Chapter 13
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Concept Review:
Chapter Thirteen introduces the Reflexive Pronouns, Reflexive Possessives, and Intensive Pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns are slightly different than other pronouns because they do not just take the place of a noun. Instead, they are used in the predicate and refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Ex. The man encouraged himself. Himself refers back to the subject the man. So this would be a Reflexive Pronoun. Remember: since these predicate pronouns refer back to the subject, there are NO NOMINATIVE forms. For further references please refer to page 83 in your textbook.
Ex. The man encouraged him. This sentence DOES NOT contain a Reflexive pronoun. 'Him' is a pronoun, but not a reflexive pronoun. It does not relate back to the subject of the sentence. The him refers to another man, not that subject of the sentence.
The Reflexive Possessives are similar to Reflexive pronouns in that they refer back to the subject of the sentence. They exist for First (my own, our own), Second (your own, your plural own), Third (his own, her own, its own, their own). These Reflexive Possessives function similarly to adjectives. They match the noun they modify in case, gender, and number.
Ex. Puer suum amicum laudat. Translation: The boy praises hisown friend. Suum refers back to the subject to explain who's friend it is.
Ex. Pecuniam meis amicis do. Translation: I give the money to my own friends. Please note that meis matches the case, gender, and number of amicis.
The Intensive Pronoun emphasizes a noun or a pronoun of any person in the subject, direct object, indirect object, and/or prepositional phrase. Ipse, ipsa, ipsum are translated in the First (myself, ourselves), Second (yourself, yourselves), and Third (himself, herself, itself, themselves). The forms are similar to the Demonstratives you learned in Chapter Eleven. Please refer to the chart on page 448 for form references.
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