Ch 19 Grammar

Question 1

Give the paradigm for the first person personal pronouns, singular (I, me, mine, to me, for me)

Answer 1

ego
meī
mihi
mē
mē

Question 2

Give the paradigm for the first person personal pronouns, plural (we, us, to us, ours, for us)

Answer 2

nōs
nostrī, nostrum
nōbīs
nōs
nōbīs

Question 3

Give the paradigm for the second person personal pronouns, singular (you, yours, to you, for you)

Answer 3

tū
tuī
tibi
tē
tē

Question 4

Give the paradigm for the second person personal pronouns, plural (you all, all yours, to you all, for you all)

Answer 4

vōs
vestrī, vestrum
vōbīs
vōs
vōbīs

Question 5

What is a personal pronoun?

Answer 5

pronouns that specifically refer to a person or thing from the speaker’s point of view (example: I, we, you, they, them, us, it, their, its, etc.)

Question 6

What components do first and second person personal pronouns have?

Answer 6

case and number

Question 7

What components do third person personal pronouns have?

Answer 7

case, number, and gender

Question 8

what are the English first person personal pronouns, both singular and plural

Answer 8

I
me
my
mine

we
us
our

Question 9

What are the English second person personal pronouns both singular and plural

Answer 9

you

yours

Question 10

What are the English third person personal pronouns both singular and plural

Answer 10

he, she, it
hers, his, its
him, her

they
them
their

Question 11

The preposition “cum” can sometimes appear as a suffix for pronouns in the ablative case. So if you have the following prepositional phrases how could they also appear?
cum mē
cum nōbīs

Answer 11

mecum (“with me”)

nōbīscum (“with us”)

Question 12

What are the four things that need to be remembered to memorize the entire third person personal pronoun paradigm (singular and plural)?

Answer 12

1. Nominative singular: is, ea, id
2. Genitive singular: ēius
3. Dative singular: eī
4. every other form has a ‘e-‘ prefixed onto the 2-1-2 case endings

Question 13

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, masculine singular

Answer 13

is
ēius
eī
eum
eō

Question 14

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, masculine plural

Answer 14

eī
eōrum
eīs
eōs
eīs

Question 15

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, feminine singular

Answer 15

ea
ēius
eī 
eam
eā

Question 16

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, feminine plural

Answer 16

eae
eārum
eīs
eās
eīs

Question 17

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, neuter singular

Answer 17

id
ēius
eī
id
eō

Question 18

Give the paradigm for the third person personal pronouns, neuter plural

Answer 18

ea
eōrum
eīs
ea
eīs

Question 19

Can the third person personal pronoun show possession?

Answer 19

Only if the pronoun is NOT referring to the subject

Question 20

Do first and second person genitive personal pronouns show possession?

Answer 20

No (there are special possessive adjectives for possession)

Question 21

When can third person personal genitive pronouns be used to show possession?

Answer 21

Only if the possession does NOT refer to the subject (for example: This is correct:
“The man holds her sword.” here “her” refers to someone else sword.
This is incorrect:
“The man holds his sword.” here “his” refers to his own sword.)

Question 22

Since personal pronouns are included in the Latin personal endings, why would Latin use personal pronouns in the nominative case (acting as subjects of the verb)?

Answer 22

To show special emphasis of the person or thing doing the action of the verb