Usages of desinere
Cum pluvia desiit, uxor et maritus ad villam redierunt.
When the rain stopped, the wife and the husband returned to the villa.
Mater dicit pluviam mox desituram esse, et pueri foris ludere poterunt.
Mother says that the rain will soon stop, and the boys will be able to play outside.
Postquam pluvia desinit, discipulis extra scholam ludere licet.
After the rain stops, the students are allowed to play outside the school.
Postquam stillae desierunt cadere, puella rimam parvam in tecto videt.
After the drops stopped falling, the girl sees a small crack in the roof.
Donec pluvia desinat, mulier iuxta rivum sub arbore manere vult.
Until the rain stops, the woman wants to stay next to the stream under a tree.
Donec imber desinat, intra domum manemus.
Until the rain stops, we stay inside the house.
Postremo pluvia desinit, et pueri foris ludere possunt.
At last the rain stops, and the boys can play outside.
Quamquam pluvia desiit, mater dicit pueros diutius intra domum manere debere.
Although the rain has stopped, mother says that the boys ought to stay inside the house longer.
Cum pluvia tandem desierit, exeamus e porticu et per vicum ad domum revertamur.
When the rain has finally stopped, let us go out from the portico and return home through the street.
Si quis tabellam suam perdit, magistra alteram ei dat, ne scribere desinat.
If anyone loses his or her tablet, the teacher gives another to that person, so that writing may not stop.
Discipula imperita verba pauca intellegit, sed audire tamen non desinit.
The inexperienced female student understands few words, but nevertheless does not stop listening.
Dum alii discipuli scribunt, Lucia pergit legere, Marcus autem paulisper scribere desinit ut magistram audiat.
While the other students are writing, Lucia continues to read, but Marcus stops writing for a little while so that he may listen to the teacher.
Pater statuit pueros domi manere, donec tempestas desinat; mater autem constituit focum accendere et panem secare.
Father decides that the boys should stay at home until the storm stops; mother, however, decides to light the hearth and cut bread.
Etiam si hora longa est, pergimus discere, sed ante cenam laborare desinimus.
Even if the hour is long, we continue to learn, but before dinner we stop working.
Labrum nondum desinit tumere, sed puer iam sine dolore bibere potest.
The lip does not stop swelling yet, but the boy can already drink without pain.
Cum imber desiit, puellae iterum foras exeunt et in horto ludunt.
When the rain stopped, the girls go outside again and play in the garden.
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