Epistula magistrī

Litterae plānae sunt.

The letter is clear.

Herī magister nōmen īnscrīpsit.

Yesterday the master inscribed a name.

Fortasse prōmissum parvum est.

Perhaps the promise is small.

Litterae quās magister herī scrīpsit plānae sunt.

The letter which the master wrote yesterday is clear.

Herī puer prōmīsit.

Yesterday the boy promised.

Herī mercātor prōmissum plānīs litterīs in parvā tabellā īnscrīpsit.

Yesterday the merchant inscribed the promise in clear letters on a small tablet

Mē pudet.

I am ashamed.

Vultus pallidus est.

The face is pale.

Puer pallet puella rubet.

The boy is pale, the girl is red.

Pater vultum pallidum puerī spectat: eum pudet.

The father looks at the boy's pale face: he is ashamed.

Tē pudet.

You are ashamed.

Adulēscentem factī puduit, itaque vultum palliumque rubrum habuit.

The young man was ashamed of his deed and so his face was red like his cloak

Comes puerum comitātur.

The companion accompanies the boy.

Posthāc nōn umquam tacet.

From now on he is never silent.

Antehāc comitēs bonī erant.

Before this the companions were good.

Comes quī hinc discessit puellam nōn comitātur.

The companion who went away from here does not accompany the girl.

Comes dominum comitātur.

The companion accompanies the master.

Antehāc viātor hinc sōlus discessit; nōn umquam illinc cum comite rediit.

Until then the traveller had left here alone and had never returned from there with a companion

Parva arca trēs clāvēs aureās et multam pecūniam continet.

The small chest contains three golden keys and much money

Custōs pecūniam inclūsit et oculōs āvertit.

The guard shut the money away and turned his eyes aside.

Mercātor solūtūrus clāvem integram affert.

The merchant who is about to pay brings an undamaged key.

Clāvis integra ōstium continet.

The undamaged key holds the door shut.

Puer oculōs āvertit.

The boy turned his eyes away.

Mercātor pretium solvit, clāvem integram accēpit et oculōs ā custōde āvertit.

The merchant paid the price received an undamaged key and turned his eyes away from the guard

Athlēta fortis laudem meruit, quia factum difficile nōn negāvit.

The brave athlete earned praise because he did not deny the difficult deed

Puer factum suum fatētur neque iam id negat.

The boy confesses his deed and no longer denies it.

Mercātor factūrus adhūc pecūniam amīcō dēbet.

The merchant who is about to act still owes money to his friend.

Puella factum fatētur.

The girl confesses the deed.

Agricola factum nōn negāvit.

The farmer did not deny the deed.

Poēta laudem meruit, factum suum fatētur et laetus dīmissus est.

The poet earned praise confesses his deed and was dismissed happy

Tabellārius litterās trādidit, sed in viā parvam clāvem perdidit.

The courier delivered the letter but lost a small key on the road

Dominus tabellārium ob clāvem perditam dīmīsit.

The master of the house dismissed the courier because of the lost key.

Tabellārius litterās trāditūrus adhūc clāvem quaerit.

The courier who is about to deliver the letter is still looking for his key.

Dominus servum ob factum dīmīsit.

The master dismissed the slave because of the deed.

Viātor clāvem perdidit.

The traveller lost the key.

Tabellārius litterās dominō trādidit, clāvem invēnit et laetus dīmissus est.

The courier delivered the letter to the master found the key and was dismissed happy