Litterae Latīnae

Cēra mollis est, sed ferrum dūrum.

The wax is soft, but the iron is hard.

Papȳrus māteria chartae est.

The papyrus is the material of the sheet

Cēra mollis est.

The wax is soft.

Ferrum dūrum est.

The iron is hard.

Calamus in chartā est.

The reed is on the sheet.

Puer calamō in chartā litterās facit nam cēra mollis est.

The boy makes letters on paper with a reed pen, for the wax is soft.

Dominus dictat, servus scrībit, nec mendum est.

The master dictates, the slave writes, and there is no mistake.

Quod dominus scrībit, servus legit.

What the master writes the slave reads

Puer mendum dēlet.

The boy erases the mistake.

In chartā scrībō.

I write on the sheet.

Dominus legit et corrigit.

The master reads and corrects.

Puer verbum scrībit mendum dēlet deinde rēctē scrībit.

The boy writes a word, erases the error, then writes correctly.

Cōnsonāns et vōcālis coniunguntur, et syllaba fit.

A consonant and a vowel are joined, and a syllable is made.

Quid haec sententia significat?

What does this sentence mean?

Puer litteram addit.

The boy adds a letter.

Litterās iungō.

I join the letters.

Hoc vocābulum nihil significat.

This word means nothing.

Puer vōcālem et cōnsonantem coniungit deinde sententiam scrībit.

The boy joins a vowel and a consonant, then writes a sentence.

Vōcem exaudiō, sed verba nōn intellegō.

I hear the voice but I do not understand the words

Littera dēest.

A letter is missing.

Hanc sententiam intellegis.

Do you understand this sentence?

Littera superest.

One letter is one too many.

Littera dēest Lūcius id animadvertit et sententiam nōn intellegit.

One letter is missing; Lūcius notices it and does not understand the sentence.

Magister eandem sententiam legit.

The master reads the same sentence.

Zephyrus flat, et apēs cēram faciunt.

The west wind blows, and the bees make the wax.

Mercēs ab erō datur.

The wages are given by the master

Erus epistulam scrībit.

The master writes a letter.

Apēs rārae sunt.

The bees are rare.

Erus chartam cum cērā comparat.

The master compares the sheet with the wax.

Erus epistulam legit et servō bonō mercēdem dat.

The master reads the letter and gives pay to the good servant.

Servus nōn animadvertit quod vōcālis dēest, et mendum turpe est.

The slave does not notice that a vowel is missing, and the mistake is shameful.

Quālis est epistula tua?

What is your letter like?

Apēs frequentēs sunt.

The bees are many.

Tāle respōnsum meum est.

Such is my answer.

Ita est.

Yes, that is so.

Erus cuique suam mercēdem dat.

The master gives each his own wage.

Ventus varius est et apēs rārō ad hortum volant.

The wind is changeable and the bees seldom fly towards the garden.

Erus rārissimē epistulās scrībit.

The master writes letters very rarely.

Semel scrībit, bis legit, ter cōgitat.

He writes once, reads twice, thinks three times.

Quater legit, deciēs cōgitat.

He reads four times he thinks ten times

Bis legō.

I read twice.

Servus sexiēs scrībit.

The slave writes six times.

Puer semel legit, nōn bis.

The boy reads once, not twice.

Puer semel legit bis cōgitat et ter scrībit.

The boy reads once, thinks twice and writes three times.

Quotiēs erus vocat, totiēs servus venit.

As often as the master calls, the slave comes.

Quotiēs magister dictat totiēs discipulus impiger scrībit.

Whenever the master dictates, the hardworking pupil writes.