Usages of tangere
Canis sub lecto iacet, et infans eum tangere vult.
The dog lies under the bed, and the baby wants to touch him.
Medica collum pueri tangit et rogat utrum etiam umerus doleat.
The doctor touches the boy’s neck and asks whether his shoulder also hurts.
Puer timidus ignem tangere non vult, quia se laedere timet.
The timid boy does not want to touch the fire, because he fears hurting himself.
Puer ad canem accedit et eum tangit.
The boy approaches the dog and touches it.
Puella vaccam, quam mater cotidie mulget, libenter tangit.
The girl gladly touches the cow that mother milks every day.
Bos cornu, quo portam paene tangit, tam magnum habet ut puer timeat.
The ox has a horn with which it almost touches the gate, so large that the boy is afraid.
Puer caudam canis tangit, sed canis quietus manet.
The boy touches the dog's tail, but the dog remains calm.
Pater iugum et lorum in officina ponit, ne puer ea tangat.
Father puts the yoke and strap in the workshop, so that the boy may not touch them.
Si vas fragile est, puerum illud tangere non sinimus.
If the vessel is fragile, we do not allow the boy to touch it.
Mater puerum monet ne vas fragile tangat.
Mother warns the boy not to touch the fragile vessel.
Puer canem mitem tangit, quia eum non timet.
The boy touches the gentle dog, because he is not afraid of it.
Puer antea canem timebat, sed nunc eum tangit.
Earlier the boy was afraid of the dog, but now he touches him.
Mater timet ne infans vas fragile tangat.
Mother is afraid that the baby may touch the fragile vessel.
Serva ampullam in armario deponit, ne infans eam tangat.
The maid places the bottle in the cupboard, so that the baby may not touch it.
Mater genas infantis tangit, sed palma medicae frontem frigidiorem sentit.
Mother touches the baby’s cheeks, but the doctor’s palm feels a cooler forehead.
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