'Glue' Words in Latin

Little words that will always come up!

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a/ab - from/by

ac - and

atque - and

ad - to

an - or

ante - before (preposition)

antea - before (adverb)

apud - among/with/at the house of

aut...aut - either...or

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cum - with (conjunction)

cum - when (preposition)

cur? - why?

de - from/down from/about

diu - for a long time

dum - while

e/ex - out of/from

enim - for

et - and

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et...et - both...and

eo - I go (verb): to there (adverb): to him/that one (pronoun)

hic, haec, hoc - this (pronoun)

hic - here (adverb)

huc - this way

huc...illuc - this way and that

iam - now/already

ibi - there

igitur - therefore/and so

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ille, illa, illud - that/he/she/it

in (+accusative) - into/onto/against

in (+ablative) - in/on

inter - among

interea - meanwhile

is, ea, id - this/that/he/she/them

ipse, ipsa, ipsum - self (himself/herself/itself/themselves)

ita - in this way

itaque - and so/therefore

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iterum - again

mox - soon

multo - much

nam - for

-ne (added on to the end of a word) - asks a question..

ne - that...not/so that...not

nec...nec - neither...nor

nisi - unless

non - not

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nonne? - surely?

num - whether

num...? - surely not...?

numquam - never

nunc - now

olim - once/sometime ago

per - through/along

post - after/behind

postea - afterwards

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postquam - after/when

postridie - on the next day

pro - in front of/for/in return for

prope - near

quails? - what sort of?

quam?/quam! - how?/how!

quam - than

quamquam - although

-que (added to end of a word) - and

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qui, quae, quod - who, which

quidam - a certain/one/some

quis? - who?/what?

quo? - where to?

quod - because

quomodo? - how? in what way?

quoque - also

quot? - how many?

re- (on the front of a verb) - back

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sed - but

si - if

sic - thus/in this way

sicut - just as/like

sine - without

sub - under/beneath

tam, so tandem - at last/finally

tot - so many

totiens - so often

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trans - across

tum - then

ubi - where/when/where?

ubique - everywhere

umquam - ever

unde - from where

ut - as/when/so that/in order that

utrum...an - where...or

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nicole

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wont work :(

Helen

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This works for me and is useful, thanks!

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