1. hic, haec, hoc & ille, illa, illud
The Demonstrative Pronouns
this/these that/those

2. Pronouns — a Definition
A pronoun is a word that can “stand in” for a noun, such as “he,” or “them.” It can also distiguish a noun, like “this man” or “that one”
There are different types of pronouns:
Personal (he, she, it; or, in Latin is, ea, id)
Relative (who, whom, which, etc.; or, in Latin, qui, quae, quod)
Demonstrative (this, that, etc.; or, in Latin…
Hic, haec, hoc and ille, illa, illud
This/these that/those

3. Pronouns are Adjective-ish
Just like adjectives, pronouns MUST agree with the noun they describe in those same three ways:
Case
Number
Gender (this is the one that’s tricky…you’ve just GOT to memorize the genders of words)

4. Straight talk: the Ugly Truth
Until you learn the case endings AND the genders of nouns forwards and backwards, so to speak, you will NOT be as successful as you could be/would like to be.
Suck it up and learn them!
If you bomb a vocab quiz, make it up fast!
The sooner you learn the forms the better!

5. Back to pronouns
As mentioned, they need to agree with the noun they modify in Case, Number, and Gender.
This means that pronouns have masculine, feminine, and neuter forms in both the singular and plural.
Let’s look at these forms:

6. hic, heac, hoc hic haec hoc huius huic hunc hanc hōc hāc hī hae horum
Masculine
Fminine
neuter
Nom
hic
haec
hoc
Gen
huius
Dat
huic
Acc
hunc
hanc
Abl
hōc
hāc
PLURAL hī
hae
horum
harum
hīs
hos
has

7. LEARN THEM, TOO!

8. ille, illa, illud Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom ille illa illud Gen
illius
Dat
illī
Acc
illum
illam
Abl
illō
illā
PLURAL
illae
illorum
illarum
illīs
illos
illas

9. LEARN THEM!