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classical4mom
12-07-2006, 09:57 AM
In Ludere Latine 2, in the grammar puzzle for lesson 5, the clue is

"my (f. dat. sing)" and the answer in the back of the book is "meae". Can someone please explain why this is so?

From our understanding, when we learned it in LC1 (this is supposed to still be a review), the different forms for I, my etc are as follows:

ego nos
mei nostri, nostrum
mihi nobis
me nos
me nobis

It seems that according to this chart, the answer would be "mihi". Can anyone tell me why it's not so?

Thanks, Nanci
martin
12-07-2006, 11:15 AM
Nanci,

What the book is looking for is the possessive pronoun, "my". In Latin, the possessive pronoun is a different form from a regular pronoun. "Ego" and "nos" (I, us) are regular pronouns, not possessive pronouns. "Mihi" would mean "to me" or "for me", not "my". The possessive Latin pronoun it is looking for would be a form of "meus", "mea", "meum" (my, mine), which is declined like a 1st and 2nd declension Latin adjective (like "magnus"). Since it is feminine and dative, it would be "meae".

Let me know if that helps.

Martin Cothran

In Ludere Latine 2, in the grammar puzzle for lesson 5, the clue is

"my (f. dat. sing)" and the answer in the back of the book is "meae". Can someone please explain why this is so?

From our understanding, when we learned it in LC1 (this is supposed to still be a review), the different forms for I, my etc are as follows:

ego nos
mei nostri, nostrum
mihi nobis
me nos
me nobis

It seems that according to this chart, the answer would be "mihi". Can anyone tell me why it's not so?

Thanks, Nanci
classical4mom
12-07-2006, 06:31 PM
Yes, that does help.

Was that in LC 1? I guess I don't remember doing that with my children at all!
classical4mom
12-07-2006, 09:01 PM
I just looked back in LC 1. I found meus, a, um introduced in Lesson 17 and then the declension of first person pronouns introduced in Lesson 24. But I don't see anywhere in my Teacher's Manual the explanation of the difference between the types of pronouns. I have the completely revised and updated third edition.
It made complete sense when you explained it above, but we never would have learned this if we weren't confused about the Ludere puzzle.
martin
12-21-2006, 10:22 AM
Nanci,

Good point. We'll check it out.

Martin