Pronouns Get Personal Pronouns Lesson XXXI Personal Pronouns

Pronouns Get Personal Pronouns Lesson XXXI

Personal Pronouns � You have already seen that personal verb endings usually function as subject pronouns in Latin: amo: I love � amas: you love � amat: he/she/ it loves � amamus: we love � amatis: y’all love � amant: they love �

Personal Pronouns � However, when you want to show EMPHASIS or SHARP CONTRAST between subjects, Latin can use the personal pronouns as subjects › › › ego (I) tu (you) nos (we) vos (you pl. ) is, ea, id (he, she, it)* *We’ll tackle the declension of is/ea/id later on. For right now, let’s learn the declensions of ego and tu.

It’s all about ME… NOM GEN DAT ACC ABL ego mei mihi me me I… of me to/for me …me from/by/with me

What do YOU think? NOM GEN DAT ACC ABL tu tui tibi te te You… of you to/for you …you f/b/w you

WE are the world! NOM GEN DAT ACC ABL nostrum nobis We… of us to/for us …us f/b/w us

Y’ALL come back now! NOM GEN DAT ACC ABL vos vestrum vobis Y’all… of y’all to/for y’all …y’all f/b/w y’all

Peace be… mecum tecum nobiscum vobiscum with me! with you with us with y’all

Case Uses � Pronouns use the same cases as nouns. Remember your cases uses! Nominative: subjects, predicate nominatives I like the cookie, but Sheila does not. Ego crustulam amo, sed Sheila non amat.

Genitive: “of…. ” A few of us carried the lumber. Pauci nostrum materiam portaverunt. Nota Bene! Do not use the genitive personal pronouns to show possession. Use the possessive adjectives instead. You’ve already learned these: meus, mea, meum: my tuus, tua, tuum: your noster, nostra, nostrum: our vester, vestra, vestrum: your We carried our food. Nostrum cibum portavimus.

Dative: � The to/for, indirect objects boy gave me flowers. Puer mihi flores donavit.

Accusative: direct objects, obj. of prepositions �I love you! Te amo.

Ablative: means, obj. of prepositions; “by, with, from” Come to town with us. Veni ad oppidum nobiscum. * N. B. : The preposition “cum” works a little differently with ablative pronouns. It connects to the end of the pronoun: tecum mecum vobiscum nobiscum

Let’s practice! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Puella mecum ambulat. with me Venite nobiscum! with us Te in casa non inveniebam. …you Narra mihi fabulam. to me with y’all Agricola vobiscum veniet.

Let’s practice! Pecuniam vobis dabunt. to y’all Vos non amamus. …y’all 8. Te videbo. …you 9. Fer mihi auxilium! to me 10. Ferte nobis auxilium! to us 6. 7.

Let’s practice! 11. Ubi te inveniemus? …you 12. Ego aquam porto, tu cibum portas. I venient. you 13. Puellae tecum with you

Good practice!!! � Turn to page 113 in your workbook and try those sentences. You can do it! � But before you do….