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Usages of quam
Imperator scit: “Pax est melior quam bellum.”
(The emperor knows: “Peace is better than war.”)
Magister in horto laetior est quam in villa.
The teacher is happier in the garden than in the house.
Nunc mater laboriosior est quam pater, nam tota domus cura eius est et tamen gaudet.
Now mother is more hardworking than father, for the whole house is her responsibility and yet she rejoices.
Imperator certe scit pacem meliorem esse quam bellum.
The emperor certainly knows that peace is better than war.
Puer cum amico suo laetior est quam solus.
The boy is happier with his friend than alone.
Discipuli dicunt nihil facilius esse quam menda corrigere, si exemplum optimum ante oculos habent.
The students say that nothing is easier than correcting mistakes, if they have the best example before their eyes.
Pater dicit pacem servare melius esse quam bellum timere.
Father says that preserving peace is better than fearing war.
Hic titulus brevior est quam ille.
This title is shorter than that one.
Sol hodie clarior est quam heri.
The sun is brighter today than yesterday.
Haec sententia difficilior est quam illa.
This sentence is more difficult than that one.
Haec res facilis videtur, sed difficilior est quam illa.
This thing seems easy, but it is more difficult than that one.
Haec epistula longior est quam illa.
This letter is longer than that one.
Haec epistula mihi gratior est quam illud munus.
This letter is more pleasing to me than that gift.
Haec imago pulchrior est quam illa.
This picture is more beautiful than that one.
Imago reginae in atrio pulchrior est quam imago regis.
The image of the queen in the atrium is more beautiful than the image of the king.
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