[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:

Sing.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.

eī, to or for him; eī, to or forher; eī, to or for it

Acc.

eum, him; eam, her; id, it

Abl.

eō, with, from, etc., him; eā, with,from, etc., her; eō, with, from, etc.,it

Plur.Nom.

eī or iī, eae, ea, they

Gen.

eōrum, eārum, eōrum, of them, their

Dat.

eīs or iīs, eīs or iīs, eīs oriīs, to or for them

Acc.

eōs, eās, ea, them

Abl.

eīs or iīs, eīs or iīs, eīs oriīs, with, from, etc., them

[116.] Comparison between suus and is. We learned above ([§ 98. c]) that suus is a reflexive possessive. When his, her (poss.), its, their, do not refer to the subject of the sentence, we express his, her, its by eius, the genitive singular of is, ea, id; and their by the genitive plural, using eōrum to refer to a masculine or neuter antecedent noun and eārum to refer to a feminine one.

EXAMPLES
Galba calls his (own) son, Galba suum fīlium vocat Galba calls his son (not his own, but another’s), Galba eius fīlium vocat Julia calls her (own) children, Iūlia suōs līberōs vocat Julia calls her children (not her own, but another’s), Iūlia eius līberōs vocat The men praise their (own) boys, virī suōs puerōs laudant The men praise their boys (not their own, but others’), virī eōrum puerōs laudant

[117.] EXERCISES

First learn the [special vocabulary], p. 287.

1. He praises her, him, it, them. 2. This cart, that report, these teachers, those women, that abode, these abodes. 3. That strong garrison, among those weak and sick women, that want of firmness, those frequent plans.

4. The other woman is calling her chickens (her own). 5. Another woman is calling her chickens (not her own). 6. The Gaul praises his arms (his own). 7. The Gaul praises his arms (not his own). 8. This farmer often plows their fields. 9. Those wretched slaves long for their master (their own). 10. Those wretched slaves long for their master (not their own). 11. Free men love their own fatherland. 12. They love its villages and towns.

[118.] DIALOGUE1