From the region, out of the regions.
Lightning instead of thunder.
Either before the porch, or in the chest.
I sit with my sister by the spring.
They play on the rocks and run on to the hills.
The apples fall into the stream.
We send to the teacher.
I write to you about these things.
They hear the thunder throughout the country.
The horses run throughout the plain.
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What do you hear? - I hear a voice. - Whose? -
The brother’s. - Do I hear the thunder,
or see the lightning? - You hear the thunder. - The
thunder is the voice of God. - Those throughout the land
hear the thunder. - Throughout this region they
hear these voices. - What do you find? -
I find much bread in the chest. - The boy
finds much and good food on the table. -
The girl both finds and eats bread. - These
wise men neither eat bread, neither drink wine.
Both we eat bread. - I see much golden
wheat in the plain. - Each of the young
men has much wheat in his basket. - The maiden
hears the voice of the thunder and runs. - Whither
does she run? - Into the garden. - Into whose garden? -
Either she runs into her own garden, or into the
merchant’s. - The lightning is visible. - The bread is
good. - Who do you hear? - We hear the wise
teacher. - The young man hears the teacher.
The father sends the young man away. - The teacher
sends out of the hose the evil young man.
They send a messenger and send along the white
horse. - When do the strangers come? - The come
at early dawn and go away at evening. - The maidens
depart at day-break. - My brother is entering
into the beautiful hose. - With whom is he
entering? - With my sister and many other
maidens. - Who is mounting this horse? -
The young man is mounting on to it. - The young men
go up the hills with the horses. - How
do they write letters? - Sometimes they write beautifully.
You speak justly. - The physician does not speak these things
rightly. - My affairs are in a bad condition. - My affairs are not in so
bad condition as the messenger’s. - These things are in good condition.
I was writing. - When were you writing? - I was writing just now.
I was writing when the young men were playing. - What were you writing?
I was writing a letter. - How much time was the physician
writing? - For so much trime as we were walking in
the fields. - How much time were you walking there?
Not so much as you were pursuing the hares. -
When we were in the gardens, then the father was sending his son
to the village. - The ball was falling on to
the earth. - We of old used to say these and many
such things. - The thieves were fleeing at day-break.
Was the workman fleeing or pursuing? - Neither
he was fleeing, nor pursuing, but was staying here. - What
do you hear? - I here nothing now. - Yesterday or the day before
I was hearing the thunder. - We of old used to hear
these voices. - The good of old used to hear the voice of
God. - God of old used to speak to the
good. - Who hears this voice?
We hear it. - Anciently these gardens used
to have many roses and violets.
Where was the artisan yesterday? - Either he was walking in the
plain, or ascending on to the hill. - What road
was the messenger walking? - He was walking that into the
village. - We were writing letters during that
day. - The boy was casting the balls away. - The
maiden was collecting roses and violets into the basket. - I
was seeing these beautiful roses. - On that same day we were staying in the house with you. - The
young man used to throw away the staff. - The merchant
does not drink so much wine now as he used to drink formerly. -
The teacher collects books. - He no longer collects so
many books as he used to collect formerly. - Virtue
is wisdom. - The teacher’s wisdom is
great. - Anciently there were for us many and
wise teachers. - I admire the virtue of the
young man. - Who does not wonder at the teacher’s
wisdom? - God is wise. - God alone is wise
and great. - This man is a son of mine. -
This son of mine is a boy.
Many months. - Not so many months as
days. - This month is not so long as
that. - Who is slitting the wood? - The worker is splitting
the wood. - With what do the workmen split the wood? - With this
large wedge. - Yesterday at early morning the workmen were splitting
wood. - When the boy was striking the ball, we
were splitting the wood with the wedge. - A certain wedge. - What
wedge? - With what wedges were you splitting wood just now? -
With these very wedges. - With what does the man strike
the young man? - He strikes him either with his hand, or with
the small staff. - Who were the Greeks? - The
Greek were beautiful and wise men. - The
Greeks were not so wise, as the men of the present
time. - Many of the Greeks were wise. - Some
of the Greeks were both wise and good.
I shall send you either from the pasture, or out of the field.
I shall have a staff instead of a wedge.
The messenger comes before the time.
The maiden sits with her brother in the porch.
The young men play on the rocks, but not by the door.
The strangers neither will come into the house, nor on to the hill.
The father writes to the shepherd about his son.
The horses were running throughout the plain.
For this reason I send to you through the messenger.
The horses run through the plain.
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Where does the shepherd sit? - These shepherds sit
on the hill. - When will they come hither?
They will come to-day, or to-morrow. - I shall send a
letter. - For what reason will you send this letter? -
I shall send it for many reasons. - Through whom will you
send it? - I shall send it through my only son. - How much
wood will the workman split? - He will split so much as
he will have. - Were the artisans splitting wood yesterday, or
not? - They were not splitting wood yesterday, but tomorrow they
will. - How many letters will your father write
tomorrow? - He will not write as many as he writes today. - To whom
will you say these things? - I shall say theses things to this shepherd. -
These words will hurt our
souls. - The unjust will always hurt one another. -
The just will hurt neither themselves nor others.
This wicked man will strike the young man with a staff. -
The horses either lie before the gates, or run through
the plain to the hill.
Are the thieves fleeing? - Will not the thieves
flee? - These thieves will not escape, will
they? - Will the thieves escape, or not?
Nobody of these wicked men will escape. - Will you
say these things? - Does not the orator say these things? - The
orators will not say these things, will they? - Not only these, but
they will say many such things. - How much time will
these orators speak? - They will speak during so many days
as we shall listen. - Who will listen to the
orator? - This wise orator speaks beautifully. -
These things are in good condition. - When the orators will speak,
the we shall hear. - How many squirrels will the young
man catch? - He will catch as many as he will pursue. - The thief
will flee, and we shall both pursue and catch.
Will not the horses run through the river? -
Will the little girl fall into the stream, or not?
The wicked man will not strike the maiden with the staff, will he? -
Will you hear the thunder, or not? - We
shall hear the thunder, when you will see the
lightning. - The unjust are always miserable. - God is not
friendly to the wicked, is he? - He is not friendly
to the wicked, but to the good.
I am in the garden. - Tomorrow we both shall be in the
same garden. - Both I and you shall be today
by the doors. - Each of the
lions will be in the forest. - The hunters will pursue
the lion. - These hunters will pursue both wolves and
bears during many days. - The lions will not
escape, will they? - Will the wolves flee the
hunter or not? - The shepherd pursues the wolf.
The wicked always pursue one another, and will
pursue. - The teeth of the lions. - Not the lions’
teeth, but the old man’s - How many teeth
has the old man? - He has not so many now, as he formerly
used to have. - The shepherds are going away. - Whither
will the shepherd go? - The shepherds either will go away
into the forest, or on to the hill. - The old man was
entering into the house just now. - We shall
depart today. - The squirrel bites with its teeth. - The
squirrel will not bite the maiden with its teeth, will it?
I write a letter. - To whom did you write these
letters? - I wrote them to my good
friend. - Did you send the letter,
or not? - I sent it through the messenger.
I did not send it yesterday, but I shall send it tomorrow.
When We were writing, the maidens were sitting
on these rocks. - In what place is my
neighbor? - Our neighbors are sitting in this very
place. - No longer in this place, but in
that. - The other place is not as large as
that. - Yesterday we heard the thunder. - Tomorrow
we shall see lightning. - It is evident that you hear
a thunder. - The old man threw away both the cloak and
the staff. - How beautiful, how large are these
gardens! - The unjust man struck me with his staff. - The
workmen split wood with wedges. - The snow. - A white
snow. - The snow is white. - The snow lies on the
earth. - The snow was falling throughout the country. - The
cows were running through the snow, or were lying in the
snow. - It is evident that the good are happy.
Did the young man strike you? - So did the wicked man strike you with
the stick? - Did not the teacher strike the
scholar? - Are not the wicked always miserable? - The boy did not
fall into the river, did he? - Did the strangers
come to us, or did they go away? - Who ate
this bread? - These men both ate the bread
and drank the wine. - I saw the lion when
it ran into the forest. - The boy caught the
squirrel. - The wolf bit the shepherd with its teeth.
The boy. - This boy. - That girl. - The boys
are playing. - We play with the
boys. - The beautiful girls play by the fountain. -
For what reason is the shepherd fleeing? - The shepherd is fleeing
because he sees the wolf. - The shepherds fled because they say
the wolf. - When the wild beasts came, then the boys
went to fleeing. - Not only those,
but also we fled. - The wicked flee
even when nobody pursues. - The stranger crossed
over the sea. - The hunters will not cross over
the lake, but the bridge. - The hunters crossed
over the river because they saw the wild beasts. - My father
went away yesterday, and today he will come
back. - These children are beautiful. - The
good shepherd will not flee, when he will see the
wolf.
One boy. - One maiden. - One basket. - The maiden
has two baskets in her hand. - How many tongues has
this young man? - He has two tongues. - The wise
old man has only one tongue. - Men have
one tongue and ten fingers. -
Nobody, except for this boy, has two
tongues. - There are three rivers in this region. -
The five hunters crossed over this one
bridge. - How many days did the stranger stay here?
He stayed four or five days. - The girls
have thirteen apples in the basket. - Nobody
of the orators said these things. - I see no
apple-tree in this garden. - I see not even one.
This raven. - Those same ravens. -
These ravens themselves. - I see three ravens in
the forest. - Four or five ravens were sitting
on the trees near the river. - The
flatterer has poison in his tongue. - Not only in the
tongue of the flatterer there is poison, but also in the
soul. - The heart of the flatterer has much poison. -
Virtue is the source of life. - In wisdom there is
life. - Wisdom and virtue are the life of the soul.
No good man has poison in his heart. - The heart of
the wise man has no evil. - The Greeks
traveled many stadia during that day.
How many stadia are the villages distant from
the sea? - As much as one hundred
stadia. - Our hills were distant not a many days’
journey.
What do you see? - We see ravens. - We see not
so many ravens as flatterers. - The shepherds
flee because they see the wolf. - When the bears
and the lions saw the hunters, then they fled.
Formerly we used to see many bees in these
gardens. - I was seeing these wild beasts
when you entered. - What did the workman take into his
hand? - Either the wedge, or my hammer. - He did not
take my hammer into his hand, but yours, or the
merchant’s. - The first day. - When will our friends
come? - Either on the second or on the third
evening. - The messenger will depart on the tenth month. -
How many hands has man? - He has two hands and one
tongue. - At what are you laughing? - I am laughing at
this. - We laugh about these things. - The young men
both laughed yesterday, and will laugh again tomorrow.
The foot of the colt. - Not the foot of the colt,
but the head. - Not the feet of the colt, but the those
of the horse. - The cold has four feet. - Men
have two feet and two hands. -
Each hand has five fingers. - Both
hands have ten fingers. - The cat
bites my foot. - For how much did you sell the
horse? - For so much money. - The merchant sells
his cloaks for a great price. - Whom to you love?
I love these stranger. - The good always love
the good. - The good man both always loves and
pursue wisdom and virtue. - The crooked
river flows through the plain into the lake. - These
rivers do not flow into the sea.
Every merchant. - All merchants. - All the
artisans. - The workmen are all together in the field.
Every rose is beautiful. - All roses have
thorns. - All the wise men love wisdom. -
Who said all such things? - The orator said
all these things and many such others. - Every
man is either bad or good. - All the rivers in
this region are crooked. - The
just are all together happy. - The orator shows that
all these things are in this condition. - God shows all things
to the good. - It is evident that the soul is immortal. - God
shows Himself to all the good men. - All these
things show that God is good. - The
orators showed us all these things together.
I have written. - What have you written? - I have written a
letter. - To whom have you sent the letter? - I have sent it
to my brother. - Through whom? -
Through the messenger. - I have not sent the letter,
but I shall send it tomorrow. - To whom have you
sold this house? - To the rich
merchant. - Have the hunters pursued the wild
beasts, or not? - They have neither pursued the lions,
nor the bears, but the wolves. - The squirrel
has bitten the boy. - The ear. - The ears and the
cheeks of the young man. - Nobody sees without
eyes. - We see with the eyes, and hear with the
ears. - We saw all these things with our
own eyes. - The old man does not walk
without a staff. - Nobody hears without
ears. - The maiden’s face is beautiful. -
All men have ears, and eyes
and feet and hands. - The rose is not so beautiful
as the face and the cheeks of the maiden.
I have found my son. - The workman has split all
these large trees.
What have you seen? - I have seen nothing except for these
two cats. - The boys have seen five ravens
on this fig-tree. - The Greeks have crossed
the river and have already come
hither. - The shepherds have both seen a wolf, and
have fled into the village. - The blood flows through the
body. - This young man’s tongue. - The ears
of the young man have flown together to the tongue. -
O young man, we have two ears and only one
tongue. - Both we have heard the thunder, and we have
seen the lightning. - The hunter has not caught so
many lions as he has pursued. - A beautiful body.
In the mouth of the flatterer there is poison. - Not
only in the mouth, but also in the soul. - The
body has bones and blood. - This merchant has
much money.
The man falls down. - The apples fell down
into the fountain. - The ball falls
down from the rocks. - The two horses fell
down from the rocks - The boy will not fall down from the
ladder, will he? - The young men threw wood down the
hill. - At that time I was travelling
home. - The squirrel has bitten the boy on
the finger. - The maiden has a pain in her head.
When the young man sees the maiden, he has a pain
in his heart. - The orator has said all these things well. - Against
whom did he say these things? - Against the unjust neighbor.
I say these things against nobody. - The hunters always
pursue the wild beasts pertaining to themselves. - The flesh and
the bones. - The body has flesh and blood. - We say these
things in the presence of all for a certain good man’s sake.
The year. - Every year. - All the
years. - During this year. - What in the world did the
orator say? - He said that God alone is great. -
The good are indeed happy, but the wicked are
miserable. - The father indeed writes letters by night,
and I by day. - When did the thieves come? - They
came about mid-night. - It was already about
mid-day when we heard the thunder. - The hunters
pursue wild beasts daily and nightly. -
Our friends come, some monthly, others
yearly. - The shepherd to be sure pursues, but the wolf
flees. - You indeed have a pain in your head, and I in
my foot. - Have you found my colt,
or my brother’s? - I have found yours to
be sure, but his, I have not. - Once I indeed used to drink
wine, but now I no longer drink. - There are three
bridges here. - The middle bridge is beautiful. - The middle
bridge lies in the middle of the lake.