Interrogatives Interrogatives Not declined ubi quando ubi cur
Interrogatives
Interrogatives – Not declined ubi quando ubi cur quo modo quem ad modum quot when where why how how many
Translate the question when I call on you 1. Quot anseres erant in fabulā 2. Ubi anseres habitaverunt 3. Quo modo Galli de angustā viā in arcem sciverunt. 4. Quando anseres clamorem magnum fecerunt 5. Cur anseres clamorem magnum fecerunt 6. Quem ad modum Manlius hostem superavit
Declension of Interrogatives Because Latin is an inflected language… interrogative pronouns have gender, number and case
This is one way to look at all the forms: who quis, whose cuius, to/for whom cui, whom (accusative) quem, whom (ablative) quo, what (nominative) quid what (accusative) quid qui, quae quorum, quarum quibus quos, quas quibus
Or you can look at them as a chart…
INTERROGATIVE MASCULINE s. pl. PRONOUNS FEMININE s. pl. NEUTER s. pl. Translations nom quis qui none quae quid what quae who (m/f) gen cuius quorum none quarum cuius quorum whose, of whom, of what dat cui quibus none quibus cui quibus (to/for) whom / (to/for) what acc quem quos none quas quid what quae whom / what abl quo none quibus quo quibus whom /what quibus what (n. )
Here is a handout with the interrogative pronouns, interrogative adjectives and relative pronouns in chart format
Translate the question when I call on you 1. Cuius templum erat in monte Capitolino 2. Qui ex urbe fugerunt 3. Quid hostis devastavit 4. Quem unus ex custodibus vidit 5. Ab quo primus Gallus interfectus est 6. In quos primus Gallus cadebat
Interrogative Pronouns have the following translations: who, what, whose, whom Interrogative Adjectives are translated using: which or what Interrogative ADJECTIVES modify another word. The case often comes across with the translation of the word being modified. Cuius militis gladius captus est Which soldier’s sword was stolen.
Compare the Interrogative Pronoun and Adjectives 1. Quis virum descendentem ab monte vidit 2. Qui miles virum descendentem ab monte vidit 3. Cuius templum erat in monte Capitolino 4. Cuius deae templum erat in monte Capitolino 5. Quis anseres audivit 6. Qui Romanus anseres audivit 7. Quem hostis vidit 8. Quem militem hostis vidit
Relative Pronouns • A relative pronoun does not ask a question. • A relative pronoun modifies another word in the sentence and must agree in GENDER and NUMBER with that word. • A relative pronoun functions independently of the word it modifies and its case depends on how it functions in its own clause • The forms and translations for the relative pronouns is very similar to interrogatives
Translations for Relative Pronouns who, whose, of whom, whom which, of which
1. Miles qui anseres audivit Manlius erat. 2. Dea cuius templum erat in monte Capitolino erat Iuno 3. Vir quem Manlius interfecit hostis erat 4. Milites in quos vir cadebat etiam interfecti sunt
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