1. Check last night’s homework We need whiteboards

2. 3 rd Person Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives Chapter 13

3. What’s funky here? Importūnus autem dē Maecēnāte ēiusque amīcīs rogābat. “Unusquisque nostrum,” respondēbam, “apud Maecēntātem locum suum habet.”

4. What the heck?? Importūnus autem dē Maecēnāte ēiusque amīcīs rogābat. “Unusquisque nostrum,” respondēbam, “apud Maecēntātem locum suum habet.” The boor, however, asked about Maecenas and his friends. “Each one of us,” I answered, “has his place at the house of Maecenas.”

5. The Reflexive Adjective A reflexive adjective refers (reflexes) back to the subject of the sentence. – Reflectō – bend back in Latin S p e e l l i t o u t – 3 rd person pronouns that are indicating possession by the subject of the sentence use a reflexive adjective (suus, sua, suum). – 3 rd person pronouns that are indicating possession by someone other than the subject use a genitive pronoun (ēius; eōrum, eārum)

6. Some examples Horātius verba eīus nōn amat. Horace does not like his words. Whose words? The boor, this is implied Rōmānī mīlitēs suōs cūrant. The Romans take care of their soldiers. Whose soldiers? The Romans

7. Last one Hostēs mīlitēs eōrum timent. The enemies are afraid of their soldiers. Whose soldiers? The Romans, implied

8. Suus, sua, suum the Basics Suus, sua, suum – Decline like a 1 st and 2 nd Decl. Adj. Functions like an adjective – Matches the word that it modifies in case, number, gender – Works exactly like 1 st and 2 nd declension possessive adjectives

9. Fill in the blank and translate Rōmānī contrā hostēs pugnat et ________ urbem dēlent. Eōrum The Romans fight against the enemies and destroy their city. Dīvitēs praemia ________ servāre cupiunt. Sua Rich people desire to save their rewards.

10. Agricola terram _______ cūrat. Suam The farmer is taking care of his land. Poēta virum audiēbat et ______ verba nōn amābat. Ēius The poet was listening to the man and did not like his words.

11. Doctī librōs __________ semper tenent. Learned people always keep their books. Ducēs mīlitēs _________ dūcent. Suōs The leaders lead their soldiers.

12. Homework Exercise 6 and 7