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Learn Hardcore Latin: quidam - a certain

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 35
/quidam

quidam

Word

quidam

Meaning

a certain

Part of speech

pronoun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of quidam

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.

Quidam puer magistram “tristem” appellat, sed ego eam iustam appello.

A certain boy calls the teacher “sad,” but I call her just.

Quaedam discipula omnino tacet, quia timet ne responsum peius det.

A certain female student is completely silent, because she fears that she may give a worse answer.

Pater, qui olim oratorem quendam audiverat, censet vocem claram plus valere quam verba nimis multa.

Father, who once heard a certain orator, thinks that a clear voice is worth more than too many words.

Quaedam miles arcum tenet et sagittas parat, alii autem se hastis instruunt.

A certain female soldier holds a bow and prepares arrows, but the others equip themselves with spears.

Quaedam miles ante portam urbis vigilat, dum ceteri dormiunt.

A certain female soldier keeps watch before the city gate, while the others sleep.

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