With Me, With You: mecum, tecum

Level 3

Write cum after me, te, nobis, vobis and se, as one word.

How It Works

The pronoun comes first, and cum follows it as part of one word. In English the order is the other way round: with me.

A noun keeps cum in front. The Mass has both patterns side by side: Dominus vobiscum and Et cum spiritu tuo.

The Ave Maria has the same pattern: Dominus tecum (the Lord is with you).

The same joining happens with the relative pronoun, as in quocum (with whom).

Marcus mecum venit.
Marcus comes with me.
Mecum is me and cum joined.
Iulia tecum ambulat.
Iulia walks with you.
Tecum is te and cum joined.
Dominus vobiscum.
The Lord be with you.
Vobiscum is vobis and cum joined. The words are from the Mass.
Pueri nobiscum in foro sunt.
The boys are in the forum with us.
Nobiscum is nobis and cum joined.
Marcus secum librum portat.
Marcus carries a book with him.
Secum points back to the subject, Marcus.

Writing cum before a personal pronoun.
Marcus cum me venit.
Marcus mecum venit.
Classical Latin joins cum to me, te, nos, vos and se: mecum, tecum, nobiscum, vobiscum, secum.
Joining cum to a noun.
Marcus amicocum ambulat.
Marcus cum amico ambulat.
Only pronouns take cum at the end, as in mecum and quocum. A noun keeps cum in front of it.

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With Me, With You: mecum, tecumLevel 3

Mecum is cum placed after me, so the pronouns and cum with the ablative come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

mecumtecumnobiscumvobiscumsecumcum

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