Translation
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Examples
Romanus.
The senate and the Roman people.
horto .
The father and the mother are in the garden.
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I came and I saw.
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The boy and the girl are walking to the city.
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The land and the sea are sacred to the gods.
The workhorse conjunction of Latin, and the commonest word in the language: it joins two words, two phrases or two whole clauses, exactly as English "and" does. Repeat it for emphasis and you get "et ... et ...", meaning "both ... and ...", as in "et pater et mater" (both the father and the mother).
Latin has three other words for "and", and they are not interchangeable. "atque" (or "ac") is heavier and adds weight to what follows, "-que" is tacked onto the end of the second word rather than standing free, and "nec" is "and not". "et" is the neutral default, which is why it outnumbers all of them.
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Stories
(17)Novem loca
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Vinum bonum
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Et cum spiritu tuo
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Carmina mea
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In principio creavit Deus
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In principio erat Verbum
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Nemo melior
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Si tuleritis
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Ex Britannia
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Pater noster
2 min read · Core 5000
Venus
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Parvo pretio
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Odi et amo
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Inter sepulcra
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Vivamus, mea Lesbia
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Gallia est omnis divisa
5 min read · Core 5000
Lupus et agnus
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Grammar articles
(27)The Latin Ablative Absolute: urbe capta, signo dato
Latin Adjectives as Nouns: boni, omnia, multa
The Ave Maria: the Hail Mary in Latin, Word by Word
Biblical Latin: How to Read the Vulgate as a Learner
Latin Cases: What Each of the Six Cases Does (Chart)
Church Latin Pronunciation: Every Rule vs Classical
Latin Demonstratives: Hic, Haec, Hoc and Ille Charts
Latin Fearing Clauses: timeo ne, timeo ut and ne non
Latin Fero: ferre, tuli, latum, Its Meanings and Compounds
Latin Future, Pluperfect and Future Perfect
The Latin Genitive and Dative in Practice
Latin Gerunds and Gerundives: ars amandi, delenda est
The Gloria and Sanctus in Latin, Word by Word
Latin Imperative: Commands like dic, fac, venite
Latin Imperfect Tense: -bam, -bas, -bat and eram
Latin Irregular Verbs: sum, possum, eo, fero, volo, nolo, malo
Latin Mass Responses: The Full Text, With Literal English
Latin Phrases Used in English: 30 You Already Say
Latin Numbers Grammar: Which Decline, Milia, and 18 and 19
Latin Participles: amans, amatus, amaturus
Latin Passive Periphrastic: Carthago delenda est
The Latin Passive and Deponent Verbs: amatur, locutus sum
The Pater Noster: the Our Father in Latin, Word by Word
Latin Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive: amaverim, amavissem
The Latin Perfect: dixi, feci, fui
Latin Principal Parts: Why Verbs Have Four Forms
Latin Verb Endings Chart: -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: et, in, ad and 11 more words.