iam

already

Usages of iam

• Post brevem diem in schola corpus discipuli iam laborare non vult, sed mens eius laeta manet.: After a short day at school the student's body no longer wants to work, but his mind remains happy.
• Puer timidus numquam iam sine matre dormit, sed semper matrem vocat.: The timid boy no longer ever sleeps without his mother, but he always calls his mother.
• Tertia hora discipuli iam fessi sunt, sed magister adhuc docet.: At the third hour the students are already tired, but the teacher is still teaching.
• Tertia hora puer aegrotus iam dormit, et medicus de cura eius cum matre loquitur.: At the third hour the sick boy is already sleeping, and the doctor talks with the mother about his care.
• Puer dicit: "Ego quoque aviam iuvare debeo, quamquam iam fessa est.": The boy says: "I also ought to help grandmother, although she is already tired."
• Caupo respondet se pretium minuere non posse, quia amphora vini iam vacua est.: The innkeeper answers that he cannot lower the price, because the jar of wine is already empty.
• Pater rogat utrum sal in domo iam sit an sal adhuc desit.: Father asks whether there is already salt in the house or whether salt is still lacking.
• Mihi hodie una pagina scribenda est, sed manus iam fessa est.: Today one page must be written by me, but my hand is already tired.
• Discipuli gaudent, cum finis horae venit et initium prandii iam prope est.: The students rejoice when the end of the hour comes and the beginning of lunch is already near.
• Deinde familia domum redibit, ubi convivae iam ante ianuam exspectabunt.: Then the family will return home, where the guests will already be waiting before the door.
• Post paucos dies semina in sulco iam crescunt, sed radices adhuc parvae sunt.: After a few days the seeds are already growing in the furrow, but the roots are still small.
• Serva respondet se pulvere et luto iam fessam esse, sed ad verrendum paratam manere.: The female servant answers that she is already tired from dust and mud, but remains ready for sweeping.
• Mater dicit se odorem fumi sentire et dubitat num coquus iam ignem paraverit.: Mother says that she smells smoke and doubts whether the cook has already prepared the fire.
• Mater dicit holera cruda esse, sed gallinam iam in culina parari.: Mother says that the vegetables are raw, but that the hen is already being prepared in the kitchen.
• Cur tam diu ante ianuam moramini, cum cena iam parata sit?: Why are you lingering so long before the door, when dinner is already ready?

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