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hic, haec , hoc & ille , illa , illud. The Demonstrative Pronouns this/these that/those. Pronouns — a Definition. A pronoun is a word that can “stand in” for a noun, such as “he,” or “them.” It can also distiguish a noun, like “ this man” or “ that one”
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hic, haec, hoc & ille, illa, illud The Demonstrative Pronouns this/these that/those
Pronouns — a Definition A pronoun is a word that can “stand in” for a noun, such as “he,” or “them.” It can also distiguish a noun, like “this man” or “that one” There are different types of pronouns: • Personal (he, she, it; or, in Latin is, ea, id) • Relative (who, whom, which, etc.; or, in Latin, qui, quae, quod) • Demonstrative (this, that, etc.; or, in Latin… Hic, haec, hoc and ille, illa, illud This/these that/those
Pronouns are Adjective-ish • Just like adjectives, pronouns MUST agree with the noun they describe in those same three ways: • Case • Number • Gender (this is the one that’s tricky…you’ve just GOT to memorize the genders of words)
Straight talk: the Ugly Truth • Until you learn the case endings AND the genders of nouns forwards and backwards, so to speak, you will NOT be as successful as you could be/would like to be. • Suck it up and learn them! • If you bomb a vocab quiz, make it up fast! • The sooner you learn the forms the better!
Back to pronouns • As mentioned, they need to agree with the noun they modify in Case, Number, and Gender. • This means that pronouns have masculine, feminine, and neuter forms in both the singular and plural. • Let’s look at these forms:
