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Learn Hardcore Latin: quam - as

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 41
/quam

quam

Word

quam

Meaning

as

Part of speech

conjunction

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of quam

Avunculus dicit nepotem et neptem tam prudentes esse quam parentes eorum.

The maternal uncle says that his nephew and niece are as prudent as their parents.

Pictura quam filia emit non tam magna est quam illa imago reginae, sed mater eam magis amat.

The painting that the daughter buys is not as large as that image of the queen, but mother likes it more.

Hodierna cena non est tam simplex quam cotidianus cibus, sed avia dicit modum servandum esse.

Today’s dinner is not as simple as everyday food, but grandmother says that moderation must be kept.

Haec historia brevis est, sed mihi tam iucunda est quam illa fabula de nauta.

This history is brief, but it is as pleasant to me as that story about the sailor.

Lucia dicit hoc exemplar tam clarum esse quam illud, sed Marcus verba difficiliora in hoc esse putat.

Lucia says that this copy is as clear as that one, but Marcus thinks that there are more difficult words in this one.

Iudex dicit testimonium servae tam grave esse quam testimonium militis.

The judge says that the maid’s testimony is as weighty as the soldier’s testimony.

Magistra dicit bonam disciplinam non tam severam esse quam utilem.

The teacher says that good discipline is not so much severe as useful.

In hac nova historia regina non tam gloriam suam quam salutem civitatis quaerit.

In this new story the queen seeks not so much her own glory as the safety of the state.

Nusquam aquam tam puram invenimus quam apud fontem.

We find water nowhere as pure as at the spring.

Quamvis iter longum esset, mater dixit se neque ruri neque in urbe tam bene quiescere quam in illo diversorio.

Although the journey was long, mother said that she rested neither in the country nor in the city as well as in that inn.

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