Usages of debere
Magister dicit discipulos non semper intellegere, sed conari debere.
The teacher says that the students do not always understand, but ought to try.
In bibliotheca tacere debes, quia alii libros legunt.
In the library you ought to be silent, because others are reading books.
Magister dicit discipulos pacem in schola servare debere.
The teacher says that the students ought to preserve peace in the school.
Puella aliquid dulce emere cupit, sed ipsa dicit se reliquos nummos servare debere.
The girl wants to buy something sweet, but she herself says that she ought to save the remaining coins.
Hortulana pueris ostendit quomodo semina serere et terram lente fodere debeant.
The female gardener shows the boys how they ought to sow seeds and dig the ground slowly.
Discipula scribit se apud aviam didicisse quomodo ramum fractum tollere et radices servare debeat.
The female student writes that she has learned at grandmother’s house how she ought to remove a broken branch and preserve the roots.
Magister ostendit quid error sit et quomodo discipuli eum corrigere debeant.
The teacher shows what the mistake is and how the students ought to correct it.
Mater dicit se etiam canem curare debere, quia aliquid e mensa auferre solet.
Mother says that she must also take care of the dog, because it usually carries something off from the table.
Magistra dicit praemium bonae discipulae dari debere.
The teacher says that a reward ought to be given to the good student.
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