made the proposition, "We will divide the world." 11. Immediately that
morning the seasons divided the world among themselves. 12. The northern
and southern lands now belong to the winter, and the middle of the world
belongs to the summer. 13. The spring and autumn took for themselves
those lands between the winter and summer.



LESSON XXII.


CLAUSES EXPRESSING DURATION OF TIME.

96. The time during which an act takes place or a condition exists may
be expressed not only by an adverb or accusative of time (91), or by use
of the preposition "dum", but also by a clause introduced by "dum":

Li venis dum vi forestis,
he came while (during-the-time-that) you were away.
Dum la sezonoj malpacis, ili forgesis pri la mondo,
while the seasons quarreled, they forgot about the world.
Ni ridas pro gxojo dum negxas,
we laugh for joy while it is snowing.


CLAUSES EXPRESSING ANTICIPATION.

97. A clause expressing an action or condition as preceding or
anticipating that of the main verb is introduced by "antaux ol":