Experience III, Lesson 13: Forming the Demonstratives
Learning to form the Demonstrative Pronouns / Adjectives
Note that each of the demonstratives learned in last lesson can be used either as a pronoun: "this" is good; or as an adjective: "this boy" is good.
Hic, Haec, Hoc
This demonstrative is somewhat irregular so must be memorized.
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This - singular |
These - plural
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| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut.
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| Nom. = Subj. | hic | haec | hoc | hi | hae | haec
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| Acc. = Obj. | hunc | hanc | hoc | hos | has | haec
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| Gen. = Poss. | huius | horum | harum | horum
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| Dat. = I.Obj. | huic | his
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| Abl. | hoc | hac | hoc | his
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Ille, illa, illud; Iste, ista, istud; Ipse, ipsa, ipsum
All three of these form the same as Block 1 nouns (-us, -a, -um) with 2 exceptions:
- the 'of' form (genitive) singular is "-ius" for masculine, feminine, neuter
- note: it thus follows the relative pronoun 'eius' - but beware it also looks like a masculine subject
- the 'to/for' form (dative) singular is "-i" for masculine, feminine, nueter
- note: it is also like the relative prounoun 'ei' - not that "-i" is also the masculine plural subject
Now go on to Homework 10+11
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Third Experience Latin - Fr. Reginald Foster
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