Usages of tam
Hospes rogat cur amphora tam cito vacua facta sit, et caupo dicit vinum hodie deesse.
The guest asks why the jar became empty so quickly, and the innkeeper says that wine is lacking today.
Puer rogat cur ovis lanam tam longam habeat.
The boy asks why the sheep has such long wool.
Farina tam sicca est ut mater aquam addat.
The flour is so dry that mother adds water.
Sapor huius herbae tam amarus est ut puella eam edere non velit.
The taste of this herb is so bitter that the girl does not want to eat it.
Post pluviam campus tam viridis est ut avus diu eum spectet.
After the rain the field is so green that grandfather looks at it for a long time.
Magistra tam clare loquitur ut omnes discipuli intellegant.
The teacher speaks so clearly that all the students understand.
Pluvia tam gravis est ut cives domum currant.
The rain is so heavy that the citizens run home.
Nescio cur frater tam sero surgat; soror enim ad scholam prima venire solet.
I do not know why brother gets up so late; for sister usually comes to school first.
In volumine veteri oratio de pace tam clara est ut etiam pueri eam intellegant.
In an old scroll there is a speech about peace so clear that even the boys understand it.
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?
Bos cornu, quo portam paene tangit, tam magnum habet ut puer timeat.
The ox has a horn with which it almost touches the gate, so large that the boy is afraid.
Seges post pluviam altior videtur, et avia gaudet, quia terra tam bona est.
The crop seems taller after the rain, and grandmother rejoices, because the soil is so good.
Puella unum granum in manu tenet et rogat cur tam parvum sit.
The girl holds one grain in her hand and asks why it is so small.
Mane nebula tam magna erat ut mons prope villam non videretur.
In the morning the mist was so great that the mountain near the house could not be seen.
Magistrae placet quod discipula hodie tam diligenter laborat.
The teacher is pleased that the student is working so diligently today.
Fluctus tam alti sunt ut rete in aqua paene lateat.
The waves are so high that the net is almost hidden in the water.
Discipula quaedam rogat cur haec lingua tam antiqua adhuc a multis legatur.
A certain female student asks why this language, though so ancient, is still read by many.
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