Usages of quaestio
Magistra unam quaestionem ponit, et discipula breve responsum dat.
The teacher asks one question, and the female student gives a short answer.
Quaestio difficilis est, sed responsum pueri verum est.
The question is difficult, but the boy’s answer is true.
Tibi responsum ad hanc quaestionem ante cenam dandum est.
An answer to this question must be given by you before dinner.
Viginti pueri ac puellae post scholam ad hortum venerunt, et magistra viginti quaestiones eis proposuit.
Twenty boys and girls came to the garden after school, and the teacher set twenty questions before them.
Si quaestio difficilis est, discipula paulum cogitat et deinde respondet.
If the question is difficult, the female student thinks for a little while and then answers.
Pater vult a philosopho Graeco audiri, itaque quaestionem clare proponit.
Father wants to be heard by the Greek philosopher, and so he puts forward his question clearly.
Magistra discipulis quaestionem difficilem proponit.
The teacher puts forward a difficult question to the students.
Magistra addit pronomen interrogativum saepe quaestionem significare.
The teacher adds that an interrogative pronoun often indicates a question.
Magistra rogat utrum haec quaestio ad sensum an ad formam vocabuli pertineat.
The teacher asks whether this question pertains to the meaning or to the form of the word.
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