Major Pronoun Rules

1. Major Pronoun Rules

2. 1.Nos in classelaboraverunt • T=They worked us in class. • Rule= 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

3. 2.Aliquid non ante meridiem scio. • T=I do not know something before noon. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

4. 3.Nemo mihi credit. • T=Nobody believe me. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

5. 4.Qui timensvivet(live), liber non eritumquam(ever).-Horace • He w,ho lives fearing, will ever be free. • 12.Relative pronouns start a dependent clause and agree with the antecedent in gender, number, and person; however, case depends upon use in the clause.

6. 5.Hic illam in matrimoniumducet.-Terence • T=This man will marry that woman. • 10.Demonstrative “hic” and “ille” , when used alone, are pronouns and commonly translated as “man,” “woman,” or “thing.”

7. 6.Virtus tua me amicumtibifacit.-Horace • T=Your courage made you a friend for me. • 9.1stand 2nd person adjectives(meus, noster, tuus, vester) and pronouns are used as the reflexive adjective for 1st and 2nd person pronouns.

8. 7.Quid hi de te sentient?-Cicero • T=What will these men fell about you? • 10.Demonstrative “hic” and “ille” , when used alone, are pronouns and commonly translated as “man,” “woman,” or “thing.”

9. 8.Omnes idem(the same) sentient.-Cicero • T=All will feel the same. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

10. 9.Educ(lead out) tecumtuos(viros) ex hoc loco.=Cicero • T=Lead out with yourself your men from this place. • 9.1st and 2nd person adjectives(meus, noster, tuus, vester) and pronouns are used as the reflexive adjective for 1st and 2nd person pronouns.

11. 10.Salve, bone amice, cui filiummeumcommisi(entrust)-Terence • T=Hello, good friend, to whom I entrusted my son. • 4.Dative case indicates indirect object

12. 11.Non solumfortunaipsaest caeca(blind) sedetiameoscaecosfacit quos semper adiuvat(help)._Cicero • T=Not only is fortune itself blind, but it also makes blind those whom it always helps. • 11.Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize or place intensity on a noun. The sentence still makes sense if this pronoun is omitted in the English.

13. 12.Bis(two times) vincit qui se vincit in victoria.-PubiliusSyrus • He wins twice who conquers himself in victory. • 8.Reflexive pronouns/adjective(suus, a, um) always refer back to the subject of the sentence.

14. 13.Vidi eos in urbemansisse(remain) et nobiscumesse.-Cicero • T=I saw that they had remained in the city and are with us. • 7.Ablative case is used for the object of prepositions, ablative of comparison, and the ablative absolute. “cum” as a preposition will attach itself to many ablative forms. Mecum, tecum, quibuscum, secum, nobiscum, vobiscum , quocum, quacum • 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

15. 14.Credo tibi. • T=I believe you. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

16. 15.Dico te, Pyrrhe, Romanosposse vincere(are able).-Ennius • T=I say that you, Pyrrhus, are able to conquer the Romans. • 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

17. 16.Socrates putabat se essecivemtotium mundi.- • Socrates thought that he was a citizen of the whole world. • 8.Reflexive pronouns/adjective(suus, a, um) always refer back to the subject of the sentence.

18. 17.Imperium haberevis(you want) magnum. Imperatibi.-PubiliusSyrus • T=You want to have a great rule. Command yourself. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

19. 18.Omnes arbitrate sunt(thought) tedeberemihiparcere.-Cicero • T=All thought the you ought to obey me. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

20. 19.Ignosco saepealteri, numquamtibi.-PubiliusSyrus • T=I often forgive the other, never you. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

21. 20.Alius miles vulneratur(is wounded), aliuscapitur.(is captured) • T=One soldier is wounded, another is captured. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

22. 21.Alter consul venit. • t=The other consul comes. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

23. 22.Aliquid dixisti(you said). • T=You said something. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

24. 23.Quidam nocuitmihi. • T=A certain man harmed me. • 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns. • 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.