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Beginners' Latin

Lesson 6

Stage 1

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Lesson 6: Hic, hec, hoc; third and fourth conjugation verbs

hic, hec, hoc:

Hic, hec, hoc has several meanings

‘This’ when it's an adjective – describing a noun
‘He, she, it’ when it's a pronoun – standing in for a noun

hic, hec, hoc agrees with the noun it relates to.

Singular
Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Adjective	Pronoun
Nominative	hic	hec	hoc	this	he, she, it
Accusative	hunc	hanc	hoc	this	him, her, it
Genitive	huius	huius	huius	of this	his, her, its
Dative	huic	huic	huic	to this	to him/her/it
Ablative	hoc	hac	hoc	by this	by him/her/it

Plural
Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Adjective	Pronoun
Nominative	hi	he	hec	these	they
Accusative	hos	has	hec	these	them
Genitive	horum	harum	horum	of these	their
Dative	his or hiis	his or hiis	his or hiis	to these	to them
Ablative	his or hiis	his or hiis	his or hiis	by these	by them

hec est concordia	this is the agreement	concordia, -e (f.) agreement

confirmamus hac carta hec maneria domino	we confirm by this charter these manors to the lord.

lego hoc testamento has predictas septem acras terre	I bequeath by this will these aforesaid seven acres of land.	acra, -e (f.) acre

hi sunt plegii Edwardi Basset	These are the pledges of Edward Basset	plegius, -i (m.) pledge

As always, don’t try to learn all of the endings at once! First look for patterns

Genitive singular is the same for all genders
Dative singular is the same for all genders
Nominative singular and accusative singular are the same for neuter
Dative and ablative plurals are the same

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