1. 3 RD P ERSON P RONOUNS Chapter 12

2. R EVIEW OF U SE OF P RONOUNS Pronouns are used in both Latin and English to replace nouns: The man watches the television show. = He watches it. Will plays Mario Brothers. = He plays it. Grandma and Grandpa watched Anna’s recital. They watched her recital. = They watched her recital.

3. R EVIEW OF P RONOUNS IN L ATIN The case of a pronoun is determined by its use in the sentence. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender and number. The antecedent is the word that the pronoun replaces. Example: The boy rides his bike to school. He rides his bike to school. Boy is the antecedent of “He.”

4. 3 RD P ERSON P RONOUNS (S INGULAR ) Study the following chart: CaseMasculineFeminineNeuter Nom.is (he)ea (she)id (it) Gen.eius (his/of him) eius (hers/of her) eius (its/of it) Dat.ei (to/for him)ei (to/for her)ei (to/for it) Acceum (him)eam (her)id (it) Ableo ( with* him)eā ( with* her)eo ( with* it) * With is only an example. Insert whatever preposition is named in the text.

5. 3 RD P ERSON P RONOUNS P LURAL Study the following chart for third person, PLURAL pronouns: CaseMasculineFeminineNeuterTranslatio n for all 3 genders Nom.ei eae eathey Gen.eorumearumeorumtheirs/of them Dat.eīs to/for them Acc.eoseaseathem Abl.eīs with * them

6. U SE OF 3 RD P ERSON P RONOUNS Notice that the translations of the cases are very familiar, just as they were with 1 st and 2 nd person pronouns: Nominative case is still used as subject. The use of the pronoun emphasizes the subject, although you could tell the subject by looking at the ending of the verb. Genitive case still uses “of” (possession). Dative case still uses “to” or “for” (indirect object), Accusative is still used for direct objects. Ablative case is still used with prepositions.

7. E XAMPLES They tell it to her. Ei ei id narrant. Ei is nominative, plural---subject. Although you can tell the subject by looking at the ending of the verb, the ei adds emphasis. Id is accusative, singular, neuter---direct object. Ei is dative, singular, feminine---indirect object. They walked to her house. Ei ad eius casam ambulaverunt. Ei is nominative, plural--subject. Eius is genitive, singular, feminine---indirect object.