Usages of res
Haec res parva videtur, sed magnam partem diei capit.
This thing seems small, but it takes up a large part of the day.
Haec res facilis videtur, sed difficilior est quam illa.
This thing seems easy, but it is more difficult than that one.
Frater et soror libros similes legunt, sed de rebus diversis inter se disputant.
Brother and sister read similar books, but they discuss different things with one another.
In mensa artifex fibulam et catenam ponit, ut domina utramque rem videre possit.
The craftsperson puts a brooch and a chain on the table so that the lady can see both things.
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.
Perfectum rem factam ostendit, futurum autem id quod postea fiet.
The perfect shows a thing done, but the future shows what will happen afterward.
Marcus respondet hoc participium ad tempus praeteritum pertinere, quia rem iam factam significat.
Marcus answers that this participle belongs to past time, because it indicates a thing already done.
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.
Sic et verba nova et res novae memoria tenentur, cum discipuli non solum in schola sedeant, sed etiam oculis suis quercus, pinos, hirundines, et formicas observent.
Thus both new words and new things are kept in memory, when students not only sit in school, but also observe with their own eyes oaks, pines, swallows, and ants.
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