Chapter 14 Exercises Notes
14.1
Place the correct form of the pronoun in the box provided. The 1st form will
always be a form of ille and the 2nd a form of is.
Here is what they are looking for Pater filiam vocat:
filiam ad patrem festinat.
The father calls his daughter: The daughter hurries to her father.
In the last part of the sentence changes the nouns daughter and father into pronouns. She
hurries to him.
The daughter (she) is obviously singular and feminine. She is also used as a subject and
must be in the nominative case. The correct form should be illa. The father (him) is
obviously masculine and singular. He is the object of the preposition ad (ad + acc.) and
must be accusative. The correct form should be eum. Always use the forms of ille first
and is second for this exercise. Use the chart below to find the correct pronoun. Use the
steps to set up your thought process.
Step 1 – Translate the sentence.
Step 2 – replace the underlined English nouns with English pronouns.
Step 3 – determine the gender and number of the pronouns.
Step 4 - determine the use (case) of the pronoun in the sentence.
Step 5 – choose the correct Latin pronoun from the chart below (the same gender, number
and case that you picked above).
Step 1 -Scintilla Horatiae fabulam narrat – Scintilla tells Horatia a story.
Horatia Scintillam laeta audit – Horatia happily hears Scintilla.
Step 2 – She happily hears her.
Step 3 - she = fem. sing her = fem. sing.
Step 4 – she = subj. nom. her = d.o. acc.
Step 5 – Find the correct form of the pronouns using the chart below
ille – he illa – she illud – it, that
Singular
Case Names
Nom. - Subject
Gen. - Possession
Dat.- Indirect Object
Acc. - Direct Object
Abl.- Object of a Prep.
(m)
ille
illius
illi
illum
illo
Is – he ea – she id – that
Case Names
Nom. - Subject
Gen. - Possession
Dat.- Indirect Object
Acc. - Direct Object
Abl.- Object of a Prep.
•
(f)
illa
illius
illi
illam
illā
Plural
(n)
illud
illius
illi
illud
illo
(m)
ille
illorum
illis
illos
illis
Singular
(m)
is
eius
ei
eum
eo
(f)
ea
eius
ei
eam
ea
(f)
illae
illarum
illis
illas
illis
(n)
illa
illorum
illis
illa
illis
Plural
(n)
id
eius
ei
id
eo
(m)
ei
eorum
eis
eos
eis
(f)
eae
earum
eis
eas
eis
(n)
ea
eorum
eis
ea
eis
Remember that as an object he will be come him and she will become her etc.
14.2
Translate the Latin sentences into English in the boxes provided
Make sure to look at the reflexive verbs listed in the vocabulary above the exercise on p.
138.
14.5
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the pronoun only.
Here are the translations for the sentences. Determine the use of the pronoun in the
sentence and choose the correct form from below.
Scintilla ad Horatiam_____ vertit:para_____ ad cenam.
Scintilla turns herself to Horatia: prepare yourself for dinner.
In the sentence above herself refers to Scintilla and must be feminine singular. Since this
is a reflexive the form se is always used.
In the second part of the sentence, yourself refers to Horatia and must be feminine and
singular. Since herself is a direct object (she prepares herself) it will be accusative te.
Step 1 translate the sentence
Step 2 determine the gender and number of the English pronoun you chose.
Step 3 determine the use (case) of the pronoun.
Step 4 choose the correct form from the chart.
ego
mei
mihi
me
me
tu
tui
tibi
te
te
Singular
I
of me
to/for me
me
by me
nos
nostri
nobis
nos
nobis
you
of you
to/for you
you
by you
vos
vestri
vobis
vos
vobis
-------------sui
sibi
se
se
Plural
we
of us
to/for us
us
by us
you
of you
to/for you
you
by you
of himself, herself, themselves
to/for himself, herself, themselves
himself, herself, themselves
by himself, herself, themselves