Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Grammar
- 1 The noun
- 2 The adjective and the participle
- 3 The adverb
- 4 The preposition
- 5 The conjunction
- 6 The pronoun
- 7 The verb
- 8 Numerals, measurements (Stearn pp. 107–117)
- 9 Prefixes and suffixes
- 10 Miscellany
- Part II Exercises in translation
- Part III Translating
- Part IV Vocabulary
- References and further reading
- Index
6 - The pronoun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Grammar
- 1 The noun
- 2 The adjective and the participle
- 3 The adverb
- 4 The preposition
- 5 The conjunction
- 6 The pronoun
- 7 The verb
- 8 Numerals, measurements (Stearn pp. 107–117)
- 9 Prefixes and suffixes
- 10 Miscellany
- Part II Exercises in translation
- Part III Translating
- Part IV Vocabulary
- References and further reading
- Index
Summary
A pronoun indicates a person, thing, place, or quality without specifically naming it, e.g. I, you, they, it, the same, that, another. It is also used to replace a noun and so avoid the need to repeat it. In botanical Latin, you will almost never use the personal pronouns I, you, he, she, we and they, but you will probably want to use others. Commonly used are the personal pronoun is (it); the demonstrative ones hic (this, these) and ille (that, those); the possessive one suus (its, their); the relative one quod (which); and the definitive one idem (the same).
Two pronoun-like words (called pronoun-adjectives or determiners) are alius and alter. The first means ‘another’ or ‘other’ and is used when more than two items are being discussed. It is also used when contrasting items: ‘one . . ., the other . . .’, plural ‘some . . ., others . . .’.
aliae plantae prostratae, aliae erectae some plants prostrate, others erect.
The second is used when just two items are under discussion:
stamina 2, inaequalia, alterum 5 mm longum, alterum 10 mm longum stamens 2, unequal, one 5 mm long, the other 10 mm long.
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- A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary , pp. 40 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013