Usages of alter
Alter puer dicit se e somno surgere nolle, quia somnus adhuc dulcis sit.
Another boy says that he does not want to rise from sleep, because sleep is still sweet.
Parva avis super saxum stat, altera ad nidum volat.
A small bird stands on a rock; another flies to the nest.
Si creta parva est, magistra alteram cretam e cista tollit et discipulae dat.
If the chalk is small, the teacher takes another piece of chalk from the chest and gives it to the student.
Post meridiem alterum agmen e monte descendit et ad flumen procedit.
In the afternoon another column comes down from the mountain and advances to the river.
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.
Semita angusta ad limitem agri ducit; alter limes ad veterem pontem descendit.
A narrow path leads to the boundary of the field; another boundary-path goes down to the old bridge.
Auditores, qui primo tacebant, postea rogaverunt utrum altera lectio postero die futura esset.
The listeners, who were silent at first, afterward asked whether another reading would take place on the next day.
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