Latin Personal Pronouns

Basic paradigm

Person
Number Case 1 2 3 masc 3 fem 3 neut
Singular I you (þu) he she it
Nominative ego tu is ea id
Genitive mei tui eius eius eius
Dative mihi tibi ei ei ei
Accusative me te eum eam id
Ablative me te eo ea eo
Plural we you they they they
Nominative nos vos ei eae ea
Genitive nostri vestri eorum earum eorum
Dative/Ablative nobis vobis eis eis eis
Accusative nos vos eos eas ea

Variations

The nominative personal pronoun is usually omitted when it is the subject of the sentence. When it is used, it is typically used for emphasis.

In poetry, mihi is sometimes contracted to mi.

The preposition cum, when used with personal pronouns becomes an enclitic, that is, it is suffixed to the pronoun (mecum, tecum, eocum, eacum, nobiscum, vobiscum, eiscum).

When the genitive plural (first and second person) is partitive in meaning, different forms are used:

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