avus

the grandfather

Usages of avus

• Avus, qui in horto sedet, fabulam de familia sua narrat; memoria eius adhuc clara est.: Grandfather, who is sitting in the garden, tells a story about his family; his memory is still clear.
• Avus dicit ver sibi semper gaudium dare, quia sol clarior est.: Grandfather says that spring always gives him joy, because the sun is brighter.
• 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.”
• Avus tibi fabulam de familia sua narrat.: Grandfather tells you a story about his family.
• Post pluviam campus tam viridis est ut avus diu eum spectet.: After the rain the field is so green that grandfather looks at it for a long time.
• Avus in speculo vultum suum spectat et dicit se hodie laetiorem esse.: Grandfather looks at his face in the mirror and says that he is happier today.
• Avus dicit puerum cautum esse debere, cum per scalas descendat.: Grandfather says that the boy ought to be careful when he goes down the stairs.
• Avus saepe dicit animos hominum non semper eosdem manere, sed vitam sine spe tristem esse.: Grandfather often says that people’s spirits do not always remain the same, but that life without hope is sad.
• Avus iocum novum narrat, et puer flens tandem ridet.: Grandfather tells a new joke, and the crying boy finally laughs.
• Avus dicit cor bonum veritatem amare.: Grandfather says that a good heart loves the truth.
• Puer ramum fractum tollit, sed avus alium ramum viridem laudat.: The boy picks up a broken branch, but grandfather praises another green branch.
• Puer rogat unde sonus veniat; avus respondet aquam de monte ad fontem currere.: The boy asks where the sound comes from; grandfather answers that water runs from the mountain to the spring.
• Avus meminit se olim multa signa tempestatis in caelo observare solitum esse.: Grandfather remembers that he once used to observe many signs of weather in the sky.
• Nunc puer quaerit quod signum tempestatis sit, et avus nubes nigras ostendit.: Now the boy asks what sign of storm it is, and grandfather points out the black clouds.
• Avus dicit aquam apud fontem purissimam esse.: Grandfather says that the water at the spring is very pure.
• Avus puellae imaginem reginae ostendit.: Grandfather shows the girl the image of the queen.
• Avus dicit doctrinam sine veritate minus utilem esse.: Grandfather says that teaching without truth is less useful.
• Avus dicit animum bonum veritatem amare.: Grandfather says that a good spirit loves the truth.
• Avus meminit se olim magnum gregem habuisse et cum pastore per prata ambulavisse.: Grandfather remembers that once he had a large flock and had walked through the meadows with the shepherd.
• Avus diu in horto sedet et fabulam narrat.: Grandfather sits in the garden for a long time and tells a story.
• Avus dicit hominem sapientem saepe audire et non semper clamare.: Grandfather says that a wise person often listens and does not always shout.
• Avus pectinem suum iterum amisit et nunc eum in cubiculo quaerit.: Grandfather has lost his comb again and now looks for it in the bedroom.
• Mater rogat utrum tonsor etiam barbam avi cras curaturus sit.: Mother asks whether the barber is also going to tend grandfather’s beard tomorrow.
• Quaero tonsorem qui barbam avi diligenter curet.: I am looking for a barber who may carefully tend grandfather’s beard.
• Tonsor barbam avi curaturus est.: The barber is about to tend grandfather’s beard.
• Tonsor barbam avi diligenter curat.: The barber carefully tends grandfather’s beard.
• Avus dicit virtutem sine patientia et sine bona voluntate firmam esse non posse.: Grandfather says that courage cannot be firm without patience and good will.
• Avus dicit pietatem in parvis officiis cotidie videri.: Grandfather says that devotion is seen every day in small duties.

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