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Learn Hardcore Latin: abesse - to be away

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 36
/abesse

abesse

Word

abesse

Meaning

to be away

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of abesse

Filia hodie domi manere mavult, quia mater abest.

The daughter prefers to stay at home today, because mother is away.

Cum pater abest, avia pueris adest et cenam parat.

When father is away, grandmother is there for the children and prepares dinner.

Puella misera in cubiculo sedet, quia amica eius abest.

The unhappy girl sits in the bedroom, because her friend is away.

Pater nescit quid faciat, quia infans flere incipit et mater abest.

Father does not know what to do, because the baby begins to cry and mother is away.

“Nolite timere,” inquit mater, “nam hospitium non longe abest.”

“Do not be afraid,” says mother, “for lodging is not far away.”

Animus matris aeger est, quia filius abest.

The mother's mind is troubled, because her son is away.

Infans, si mater abest, lacrimat; cum mater adest, demum tacet.

If mother is away, the baby cries; when mother is present, only then is he silent.

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