Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.
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.

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