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Learn Hardcore Latin: paene - almost

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 14
/paene

paene

Word

paene

Meaning

almost

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of paene

Puella paene clamat, quia canis annulum capit.

The girl almost shouts, because the dog takes the ring.

Puer paene veritatem dicit, sed timet.

The boy almost tells the truth, but he is afraid.

Quia puer cecidit, parvum vulnus in genu habet, et paene nullus sanguis est.

Because the boy fell, he has a small wound on his knee, and there is almost no blood.

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.

Fluctus tam alti sunt ut rete in aqua paene lateat.

The waves are so high that the net is almost hidden in the water.

Puer fatetur se veritatem celare et matrem paene fallere voluisse.

The boy admits that he wanted to hide the truth and almost deceive his mother.

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