Lesson 5: Pronouns - part 1 | 1 2 3 4

Personal pronouns

A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun or noun phrase.

For example:

I looked at Tom

I looked at him

‘Him’ is a pronoun which stands in place of ‘Tom’.

In Beginners’ Latin we looked at personal pronouns.

		Personal pronouns
		‘I’ and ‘we’	‘you’
Singular	Nominative	ego	tu
	Accusative	me	te
	Genitive	mei	tui
	Dative	mihi	tibi
	Ablative	me	te
Plural	Nominative	nos	vos
	Accusative	nos	vos
	Genitive	nostrum/nostri	vestrum/vestri
	Dative	nobis	vobis
	Ablative	nobis	vobis

Demonstrative pronouns

There are several words which can be used as personal pronouns in the third person. These are called demonstrative pronouns. They are very common in documents and it is well worth spending some time studying their forms.

Singular	M	F	N	M	F	N	M	F	N
Nominative	hic	hec	hoc	ille	illa	illud	is	ea	id
Accusative	hunc	hanc	hoc	illum	illam	illud	eum	eam	id
Genitive	huius	huius	huius	illius	illius	illius	eius	eius	eius
Dative	huic	huic	huic	illi	illi	illi	ei	ei	ei
Ablative	hoc	hac	hoc	illo	illa	illo	eo	ea	eo
Plural
Nominative	hi	he	hec	illi	ille	illa	ei/ii	eae/ee	ea
Accusative	hos	has	hec	illos	illas	illa	eos	eas	ea
Genitive	horum	harum	horum	illorum	illarum	illorum	eorum	earum	eorum
Dative	his/hiis	his/hiis	his/hiis	illis	illis	illis	eis/iis	eis/iis	eis/iis
Ablative	his/hiis	his/hiis	his/his	illis	illis	illis	eis/iis	eis/iis	eis/iis

For example:

Eum vidi	I saw him
Hunc vidi	I saw him
Illum vidi	I saw him
Eam audio	I hear her
Hanc audio	I hear her
Illam audio	I hear her