse, sed partem viae prope finem saepe gravem fieri.

Mother says that the beginning of the journey is easy, but that the part of the road near the end often becomes difficult.

Pater dicit diem natalem filiae omnibus annis gratiorem fieri.

Father says that his daughter’s birthday becomes more delightful every year.

Dum serva atrium verrit, pulvis non surgit, sed scopa ipsa luto sordida fit.

While the female servant sweeps the atrium, dust does not rise, but the broom itself becomes dirty with mud.

Subito sonus aquae clarior fit, et omnes tacent ut eum audiant.

Suddenly the sound of the water becomes clearer, and everyone is silent so that they may hear it.

Si nota mala in charta est, discipulus tristis non fit, sed melius laborare conatur.

If there is a bad mark on the paper, the student does not become sad, but tries to work better.

Magistra existimat hanc sententiam illa difficiliorem esse, sed discipula dicit sensum paulatim clariorem fieri.

The teacher thinks this sentence is more difficult than that one, but the female student says that the meaning gradually becomes clearer.

Aurifex gemmam parvam lente polit, ut clarior fiat.

The goldsmith slowly polishes the small gem so that it may become brighter.

Quo diutius aurifex aurum polit, eo nitidius monile fit.

The longer the goldsmith polishes the gold, the shinier the necklace becomes.

Quo diligentius serva pavimentum purgat, eo laetior mater fit.

The more carefully the maid cleans the floor, the happier mother becomes.

Scriptor iuvenis dicit se artem picturae ab avia didicisse, sed usu etiam nunc meliorem fieri.

The young writer says that he learned the art of painting from his grandmother, but that even now he becomes better through practice.

Illa nox, quae initio plena pavoris fuit, postea serena et quieta facta est.

That night, which at first was full of fear, afterward became calm and quiet.

Mense Maio hortus plenus florum fit, et Maius aviae semper gratissimus est.

In May the garden becomes full of flowers, and May is always most pleasing to grandmother.

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