Numerī difficilēs

Magister discipulōs numerōs docet, et puerī computant.

The master teaches the pupils numbers, and the boys calculate.

Discipulus prīmum cōgitat, deinde respondet.

The pupil thinks first then he answers

Magister numerōs dēmōnstrat.

The master shows the numbers.

Discipulī discunt et magister docet.

The pupils learn and the master teaches.

Discipulus cōgitat et respondet.

The pupil thinks and answers.

Hodiē discipulus absēns est.

Today the pupil is absent.

Magister numerōs dēmōnstrat et discipulus respōnsum cōgitat.

The master shows the numbers and the pupil thinks about the answer.

Titus saepe ā patre reprehenditur, sed Līvia rēctē respondet.

Titus is often blamed by his father, but Livia answers correctly.

Quārē prāvē respondēs?

Why do you answer wrongly?

Saepe laudāmur.

We are often praised.

Magister Līviam numquam reprehendit.

The master never blames Livia.

Reprehenderis, quia prāvē respondēs.

You are blamed, because you answer wrongly.

Titus saepe rēctē respondet et numquam reprehenditur.

Titus often answers correctly and is never blamed.

Titus rēctē respondet: respōnsum eius certum est.

Titus answers correctly: his answer is sure.

Discipulus indoctus prāvē respondet.

The ignorant pupil answers wrongly

Respōnsum tuum rēctum est.

Your answer is correct.

Pater pecūniam aequē dīvidit.

The father divides the money equally.

Magister doctus est discipulus indoctus est

The master is learned, the pupil is ignorant.

Magister cuique suam partem dat.

The master gives each his own share.

Quisque discipulus suum respōnsum rēctē dēmōnstrat.

Each pupil correctly shows his own answer.

Titus assēs prōmit, computat, et in sacculō repōnit.

Titus takes out the asses, reckons, and puts them back in the purse.

Pater puerīs nummōs largītur.

The father generously gives coins to the boys

Puer manum tollit.

The boy raises his hand.

Pater dēnāriōs partītur.

The father shares the denarii.

Titus pecūniam in sacculō repōnit.

Titus puts the money back in the purse.

Pater ē sacculō dēnāriōs prōmit et līberīs largītur.

The father takes the denarii from the bag and gives them to the children.

Titus industrius est: multa scit. Līvia pigra nōn est.

Titus is industrious: he knows many things. Livia is not lazy.

Numerī difficilēs sunt, sed magister facile computat.

The numbers are difficult but the master reckons easily

Hoc pēnsum facile est.

This exercise is easy.

Discipulus piger nihil scit.

The lazy pupil knows nothing.

Magister largus est.

The master is generous.

Magister discipulum prūdentem laudat.

The master praises the shrewd pupil.

Discipulus prūdēns pēnsum difficile rēctē facit.

The prudent pupil correctly does a difficult task.

In lūdō septendecim discipulī sunt: trēdecim puerī et quattuor puellae.

In the school there are seventeen pupils: thirteen boys and four girls.

Duodēvīgintī et ūnus sunt ūndēvīgintī.

Eighteen and one make nineteen

In lūdō sēdecim discipulī sunt.

There are sixteen pupils in the school.

Ūndēvīgintī numerus difficilis est.

Nineteen is a difficult number.

In lūdō trēdecim puerī computant et sēdecim discunt.

At school thirteen children calculate and sixteen learn.

In hortō quadringentae rosae sunt, sed in vīllā quīnquāgintā sunt.

In the garden there are four hundred roses, but in the house there are fifty.

In hortō quadringentae rosae sunt.

In the garden there are four hundred roses

Magister quīnquāgintā dēnāriōs habet.

The master has fifty denarii.

Sescentae ovēs in campō sunt.

Six hundred sheep are in the field.

Quadrāgintā discipulī discunt.

Forty pupils are learning.

In ūnō campō quadringentae ovēs sunt et in alterō sescentae.

In one field there are four hundred sheep, and in the other six hundred.

Quamquam numerī difficilēs sunt, Titus ūsque ad centum computat.

Although the numbers are difficult, Titus reckons all the way up to a hundred.

Postrēmō magister omnēs discipulōs laudat.

Finally the master praises all the pupils

Prīmum cōgitāre oportet.

One must think first.

Nōngentī mīlitēs in castrīs sunt.

Nine hundred soldiers are in the camp.

Quamquam numerus difficilis est discipulus rēctē respondet

Although the number is difficult, the pupil answers correctly.

Quamquam numerus difficilis est usque ad fīnem cōgitāre oportet.

Although the number is difficult, one must think until the end.