intellegere

to understand

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.

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