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Learn Hardcore Latin: antequam - before

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 25
/antequam

antequam

Word

antequam

Meaning

before

Part of speech

conjunction

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of antequam

Antequam ad mensam sedeamus, mater dicit manus lavandas esse.

Before we sit at the table, mother says that hands must be washed.

Antequam coquus holera coquat, serva ea lavat, quia cruda adhuc sunt.

Before the cook cooks the vegetables, the maid washes them, because they are still raw.

Mater dicit se, antequam ad macellum eat, semper nummos numerare.

Mother says that before she goes to the market, she always counts the coins.

Discipula attenta calamos parat antequam magistra veniat et libros in mensa ordine ponit.

The attentive student prepares the pens before the teacher comes and places the books on the table in order.

Nemo dubitat quin argentarius pactum signare debeat, antequam pecuniam det.

No one doubts that the banker ought to sign the agreement before he gives the money.

Sed magistra monet neminem celeriter iudicare oportere, antequam totam fabulam audiverit.

But the teacher warns that no one ought to judge quickly before hearing the whole story.

Pater prudentiam filiae laudat, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.

Father praises his daughter’s good judgment, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.

Puella tunicam sordidam detrahit et tunicam puram induit antequam ad scholam eat.

The girl takes off the dirty tunic and puts on a clean tunic before she goes to school.

Infans matri osculum dat antequam dormiat.

The baby gives mother a kiss before he sleeps.

Faber unam trabem mutat et duas columnas purgat antequam pluvia redeat.

The craftsman changes one beam and cleans two columns before the rain returns.

Soror prudentior est quam frater, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.

The sister is wiser than her brother, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.

Antequam legio procedat, dux paucos milites ad hostes explorandos mittit.

Before the legion advances, the general sends a few soldiers to scout the enemy.

Sunt discipuli qui duas fabulas inter se conferant antequam responsum scribant.

There are students who compare two stories with one another before they write an answer.

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