32 Genitive, Dative, and Ablative Pronouns

 

“The personal pronouns of Latin also have genitive dative and ablative singular forms. Notice that the datives all end with the letter i, and the ablatives with a long vowel.”

Personal Pronouns, Genitive, Dative and Ablative Singular (E)

1st person2nd person3rd person Nominative egotūis ea id

Genitivemeītuīeius

Dativemihitibieī eī eī “Same for all genders”

Accusativemētēeum eam id

Ablativemētēeō eā eō

 

Iyouhe she it

of meof youhis hers its

to/for meto/for youto/for him/her/it

meyouhim her it

prep. + meprep. + youprep. + him her it

 

“In the first poem we heard, Catullus wrote dā mī bāsia mīlle, ‘give me (dative) a thousand kisses’, using a shortened form of mihi.”

“Mē and tē combine with the preposition cum in an odd way. Write these down, then translate:” mēcumequals mē + cumwith me (D)

tēcumequals tē + cumwith you

 

• Manum tibi dābam.
• Manum (acc. sing.) tibi (dat. sing.) dābam (1st sing. imperf.).
• Hand (d.o.) to/for you (i.o.) I (subj.) was giving. >>> I was giving you a hand / a hand to you.

 

“To wrap up, add these nouns and adverbs to your vocabulary:”

 

First Declension

cūra, cūr-aef.care, concern “Not cure!”

īra, īr-aef.anger

puella, puell-aef.girl

 

Third Declension

amor, amōr-ism. love dolor, dolōr-ism. pain lūx, lūc-isf. light

nox, noct-isf. night

 

Adverbs

deinde, deinthen

iamnow, already

nuncnow

 

Dā eī vītam, deinde vidē: quid tibi est? (9)

I was hoping when I was with you. But now, for me, love of you moves care, anger, pain. (10)