Demonstratives
Demonstratives point out/show (from Latin demonstrāre) a particular person or thing. They can be used either as adjectives - modifying an expressed noun: "this car", "that dog" - or stand alone as pronouns "he, she", (sometimes translated substantively: "this/that (man)" = he).
The Latin demonstratives generally use the 2-1-2 adjective declension pattern (like magnus), with notable exceptions coming in the Genitive and Dative singular forms for all genders. When memorizing, be sure to say the full paradigms out loud, reading from left to right across a case: hic, haec, hoc; huius, huius, huius; etc.
Demonstratives point out/show (from Latin demonstrāre) a particular person or thing. They can be used either as adjectives - modifying an expressed noun: "this car", "that dog" - or stand alone as pronouns "he, she", (sometimes translated substantively: "this/that (man)" = he).
The Latin demonstratives generally use the 2-1-2 adjective declension pattern (like magnus), with notable exceptions coming in the Genitive and Dative singular forms for all genders. When memorizing, be sure to say the full paradigms out loud, reading from left to right across a case: hic, haec, hoc; huius, huius, huius; etc.
hic, haec, hoc - this/these
- cf. LNM, Book I, Ch. 19, Language Fact IV (p. 343)
- 2:03 - forms of hic, haec, hoc and those of other demonstrative pronouns and irregular -ius adjectives compared
- 3:36 - hic vs. ille
- 3:51 - as a Substantive Adjective
- 4:50 - correlative ille... hic as 'the former'... 'the latter'
- 5:21 - related adverbs (hīc, hinc, hūc)
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ille, illa, illud - that/those (over there)
- 2:55 - use as a Substantive
- 4:08 - correlative ille...hic... "the former...the latter..."
- 4:38 - word order to alter meaning
- 4:56 - adverbs derived from ille (illīc, illinc, illūc)
iste, ista, istud - that/those (of yours)
- 2:55 - usage with the second person
- 4:39 - usage as a pejorative (negative connotation)
is, ea, id: Demonstrative "that" AND Personal Pronoun "he, she, it"
NB- this video is repeated on the Personal Pronouns page
- 2:44 - usage as the 3rd person Pronoun
- 3:35 - translating the gender to make sense in English
- 4:24 - 3rd person Pronoun is (someone else) vs. Reflexive Pronoun sē (-self)
- 5:28 - usage as a Demonstrative Adjective
NB- this video is repeated on the Personal Pronouns page