Usages of cum
Cum cives statuam spectarent, puer parvus sub ea ridebat.
While the citizens were looking at the statue, a little boy was laughing under it.
Discipulus respondet: “Cum magistra nos doceret, clamor in via minuebatur.”
A student answers: “While the teacher was teaching us, the noise in the street was decreasing.”
Cum serva cubiculum purgaret, filia sordes e pavimento colligebat.
While the maid was cleaning the bedroom, the daughter was gathering dirt from the floor.
Serva dicit se mappam sub pulvino reliquisse, cum infans ibi luderet.
The maid says that she left the napkin under the pillow while the baby was playing there.
Cum omnes quiescerent, sola feles in pavimento lente ambulabat et ad situlam aquae spectabat.
While everyone was resting, only the cat was walking slowly on the floor and looking at the bucket of water.
Cum remex ratem lente ageret, portitor puellae ostendit ubi alveus altior esset.
While the rower was guiding the raft slowly, the ferryman showed the girl where the channel was deeper.
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