Wheelock 19 20

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN

The Latin interrogative pronoun quis, quid asks for the identify of a person or thing.

·      quid vides? what do you see?

·      quis consilium habet?  who has a plan?

In the plural the forms of the Latin interrogative pronoun are identical to those of the relative pronoun.

In the singular it follows the relative with two exceptions:

·      The masculine and the feminine have the same forms

·      the nominative forms are quis, quid

INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVE

The Latin interrogative adjective qui, quae, quod  asks for more specific identification of a person or thing

·      quod signum vides? what sign do you see?

·      quae femina consilium habet? which woman has a plan?

·      in qua urbe vivimus? in what kind of city city are we lving?

The word sometimes has exclamatory force:

·      quos mores malos isti habent! what terrible morals those men have!

INTERROGATIVE AND RELATIVE DISTINGUISHED

·      The interrogative pronoun

o   asks a question about the identify of a person or thing

o   has no antecedent

o   typically introduces a sentence with a question mark

·      The interrogative adjective

o   asks for more specific identification of a person or thing

o   precedes the noun

o   agrees with the noun in

§  gender

§  number

§  case

·      quem librum legis? which book are you reading

·      The relative pronoun

o   introduces a subordinate clause

o   has an antecedent

o   does not ask a question

§  liber quem legis est meus the book which you are reading is mine

WHEELOCK CHAPTER 20:  4TH DECLENSION, ABL. OF PLACE FROM WHICH AND SEPARATION

ABLATIVE OF PLACE FROM WHICH: 

·      REGULARLY INVOLVES A VERB OF ACTIVE MOTION FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

·      GOVERNED BY AB, DE, ORE EX

EXAMPLES

·      Graeci a patria sua ad Italiam navigaverunt

·      Flumen de montibus in mare fluxit

·      Multi ex agris in urbem venient

·      Cicero hostes ab urbe misit

ABLATIVE OF SEPARATION

·      IMPLIES THAT SOME PEROSON OR THING IS SEPARATE FROM ANOTHER

·      NO MOVEMENT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

·      SOMETIMES NO PREPOSITION

EXAMPLES

·      Cicero hostes ab urbe prohibuit

·      Eos timore liberavit

·      Agricolae pecunia saepe carebant