3rd Person Personal Pronouns Accusative and Abalative Singular and Plural Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

3rd person pronouns in selected forms These should be easy to learn because they use endings from the 1st and 2nd declension (at least in the forms we will be using this week)

Take a look at these sentences eam in oppido vidi – I saw her in town eum in urbe non vidisti – You did not see him in the city eos iuvabimus – we will help them eas docebam – I was teaching them Notice the feminine forms are like 1st decl. (which tends to be feminine) and the masculine forms are like 2nd decl. masculine.

Plural Forms – Nota Bene Notice in the plural the Latin distinguishes between masculine and feminine. eas vs. eos The English makes no distinction. them vs. them

Some areas that may be difficult Some Latin nouns are feminine and will be replaced by a feminine pronoun, BUT the translation in English will be “it” Viri nobis villam aedificaverunt et eam amavimus The men built the house for us and we loved it

Here are the forms to learn eam – her, it ( replaces a feminine sing. noun) eum – him, it ( replaces a masculine sing. noun) id – it (replaces a neuter sing. noun) eas – them (replaces a feminine pl. noun) eos – them (replaces masculine pl. noun)

Try these Meus canis est ferus, sed eum amo. Mea soror est inimica et eam non amo. Tui fratres erant in oppido, sed eos non vidimus. Ancillae in culinā laborant et eas iuvamus. In magnā urbe habito et eam amo. In parvo oppido habitas et id amas

Here are the ablative forms eā – her, it eo – him, it eis – them These will usually have a preposition with them.

Try these Mea soror in magnā urbe habitat et cum eā habito. Tuus frater iter faciebat et cum eo iter faciebam. Tua mater et tuus pater sunt in triclinio et mea mater et meus pater cum eis sedent.