Ch 9 · Lesson 25Latin · Chapter 9 · Lesson 25 · Common mistake
cum: with, when, since or although?
One small word, four jobs. With a noun in the ablative it is 'with'; with a subjunctive verb it opens a clause, and the clause decides which kind.
The rule
+ ablative noun is the preposition: with. + subjunctive is a clause: when (one thing, then another), since (the reason), or although (the main verb happens anyway, often flagged by ). is a fixed phrase: since this is so.
Pick the right one
0/8Pick the right one: with or when or since or although.
Cum amicis in urbem venit: cum means .
Cum in urbem venisset, statim ad templum ivit: cum means .
Cum pauci essent, tamen hostes vicerunt: cum means .
Quae cum ita sint, domum redeamus: cum means .
Cum fratre meo habito: cum means .
Cum nox esset et nihil videre possent, in castris manserunt. (That was the reason they stayed.) cum means .
Cum multa haberet, tamen nihil dedit: cum means .
Cum ad flumen venissent, castra posuerunt: cum means .
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