Usages of postquam
Postquam pedes lavit, puer etiam aures lavat, et nunc aures purae sunt.
After he has washed his feet, the boy also washes his ears, and now his ears are clean.
Postquam domina fabulam narravit, pueri in lectis dormiunt et manus quietae sunt.
After the lady has told the story, the boys sleep in their beds and their hands are at rest.
Postquam puer sanus erat, puer cum sorore pila iterum ludebat.
After the boy was healthy, the boy was again playing with the ball with his sister.
Postquam epistulam legit, puer eam tollit et sorori ostendit.
After the boy reads the letter, he picks it up and shows it to his sister.
Postquam canis annulum capit, serva et vicina simul currunt et annulum uxori tradunt.
After the dog takes the ring, the female servant and the neighbor run together and hand the ring to the wife.
Postquam viam transiit, puella ad scholam tandem pervenit.
After the girl crossed the road, she finally arrived at the school.
Postquam pluvia desinit, discipulis extra scholam ludere licet.
After the rain stops, the students are allowed to play outside the school.
Postquam vinum in aram fuderit, sacerdos puellis pacem optabit.
After the priestess has poured wine on the altar, she will wish peace to the girls.
Postquam stillae desierunt cadere, puella rimam parvam in tecto videt.
After the drops stopped falling, the girl sees a small crack in the roof.
Postquam poeta recitavit, magister discipulos iubet versus difficiliores iterum repetere.
After the poet has recited, the teacher orders the students to repeat the more difficult verses again.
Postquam magistra in scholam ingressa est, discipuli tacere incipiunt.
After the teacher has entered the school, the students begin to be silent.
Postquam negotium finitum erit, mater supra mensam novem pira et decem nuces ponet, ut omnes laeti cenent.
After the business has been finished, mother will put nine pears and ten nuts on the table, so that everyone may dine happily.
Postquam aurum et argentum bene polivit, aurifex monile nitidum in cista relinquit.
After the goldsmith has polished the gold and silver well, she leaves the shining necklace in the chest.
Postquam puella vestimenta plicavit et in armario posuit, ad bibliothecam rediit ut librum amissum quaereret.
After the girl folded the clothes and put them in the cupboard, she returned to the library to look for the lost book.
Postquam domum redimus, mater rogat quid puellae in portu didicerint de gubernatore et de velo.
After we return home, mother asks what the girls learned in the harbor about the helmsman and the sail.
Postquam index inventus est, puella librum iterum evolvit, quia prooemium antea non legerat.
After the index has been found, the girl unrolls the book again, because she had not read the preface earlier.
Postquam ratis ad alteram ripam pervenit, mater dicit melius fuisse portitore prudente uti quam per vadum ire.
After the raft reached the other bank, mother says that it was better to use a prudent ferryman than to go through the ford.
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