Usages of sensus
Quidam discipuli formam verborum cito tenent, alii autem sensum paulatim intellegunt.
Some students grasp the form of words quickly, but others understand the meaning gradually.
Magister sensum huius sententiae clare explicat.
The teacher clearly explains the meaning of this sentence.
Magistra existimat hanc sententiam illa difficiliorem esse, sed discipula dicit sensum paulatim clariorem fieri.
The teacher thinks this sentence is more difficult than that one, but the female student says that the meaning gradually becomes clearer.
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.
Discipuli, meditando ante lectionem et tractando post lectionem, sensum obscurum facilius capiunt.
The students, by thinking before the lesson and discussing after the lesson, grasp an unclear meaning more easily.
Magistra suadet ut singuli non solum verba, sed etiam sensum orationis cognoscant.
The teacher advises that each student understand not only the words, but also the meaning of the speech.
Licet verbum novum difficile sit, Lucia tamen sensum eius intellegit.
Although the new word is difficult, Lucia nevertheless understands its meaning.
Magistra rogat utrum haec quaestio ad sensum an ad formam vocabuli pertineat.
The teacher asks whether this question pertains to the meaning or to the form of the word.
Alia terminatio in eodem verbo interdum personam mutat, non sensum totius sententiae.
A different ending in the same verb sometimes changes the person, not the meaning of the whole sentence.
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