Lucia

Lucia

Usages of Lucia

• Ex omnibus discipulis Lucia diligentissima est, sed Marcus celerrime scribit.: Of all the students, Lucia is the most diligent, but Marcus writes the most quickly.
• Lucia codicem fratris capit et menda diligenter corrigit.: Lucia takes her brother’s book and carefully corrects the mistakes.
• Non timeo ne Lucia erret, quia semper animo attento magistram audit.: I do not fear that Lucia may make a mistake, because she always listens to the teacher with an attentive mind.
• Lucia studiosior est quam Marcus, sed Marcus celerius scribit.: Lucia is more studious than Marcus, but Marcus writes more quickly.
• Lucia menda diligentius quam Marcus corrigit.: Lucia corrects mistakes more carefully than Marcus.
• Lucia prudens esse putatur, quia semper ante alios parata venit.: Lucia is thought to be prudent, because she always comes prepared before the others.
• Magistra Luciae ignoscere vult, quia puella tandem veritatem dixit.: The teacher wants to forgive Lucia, because the girl finally told the truth.
• Lucia diligenter studet.: Lucia studies diligently.
• Magistra non dubitat quin Lucia veritatem dixerit et nihil celaverit.: The teacher does not doubt that Lucia told the truth and hid nothing.
• Lucia hodie plus quam Marcus legit.: Lucia reads more than Marcus today.
• Quidquid magistra discipulis explicat, Lucia diligenter scribit.: Whatever the teacher explains to the students, Lucia writes down carefully.
• Dum aliae discipulae scribunt, Lucia amicae aliquid susurrat, et magistra eam monet ut non susurret.: While the other female students are writing, Lucia whispers something to her friend, and the teacher warns her not to whisper.
• Hodie Lucia saepius respondet, sed alia discipula rarius manum levat.: Today Lucia answers more often, but another female student raises her hand more rarely.
• Lucia Marco diligentior est, sed alia discipula eo timidior.: Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, but another female student is more timid than he is.
• Lucia diligentior est quam Marcus, quia menda sua statim corrigit.: Lucia is more diligent than Marcus, because she corrects her mistakes at once.
• Luciam morae paenitet, quia sero ad convivium venit.: Lucia regrets the delay, because she came late to the feast.
• Lucia unum vocabulum novi auctoris non intellegit, sed post lectionem sensum eius invenit.: Lucia does not understand one word of the new author, but after the lesson she finds its meaning.
• Lucia manum firmam habet, itaque litteras clare scribit.: Lucia has a steady hand, and so she writes letters clearly.
• Scribendo in commentario et verba difficilia in margine ponendo, Lucia verba nova memoria tenet.: By writing in her notebook and placing difficult words in the margin, Lucia keeps the new words in memory.
• Lucia signum parvum in margine ponit.: Lucia puts a small mark in the margin.
• Lucia in commentario suo scribit bonum ducem victoriam sine ira quaerere.: Lucia writes in her notebook that a good general seeks victory without anger.
• Lucia et Marcus versus recitant; alii tacent.: Lucia and Marcus recite verses; the others are silent.
• Lucia et amica eius versus veteres conferunt, ut melius intellegant quid auctor sentiat.: Lucia and her friend compare old verses, so that they may better understand what the author thinks.
• Lucia tabellam e capsa tollit et in mensa deponit.: Lucia takes a tablet from the box and sets it down on the table.
• Magistra dicit Luciam hanc sententiam perfecte interpretari.: The teacher says that Lucia interprets this sentence perfectly.
• Lucia quoque in bibliotheca libros veteres legit.: Lucia too reads old books in the library.
• Lucia autem censet se illo die et de hereditate et de alveo fluminis multa didicisse.: Lucia, however, thinks that on that day she learned many things both about inheritance and about the river channel.
• Lucia matrem imitari vult, quia illa industria et modestia excellit.: Lucia wants to imitate her mother, because she excels in diligence and modesty.
• Discipuli bonam magistram imitari conantur, sed Lucia sola in scribendo excellit.: The students try to imitate the good teacher, but Lucia alone excels in writing.
• Lucia usum huius vocabuli paulatim intellegit.: Lucia gradually understands the use of this word.
• Lucia dicit se scripturam aviae melius intellegere quam scripturam scribae celeris.: Lucia says that she understands her grandmother’s handwriting better than the writing of the quick scribe.
• Lucia novo calendario utitur, ut sciat quo mense dies festi futuri sint.: Lucia uses a new calendar so that she may know in which month the festival days will be.
• Lucia dicit hoc exemplar tam clarum esse quam illud, sed Marcus verba difficiliora in hoc esse putat.: Lucia says that this copy is as clear as that one, but Marcus thinks that there are more difficult words in this one.
• 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.
• Lucia recordatur magistram heri dixisse exercitum fortem ordinem servare debere.: Lucia remembers that the teacher said yesterday that a brave army ought to keep order.
• Magistra responsum Luciae approbat, quia sententiam clare scripsit.: The teacher approves Lucia’s answer, because she wrote the sentence clearly.
• Magistra quaerit quod adverbium in sententia “puella lente scribit” sit, et Lucia recte respondet “lente.”: The teacher asks which adverb is in the sentence “the girl writes slowly,” and Lucia correctly answers “slowly.”
• Nec Lucia nec Marcus hodie ad scholam veniunt.: Neither Lucia nor Marcus comes to school today.
• Lucia dicit se a magistra interrogari non timere.: Lucia says that she is not afraid to be questioned by the teacher.
• Lucia rogat utrum hoc pronomen demonstrativum sit an relativum.: Lucia asks whether this pronoun is demonstrative or relative.
• Lucia dicit comparativum unam rem cum alia conferre, superlativum autem unam rem omnibus praeferre.: Lucia says that the comparative compares one thing with another, but the superlative places one thing above all.
• Licet verbum novum difficile sit, Lucia tamen sensum eius intellegit.: Although the new word is difficult, Lucia nevertheless understands its meaning.
• Lucia autem dicit aliud participium ad futurum pertinere, quia rem mox faciendam significat.: Lucia, however, says that another participle belongs to the future, because it indicates a thing about to be done soon.
• Magistra rogat qualis vox oratoris fuerit, et Lucia respondet eam claram fuisse.: The teacher asks what the orator’s voice was like, and Lucia answers that it was clear.

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