Usages of mendum
Magister dicit titulum bonum esse, sed in secunda linea mendum parvum latere.
The teacher says that the title is good, but that a small mistake is hidden in the second line.
Magistra dicit discipulam diligentem esse, quia mendum cito corrigit.
The teacher says that the female student is diligent, because she corrects the mistake quickly.
Puer minus diligens est; ideo idem mendum iterum describit nec statim corrigit.
The boy is less diligent; therefore he copies the same mistake again and does not correct it at once.
Discipuli dicunt nihil facilius esse quam menda corrigere, si exemplum optimum ante oculos habent.
The students say that nothing is easier than correcting mistakes, if they have the best example before their eyes.
Ego autem puto difficillimum esse verbum novum sine mendo describere, cum manus et mens satis quietae non sunt.
I, however, think that it is most difficult to copy a new word without a mistake, when the hand and mind are not calm enough.
Discipula mendum diligenter corrigit.
The female student carefully corrects the mistake.
Lucia codicem fratris capit et menda diligenter corrigit.
Lucia takes her brother’s book and carefully corrects the mistakes.
Marcus diligentissimus est, quia menda cito corrigit.
Marcus is the most diligent, because he corrects mistakes quickly.
Magistra ipsa mendum cito corrigit.
The teacher herself quickly corrects the mistake.
Discipula in codice mendum quaerit, ut id cito corrigat.
The female student looks for a mistake in the book, so that she may correct it quickly.
Etiam bona discipula interdum errat, sed mendum suum statim corrigit.
Even a good student sometimes makes a mistake, but she corrects her mistake at once.
Discipulus studiosus menda sua statim corrigit.
The studious student corrects his mistakes at once.
Lucia menda diligentius quam Marcus corrigit.
Lucia corrects mistakes more carefully than Marcus.
Magister librum apud se retinet, donec discipulus mendum corrigat.
The teacher keeps the book with himself until the student corrects the mistake.
Magistra miratur quam diligenter discipula menda corrigat.
The teacher wonders how carefully the female student corrects the mistakes.
Discipula sententiam iterum describere cogitur, quia duo menda in charta sunt.
The female student is forced to copy the sentence again, because there are two mistakes on the paper.
Lucia diligentior est quam Marcus, quia menda sua statim corrigit.
Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, because she corrects her mistakes at once.
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