Usages of nam
Miles vigilat in oppido, nam timet bellum.
(The soldier keeps watch in the town, for he fears war.)
Discipulus dicit: "Caelum specto, nam interdum est pulchrum."
The student says: "I look at the sky, for sometimes it is beautiful."
Heri nox quoque quieta fuit, nam ignem in via numquam vidimus.
Yesterday the night was also quiet, for we never saw a fire in the road.
Olim pater pecuniam lente numerabat, nam numeri magni erant.
Once father was slowly counting the money, for the numbers were large.
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.
Magister cum discipulis in schola manet, ne pueri soli per viam domum currant; nam pueri ibi tuti sunt.
The teacher stays in the school with the students, so that the boys do not run home alone through the street; for there the boys are safe.
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