b. These peculiar case endings are found also in the declension of pronouns (see [§ 114]). For this reason these adjectives are sometimes called the pronominal adjectives.
[110.] Learn the following idioms:
| alter, -era, -erum ... alter, -era, -erum, the one ... the other (of two) alius, -a, -ud ... alius, -a, -ud, one ... another (of any number) aliī, -ae, -a ... aliī, -ae, -a, some ... others |
EXAMPLES
1. Alterum oppidum est magnum, alterum parvum, the one town is large, the other small (of two towns).
2. Aliud oppidum est validum, aliud īnfīrmum, one town is strong, another weak (of towns in general).
3. Aliī gladiōs, aliī scūta portant, some carry swords, others shields.
[111.] EXERCISES
I. 1. In utrā casā est Iūlia? Iūlia est in neutrā casā. 2. Nūllī malō puerō praemium dat magister. 3. Alter puer est nauta, alter agricola. 4. Aliī virī aquam, aliī terram amant. 5. Galba ūnus (or sōlus) cum studiō labōrat. 6. Estne ūllus carrus in agrō meō? 7. Lesbia est ancilla alterīus dominī, Tullia alterīus. 8. Lesbia sōla cēnam parat. 9. Cēna nūllīus alterīus ancillae est bona. 10. Lesbia nūllī aliī virō cēnam dat.
Note. The pronominal adjectives, as you observe, regularly stand before and not after their nouns.