PLURAL Nom. no:s, we vo:s, you Gen. nostrum or nostri:, of us vestrum or vestri:, of you Dat. no:bi:s, to or for us vo:bi:s, to or for you Acc. no:s, us vo:s, you Abl. no:bi:s, with, from, vo:bi:s, with, from, etc., us etc., you
1. The personal pronouns are
not used in the nominative excepting for
emphasis or contrast.
281. The Reflexive Pronouns. 1. The personal pronouns ego\ and tu:\ may be used in the predicate as reflexives; as,
video me, I see myself
videmus nos, we see ourselves
vides te, you see yourself
videtis vos, you see yourselves
2. The reflexive pronoun of the third
person (himself, herself,
itself, themselves) has a special
form, used only in these senses,
and declined alike in the singular and
plural.
SINGULAR AND PLURAL
Gen. sui: Acc.
se:
Dat. sibi Abl. se:
EXAMPLES
Puer se videt, the boy
sees himself
Puella se videt, the girl
sees herself
Animal se videt, the animal
sees itself
Ii se vident, they see
themselves
a. The form se:\ is sometimes doubled, se:se:\, for emphasis.
3. Give the Latin for
I teach myself We teach ourselves You teach yourself You teach yourselves He teaches himself They teach themselves
282. The preposition cum\, when used with the ablative of ego\, tu:\, or sui:\, is appended to the form, as, me:cum\, _with me_; te:cum\, with you; no:bi:scum\, _with us_; etc.
283. EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 294.
I. 1. Mea mater est cara mihi et tua mater est cara tibi. 2. Vestrae litterae erant gratae nobis et nostrae litterae erant gratae vobis. 3. Nuntius regis qui nobiscum est nihil respondebit. 4. Nuntii pacem amicitiamque sibi et suis sociis postulaverunt. 5. Si tu arma sumes, ego regnum occupabo. 6. Uter vestrum est civis Romanus? Neuter nostrum. 7. Eo tempore multi supplicium dederunt quia regnum petierant. 8. Sume supplicium, Caesar, de hostibus patriae acribus. 9. Prima luce alii metu commoti sese fugae mandaverunt; alii autem magna virtute impetum exercitus nostri sustinuerunt. 10. Soror regis, ubi de adverso proelio audivit, sese Pompeiis interfecit.
II. 1. Whom do you teach? I teach myself. 2. The soldier wounded himself with his sword. 3. The master praises us, but you he does not praise. 4. Therefore he will inflict punishment on you, but we shall not suffer punishment. 5. Who will march (i.e. make a march) with me to Rome? 6. I will march with you to the gates of the city. 7. Who will show us[1] the way? The gods will show you[1] the way.