Major Pronoun Rules

1.Nos in classe laboraverunt

• T=They worked us in class.

• Rule= 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

2.Aliquid non ante meridiem scio.

• T=I do not know something before noon.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

3.Nemo mihi credit.

• T=Nobody believe me.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

4.Qui timens vivet(live), liber non erit umquam(ever).-Horace

• He w,ho lives fearing, will ever be free.

• 12.Relative pronouns start a dependent clause and agree with the antecedent in gender, number, and person; however, case depends upon use in the clause.

5.Hic illam in matrimonium ducet.-Terence

• T=This man will marry that woman.

• 10.Demonstrative “hic” and “ille” , when used alone, are pronouns and commonly translated as “man,” “woman,” or “thing.”

6.Virtus tua me amicum tibi facit.-Horace

• T=Your courage made you a friend for me.

• 9.1st and 2nd person adjectives(meus, noster, tuus, vester) and pronouns are used as the reflexive adjective for 1st and 2nd person pronouns.

7.Quid hi de te sentient?-Cicero

• T=What will these men fell about you?

• 10.Demonstrative “hic” and “ille” , when used alone, are pronouns and commonly translated as “man,” “woman,” or “thing.”

8.Omnes idem(the same) sentient.-Cicero

• T=All will feel the same.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

9.Educ(lead out) tecum tuos(viros) ex hoc loco.=Cicero

• T=Lead out with yourself your men from this place.

• 9.1st and 2nd person adjectives(meus, noster, tuus, vester) and pronouns are used as the reflexive adjective for 1st and 2nd person pronouns.

10.Salve, bone amice, cui filium meum commisi(entrust)-Terence

• T=Hello, good friend, to whom I entrusted my son.

• 4.Dative case indicates indirect object

11.Non solum fortuna ipsa est caeca(blind) sed etiam eos caecos facit

quos semper adiuvat(help)._Cicero

• T=Not only is fortune itself blind, but it also makes blind those whom it always helps.

• 11.Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize or place intensity on a noun. The sentence still makes sense if this pronoun is omitted in the English.

12.Bis(two times) vincit qui se vincit in victoria.-Pubilius Syrus

• He wins twice who conquers himself in victory.

• 8.Reflexive pronouns/adjective(suus, a, um) always refer back to the subject of the sentence.

13.Vidi eos in urbe mansisse(remain) et nobiscum esse.-Cicero

• T=I saw that they had remained in the city and are with us.

• 7.Ablative case is used for the object of prepositions, ablative of comparison, and the ablative absolute. “cum” as a preposition will attach itself to many ablative forms. Mecum, tecum, quibuscum, secum, nobiscum, vobiscum , quocum, quacum

• 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

14.Credo tibi.

• T=I believe you.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

15.Dico te, Pyrrhe, Romanos posse vincere(are able).-Ennius

• T=I say that you, Pyrrhus, are able to conquer the Romans.

• 6.Accusative case is used for the direct object, object of prepositions, and the subject of the infinitive in the indirect statement.

16.Socrates putabat se esse civem totium mundi.-

• Socrates thought that he was a citizen of the whole world.

• 8.Reflexive pronouns/adjective(suus, a, um) always refer back to the subject of the sentence.

17.Imperium habere vis(you want) magnum. Impera tibi.-Pubilius Syrus

• T=You want to have a great rule. Command yourself.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

18.Omnes arbitrate sunt(thought) te debere mihi parcere.-Cicero

• T=All thought the you ought to obey me.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

19.Ignosco saepe alteri, numquam tibi.-Pubilius Syrus

• T=I often forgive the other, never you.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.

20.Alius miles vulneratur(is wounded), alius capitur.(is captured)

• T=One soldier is wounded, another is captured.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

21.Alter consul venit.

• t=The other consul comes.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

22.Aliquid dixisti(you said).

• T=You said something.

• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

23.Quidam nocuit mihi.

• T=A certain man harmed me.• 13.Indefinite pronouns stand by themselves as

a substantive, but decline like other pronouns.

• 5.Certain verbs use the dative case to indicate their direct objects.