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Usages of charta
Discipula chartam in mensa ponit et stilum quaerit.
The female student puts the paper on the table and looks for the stylus.
In prima pagina chartae magister nomen suum scribit, sed discipulus nondum stilum tenet.
On the first page of the paper the teacher writes his name, but the student is not yet holding the stylus.
Avus puero dicit: “Si chartam et stilum habes, epistulam hodie scribe et cras ad me redi.”
Grandfather says to the boy: “If you have paper and a stylus, write a letter today and return to me tomorrow.”
Magister in tabula exemplum bonum scribit, et discipuli id in charta scribunt.
The teacher writes a good example on the board, and the students write it on paper.
Puer stilum dextra tenet et in charta clare scribit.
The boy holds the stylus in his right hand and writes clearly on the paper.
Puella chartam sinistra tenet et dextra scribit.
The girl holds the paper with her left hand and writes with her right.
Puer in charta imaginem canis pingit.
The boy paints an image of a dog on the paper.
Discipula litteras in charta clare scribit.
The female student writes letters clearly on the paper.
Puer stilum e mensa capit et in charta unam sententiam scribit.
The boy takes the stylus from the table and writes one sentence on the paper.
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