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Translation

thus; in this way

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Examples

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That is how things stand.

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It is so.

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He speaks in such a way that nobody understands.

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Not so very many came.

promisisti.

Do as you promised.

answers "how?" and points at manner, and because Latin has no plain word for "yes", and are among the standard ways of saying it. Its correlative is : ... gives "so, in such a way, that", and the clause after takes a subjunctive when it states a result. covers nearly the same ground; the working distinction is that tends to look back at something just said while describes the manner of the action. No case is involved.

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 7: ita, tu, pro and 10 more words.