Personal Pronouns Flashcards
He gives the book to me
Librum mihi dat
He sees me
Me videt
Personal pronouns and cum
The cum is attached as a suffix rather than proceeding it
You are walking with me
Mecum ambulas
First person singular
Ego - I Me - me Mei - of me Mihi - to/for me Me - from/with/in/by me
First person plural
Nos- we Nos - us Nostrum/Nostri - of us Nobis - to/for us Nobis - from/with/in/by us
Second person singular
Tu - you Te - you Tui - of you Tibi - to/for you Te - from/with/in/by you
Second person plural
Vos - you Vos - you Vestrum/vestri - of you Vobis - to/for you Vobis - from/with/in/by you
nostrum and vestrum are used as
Used as partitive genitives
Nostri and vestri are used as
Used as objective genitives
They function as the object of the word on which they depend
Multi nostrum
Many of us
Many is the part, us is the whole
(Partitive genitives)
Odium nostri est magnum
The hatred of (for) us is great
Nostri is the object or recipient of the hatred
(Objective genitives)
Third person
There is no third person, “is, ea, id” are used without a noun as substitute for the third person pronoun
What are they used for
Endings of verbs indicate the subject so the nominative is for emphasis only
The other cases are substitutes for nouns