3RD PERSON PRONOUNSChapter 12

REVIEW OF USE OF PRONOUNS

Pronouns are used in both Latin and English to replace nouns: The man watches the television show. = He

watches it.

Will plays Mario Brothers. = He plays it.

Grandma and Grandpa watched Anna’s recital. They watched her recital. = They watched her recital.

REVIEW OF PRONOUNS IN LATIN

The case of a pronoun is determined by its use in the sentence.

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender and number. The antecedent is the word that the pronoun

replaces. Example: The boy rides his bike to school. He

rides his bike to school. Boy is the antecedent of “He.”

3RD PERSON PRONOUNS (SINGULAR)

Study the following chart:Case Masculine Feminine Neuter

Nom. is (he) ea (she) id (it)

Gen. eius (his/of him)

eius (hers/of her)

eius (its/of it)

Dat. ei (to/for him) ei (to/for her) ei (to/for it)

Acc eum (him) eam (her) id (it)

Abl eo (with* him) eā (with* her) eo (with* it)

*With is only an example. Insert whatever preposition is named in the text.

3RD PERSON PRONOUNS PLURAL

Study the following chart for third person, PLURAL pronouns:

Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Translation for all 3 genders

Nom. ei eae ea they

Gen. eorum earum eorum theirs/of them

Dat. eīs eīs eīs to/for them

Acc. eos eas ea them

Abl. eīs eīs eīs with* them

USE OF 3RD PERSON PRONOUNS

Notice that the translations of the cases are very familiar, just as they were with 1st and 2nd person pronouns:Nominative case is still used as subject.

The use of the pronoun emphasizes the subject, although you could tell the subject by looking at the ending of the verb.

Genitive case still uses “of” (possession).Dative case still uses “to” or “for” (indirect

object),Accusative is still used for direct objects.Ablative case is still used with prepositions.

EXAMPLES

They tell it to her. Ei ei id narrant.

Ei is nominative, plural---subject. Although you can tell the subject by looking at the ending of the verb, the ei adds emphasis.

Id is accusative, singular, neuter---direct object. Ei is dative, singular, feminine---indirect object.

They walked to her house. Ei ad eius casam ambulaverunt.

Ei is nominative, plural--subject. Eius is genitive, singular, feminine---indirect object.