dum

while

Usages of dum

• Dum magistra docet, schola quieta manet.: While the teacher teaches, the school remains quiet.
• Dum magister fabulam narrat, discipuli libros non legunt sed vocem eius audiunt.: While the teacher tells a story, the students do not read books but listen to his voice.
• Dum discipuli ad scholam veniunt, magister in schola manet.: While the students come to the school, the teacher stays in the school.
• Dum coquus carnem in culina coquit, domina cum hospite de cena loquitur.: While the cook cooks meat in the kitchen, the lady of the house speaks with the guest about the dinner.
• Dum pluvia cadit, populus ante portam exspectat; deinde omnes per portam intrant.: While the rain is falling, the people wait in front of the gate; then everyone enters through the gate.
• Nos ante portam exspectamus, dum mater in foro est.: We wait in front of the gate while mother is in the forum.
• Dum familia in villa cenat, coquus in culina tacet.: While the family dines in the villa, the cook is silent in the kitchen.
• Puella quaerit quomodo avia tunicam texat, dum avia in sella sedet.: The girl asks how grandmother weaves a tunic, while grandmother sits on a chair.
• Maritus in officina laborat, dum uxor domi epistulam legit.: The husband works in the workshop, while the wife reads a letter at home.
• Post ientaculum serva calices et patinas lavat, dum domina in atrio epistulam legit.: After breakfast the female servant washes the cups and plates, while the mistress reads a letter in the atrium.
• Mater ientaculum parat, dum puella tunicam puram induit.: Mother prepares breakfast while the girl puts on a clean tunic.
• Dum pueri currunt, soror eorum iocum novum narrat et omnes iterum rident.: While the boys are running, their sister tells a new joke and everyone laughs again.
• Dum serva cibum fert, dominus vinum in pocula fundit et hospites salutat.: While the female servant carries the food, the master pours wine into the cups and greets the guests.
• Dum serva atrium verrit, pulvis non surgit, sed scopa ipsa luto sordida fit.: While the female servant sweeps the atrium, dust does not rise, but the broom itself becomes dirty with mud.
• Dum tempestas in mari manet, nautae in portu tacent.: While the storm remains at sea, the sailors are silent in the harbor.
• Dum nautae signa tempestatis in caelo observant, mercator e portu discedere non vult.: While the sailors observe signs of the storm in the sky, the merchant does not want to leave the harbor.
• Mater vaccas in prato pascit, dum filia aquam portat.: Mother feeds the cows in the meadow, while her daughter carries water.
• Dum anates in lacu natant, gallus prope mensam ambulat et panem quaerit.: While the ducks are swimming in the lake, the rooster walks near the table and looks for bread.
• Vaccae in prato pascuntur, dum vitulus prope arborem stat.: The cows graze in the meadow while the calf stands near the tree.
• Dum mater et filia segetem metunt, frater falcem e terra tollit et servat.: While mother and daughter reap the crop, the brother picks up the sickle from the ground and keeps it safe.
• Dum filia aquam portat, mater segetem metit.: While the daughter carries water, mother reaps the crop.
• Puella septem flores et decem folia in horto numerat, dum soror eius cantat.: The girl counts seven flowers and ten leaves in the garden while her sister sings.
• Dum magister tacet, discipuli paulatim intellegunt cur haec verba inter se similia sint.: While the teacher is silent, the students gradually understand why these words are similar to one another.
• Amicitia inter duas discipulas paulatim nascitur, dum cotidie simul in bibliotheca sedent.: A friendship gradually grows between two female students, while they sit together in the library every day.
• Dum aliae discipulae scribunt, Lucia amicae aliquid susurrat, et magistra eam monet ut non susurret.: While the other female students are writing, Lucia whispers something to her friend, and the teacher warns her not to whisper.
• Puer librum in scamno ponit, dum magistra creta in tabula scribit.: The boy puts the book on the bench while the teacher writes on the board with chalk.
• Mater aegrotam filiam curat, dum pater medicum exspectat.: Mother cares for her sick daughter while father waits for the doctor.
• Cum avia fessa esset, paulum in cubili quiescebat, dum filiae in atrio loquebantur.: Since grandmother was tired, she was resting for a little while in bed, while the daughters were talking in the atrium.
• Pater dicit se post laborem in sella quiescere velle, dum mater de hospite cogitat.: Father says that he wants to rest in a chair after work, while mother thinks about the guest.
• Avunculus cum nepote in horto sedet, dum matertera cum nepte in atrio loquitur.: My uncle sits with his nephew in the garden, while my aunt talks with her niece in the atrium.
• Ne quis sub porticu clamet, dum magistra de auctore et scriptore narrat.: Let no one shout under the portico while the teacher tells about the author and the writer.
• Sub porticu longa puellae inter columnas stant, dum pluvia in foro cadit.: Under the long portico the girls stand among the columns while rain falls in the forum.
• Ne quis ad fornicem vetustum accedat, dum faber tegulas mutat.: Let no one approach the old arch while the craftsman changes the tiles.
• Milites vallum et fossam circum castra muniunt, dum dux in turri stat.: The soldiers fortify the rampart and the ditch around the camp, while the general stands in the tower.
• Quaedam miles ante portam urbis vigilat, dum ceteri dormiunt.: A certain female soldier keeps watch before the city gate, while the others sleep.
• Postero die discipuli in foro ante subsellia sedent, dum praeco verba clara voce recitat.: On the next day the students sit in the forum before the benches, while the herald recites words in a clear voice.
• Remex in rate sedet et funem solvit, dum portitor pueros monet ne ad alveum propius accedant.: The rower sits on the raft and loosens the rope, while the ferryman warns the children not to come nearer to the channel.

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