Novus diēs

Hodiē gallus canit, et līberī surgunt.

Today the cock crows, and the children get up.

Titus in lectō cubat, sed nōn dormit: vigilat.

Titus is lying in bed but he is not asleep: he is awake

Gallus līberōs excitat.

The cock wakes the children.

Hodiē puer māne surgit.

Today the boy gets up early in the morning.

Hodiē gallus canit et līberī māne surgunt.

Today the cock crows and the children get up in the morning.

Prīmum puer aquā lavātur, quod pedēs eius nūdī sunt.

First the boy washes himself with water, because his feet are bare.

Ancilla tunicam sordidam in aquam mergit.

The maidservant dips a dirty tunic into the water

Prīmum puer lavātur.

First the boy washes himself.

Aqua pūra est sed manūs sordidae sunt.

The water is clean, but the hands are dirty.

Pedēs puerī nūdī sunt.

The boy's feet are bare.

Prīmum Titus manūs aquā lavat et tunicam pūram tenet.

First Titus washes his hands with water and holds a clean tunic.

Lȳdia ancilla togam Cornēliī tenet, quod dominus eam nōn induit.

Lydia the maidservant holds Cornelius's toga, because the master is not putting it on.

Titus calceōs induit, quod pedēs eius nūdī sunt.

Titus puts on his shoes because his feet are bare

Puer tunicam induit.

The boy puts on a tunic.

Puella in cubiculō vestītur.

The girl gets dressed in the bedroom.

Toga Cornēliī pūra est.

Cornelius's toga is clean.

Puer prīmum manūs lavat tunc tunicam et calceōs induit.

The boy first washes his hands, then puts on his tunic and shoes.

Prīmum Stichus togam dominō affert, deinde Cornēlius eam gerit.

First Stichus brings the toga to his master, then Cornelius wears it.

Cornēlius togātus est, sed Titus adhūc tunicam gerit.

Cornelius is toga-clad but Titus is still wearing a tunic

Servus dominō togam affert.

The servant brings the toga to the master.

Deinde līberī pānem poscunt.

Then the children demand bread.

Titus adhūc tunicam gerit.

Titus is still wearing a tunic.

Titus adhūc cubat servus prīmum tunicam deinde calceōs affert.

Titus is still in bed; the slave brings first the tunic, then the shoes.

Alter puer togam gerit, alter tunicam.

One of the two boys wears a toga, the other a tunic.

Manus dextra pūra est, sinistra sordida.

The right hand is clean the left one is dirty

Utra tunica pūra est.

Which of the two tunics is clean?

Alter puer surgit alter adhūc cubat.

One of the two boys gets up, the other is still lying in bed.

Neuter puer surgit.

Neither of the two boys gets up.

Omnēs līberī praeter Titum surgunt et fenestram apertam vident.

All the children except Titus get up and see the open window.

Omnēs fenestrae clausae sunt, itaque Titus nihil videt.

All the windows are shut, and so Titus sees nothing.

Omnēs līberī surgunt praeter Tulliam.

All the children get up except Tullia

Fenestra aperta est sed ōstium clausum est.

The window is open, but the door is shut.

In hortō Titus nihil videt.

In the garden Titus sees nothing.

Omnēs fenestrae clausae sunt.

All the windows are shut.

Parēns puerum lavat puer nōn frīget sed iam valet.

The parent washes the boy; the boy is not cold, but he is already well.

" Valē ", inquiunt parentēs, " nam canis tēcum it. "

“Farewell”, say the parents, “for the dog goes with you.”

Līvia post vesperum cubāre solet.

Livia is in the habit of lying down after evening

Parentēs valent.

The parents are well.

Mihi tunica pūra est.

I have a clean tunic.

Titus māne surgere solet.

Titus is in the habit of getting up in the morning.

Titus omnēs rēs suās portat: tabulam, stilum, rēgulam.

Titus carries all his things: a tablet, a stylus, a ruler.

Līvia tabulam et stilum tenet.

Livia holds a tablet and a stylus

Omnēs rēs in mēnsā sunt.

All the things are on the table.

Servus puerō rēgulam affert.

The slave brings the ruler to the boy.

Haec rēs pūra nōn est.

This thing is not clean.

Titus tabulam et stilum tēcum portat Līvia rēgulam mēcum portat.

Titus carries the tablet and stylus with you; Livia carries the ruler with me.