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he (she, it) plows_ (arable) /de:si:derat\, _he (she, it) misses, longs for_ (desire), with acc. CONJUNCTION /an\, _or_, introducing the second half of a double question, as _Is he a Roman or a Gaul_, /Estne Romanus an Gallus?\ _112._ A demonstrative is a word that points out an object definitely, as _this, that, these, those_. Sometimes these words are pronouns, as, _Do you hear these?_ and sometimes adjectives, as, _Do you hear these men?_ In the former case they are called /demonstrative pronouns\, in the latter /demonstrative adjectives\. _113._ Demonstratives are similarly used in Latin both as _pronouns_ and as _adjectives_. The one used most is /is\, masculine; /ea\, feminine; /id\, neuter SINGULAR: _this, that_; PLURAL: _these, those_ _114._ /Is\ is declined as follows. Compare its declension with that of /alius\, Sec. 109. BASE e- SINGULAR PLURAL MASC. FEM. NEUT. MASC. FEM. NEUT. Nom. is ea id ei: eae ea (_or_ ii:) Gen. eius eius eius eo:rum ea:rum eo:rum Dat. ei: ei: ei: ei:s ei:s ei:s (_or_ ii:s ii:s ii:s) Acc. eum eam id eo:s ea:s ea Abl. eo: ea: eo: ei:s ei:s ei:s (_or_ ii:s ii:s ii:s) Note that the base e- changes to i- in a few cases. The genitive singular /eius\ is pronounced _eh'yus_. In the plural the forms with two /i\'s are preferred and the two /i\'s are pronounced as one. Hence, pronounce /ii:\ as /i:\ and /ii:s\ as /i:s\. _115._ Besides being used as demonstrative pronouns and adjectives the Latin demonstratives are regularly used for the personal pronoun _he, she, it_. As a personal pronoun, then, /is\ would have the following meanings: SINGULAR Nom. is, _he_; ea, _she_; id, _it_ Gen. eius, _of him_ or _his_; eius, _of her, her_, or _hers_; eius, _of it_ or _its_ Dat. ei:, _to_ or _for him_; ei:, _to_ or _for her_; ei:, _to_ or _for it_ Acc. eum, _him_; eam, _her_; id, _it_ Abl. eo:, _with, from_, etc., _him_; ea:, _with, from_, etc., _her_; eo:, _with, from_, etc., _it_ PLURAL Nom. ei: or ii:, eae, ea, _they_ Gen. eo:rum, ea:rum, eo:rum, _of them, their_ Dat. ei:s or ii:s, ei:s or ii:s, ei:s or ii:s, _to_
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