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Learn Hardcore Latin: intellegere - to understand

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 14
/intellegere

intellegere

Word

intellegere

Meaning

to understand

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of intellegere

Magister dicit discipulos non semper intellegere, sed conari debere.

The teacher says that the students do not always understand, but ought to try.

Discipula respondet se tandem intellegere et libenter discere.

The female student answers that she finally understands and gladly learns.

Haec verba a puero non intelleguntur, sed a puella intelleguntur.

These words are not understood by the boy, but they are understood by the girl.

Discipula unam sententiam facile legit, sed aliam sententiam intellegere nondum potest.

The female student reads one sentence easily, but she cannot yet understand another sentence.

Magistra tam clare loquitur ut omnes discipuli intellegant.

The teacher speaks so clearly that all the students understand.

Puella litteras matris iterum legit et dicit se unam litteram nondum intellegere.

The girl reads her mother’s letter again and says that she does not yet understand one letter.

In volumine veteri oratio de pace tam clara est ut etiam pueri eam intellegant.

In an old scroll there is a speech about peace so clear that even the boys understand it.

Si discipuli inter se aperte disputant, saepe rem difficiliorem facilius intellegunt.

If the students discuss openly among themselves, they often understand a more difficult matter more easily.

Si lex nimis gravis esset, multi cives iura sua intellegere non possent.

If the law were too harsh, many citizens would not be able to understand their rights.

Puella prudens rationem matris intellegit, sed frater stultus eandem rationem non intellegit.

The prudent girl understands her mother’s reasoning, but her foolish brother does not understand the same reasoning.

Quidam discipuli formam verborum cito tenent, alii autem sensum paulatim intellegunt.

Some students grasp the form of words quickly, but others understand the meaning gradually.

Dum magister tacet, discipuli paulatim intellegunt cur haec verba inter se similia sint.

While the teacher is silent, the students gradually understand why these words are similar to one another.

Lucia unum vocabulum novi auctoris non intellegit, sed post lectionem sensum eius invenit.

Lucia does not understand one word of the new author, but after the lesson she finds its meaning.

Legendo et meditando discipula argumentum libri paulatim intellegit.

By reading and thinking, the female student gradually understands the subject of the book.

Sic puellae et pueri, legendo, audiendo, meditando, et inter se tractando, et libros et vitam urbis paulatim intellegunt.

Thus girls and boys, by reading, listening, thinking, and discussing among themselves, gradually understand both books and the life of the city.

Magistra imaginem navis in tabula pingit, ut discipuli proram et puppim intellegant.

The teacher draws a picture of a ship on the board so that the students may understand the prow and the stern.

Lucia et amica eius versus veteres conferunt, ut melius intellegant quid auctor sentiat.

Lucia and her friend compare old verses, so that they may better understand what the author thinks.

Magistra postero die discipulis narrat multum interesse utrum verba iuris recte intellegant an temere dicant.

The teacher tells the students on the next day that it matters greatly whether they understand the words of the law correctly or speak carelessly.

Qui avaritiam superare non potest, liberalitatem numquam facile intellegit.

Whoever cannot overcome greed never easily understands generosity.

Lucia usum huius vocabuli paulatim intellegit.

Lucia gradually understands the use of this word.

Discipula verba difficilia in margine ponit, ut auctorem facilius intellegat.

The student puts difficult words in the margin so that she may understand the author more easily.

Discipula imperita verba pauca intellegit, sed audire tamen non desinit.

The inexperienced female student understands few words, but nevertheless does not stop listening.

Lucia dicit se scripturam aviae melius intellegere quam scripturam scribae celeris.

Lucia says that she understands her grandmother’s handwriting better than the writing of the quick scribe.

Horologium vetus tardius movetur, itaque pater non statim intellegit quo tempore nuptiae incipiant.

The old clock runs more slowly, and so father does not immediately understand at what time the wedding is to begin.

Sic discipuli, cum historias inter se comparent et testimonia personarum diligenter audiant, facilius intellegunt quid sit verum et quid falsum.

Thus the students, when they compare stories with one another and listen carefully to the testimonies of the characters, understand more easily what is true and what is false.

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