83. There are the following classes of pronouns:—
I. Personal. V. Intensive. II. Reflexive. VI. Relative. III. Possessive. VII. Interrogative. IV. Demonstrative. VIII. Indefinite.
I. PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
84. These correspond to the English I, you, he, she, it, etc., and are declined as follows:—
First Person. Second Person. Third Person.
SINGULAR.
Nom. ego, I tu, thou
is, he; ea, she; id,
it
Gen. mei tui
(For declension see Sec. 87.)
Dat. mihi[22] tibi[22]
Acc. me te
Voc. —— tu
Abl. me te
PLURAL. Nom. nos, we vos, you Gen. nostrum, nostri vestrum, vestri Dat. nobis vobis Acc. nos vos Voc. —— vos Abl. nobis vobis
1. A Dative Singular mi occurs in poetry.
2. Emphatic forms in -met are occasionally found; as, egomet, I myself; tibimet, to you yourself; tu has tute and tutemet (written also tutimet).
3. In early Latin, med and ted occur as Accusative and Ablative forms.
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II. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.
85. These refer to the subject of the sentence or clause in which they stand; like myself, yourself, in ‘I see myself,’ etc. They are declined as follows:—
First Person. Second Person. Third Person. Supplied by oblique Supplied by oblique cases of ego. cases of tu. Gen. mei, of myself tui, of thyself sui Dat. mihi, to myself tibi, to thyself sibi[22] Acc. me, myself te, thyself se or sese Voc. —— —— —— Abl. me, with myself, te, with thyself, se or sese etc. etc.
1. The Reflexive of the Third Person serves for all genders and for both numbers. Thus sui may mean, of himself, herself, itself, or of themselves; and so with the other forms.
2. All of the Reflexive Pronouns have at times a reciprocal force; as,—
inter se pugnant, they fight with each other.
3. In early Latin, sed occurs as Accusative and Ablative.
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III. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.
86. These are strictly adjectives of the First and Second Declensions, and are inflected as such. They are—