Section 4: Pronouns
SECTION IV.
OF PRONOUNS.
1. A PRONOUN is a sort of word which is put for a Noun.
2. There are eighteen Pronouns, which are declined thus: — Singular.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Voc. Abl.
M. or F. Ego,I, mei, mihi, me, —, me.
Plural.
Nos, we, nostrum, or I, nobis, nos, —, nobis.
Singular.
M. or F. Tu, thou, tui, tibi, te, tu, te.
Plural.
Vos, ye, vestrum, or I, vobis, vos, vos, vobis.
Singular and Plural.
M. or F. Himself, sui, sibi, se, —, se.
Singular.
M. Ille, he, illius, illi, illum, —, illo.
F. Illa, she, —, —, illam, —, illa.
N. Illud, it, —, —, illud, —, illo.
Plural.
M. Illi, they, illorum, illis, illos, —, illis.
F. Illae, illarum, —, illas, —, —.
N. Illa, illorum, —, illa, —, —.
3. Ego, tu, sui, are Substantives, and of the same Gender with the Noun they are used for; as, ego, (vir,) M.; tu, (puella,) F. The rest are Adjectives.
4. Iste, he, i declined like ille; and so is ipse, himself; only it has ipsum in the Neuter Singular.
5. Ille, iste, is, and hie, all signify he; but with this distinctiou, — hie is nearest the speaker, iste next, and ille farthest off. Likewise ille shows respect; iste, contempt; as, Caesar ille maynus, “the great Caesar.”
Singular.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Voc. Abl.
M. Hic, this, hujus, huic, hunc, —, hoc.
F. Haec, —, —, hanc, —, hac.
N. Hoc, —, —, hoc, —, hoc.
Plural.
M. Hi, horum, his, hos, —, his.
F. Hae, harum, —, has, —, —.
N. Haec, horum, —, haec, —, —.
Singular.
M. Is, he, ejus, ei, eum, —, eo.
F. Ea, —, —, eam, —, ea.
N. Id, —, —, id, —, eo.
Plural.
M. Ii, eorum, eis, iis, eos, —, eis, iis.
F. Ean, earum, —, —, eas, —, —, —.
N. Ea, eorum, —, —, ea, —, —, —.
Singular.
M. Qui, who, cujus, cui, quem, —, quo.
F. Quae, —, —, quam, —, qua.
N. Quod, —, —, quod, —, quo, qui.
Plural.
M. Qui, quorum, quibus, quos, —, quibus,
or queis, or queis.
F. Quae, quarum, —, quas, —, —.
N. Quae, quorum, —, quae, —, —.
N.B. Qui in the Ablative Singular is of all Genders.
6. Quis, who? and its compounds, are declined like qui; only it has quid in the Neuter Singular, and its compounds form the Feminine Siugular and the Neuter Plural in qua; as, siqua.
7. Idem, eadem, idem, the same, the compouud of is; and quidam, some one, the compound of qui, turn m before d into n; as, Acc. eundem, eandem, idem; quendam, quandam, quoddam.
8. Quisquis like quis, but the Neuter quicquid; isthic, or istic, thus: — Singular.
Nom. Isthic, isthaec, isthoc, or isthuc.
Acc. Isthunc, isthanc, isthoc, or isthuc.
Abl. Isthoc, isthac, isthoc.
9. Meus, tuus, suus, noster, vester, are declined lilse durus; only meus has mi for mee, in the Vocative.
10. Nostras, vestras, cujas, like aestas.
11. Qui is called a Relative Pronoun, because it always relates to something going before.
12. Ego is of the First Person; tu of the Second; the other Pronouns of the Third, as are all Nouns.
13. All want the Vocative, but tu, meus, noster; nostras.