§295. Personal Pronouns

The Personal Pronouns have, in general, the same constructions as nouns.

a. The personal pronouns are not expressed as subjects, except for distinction or emphasis:—

• tē vocō, I call you. But,—
• quis mē vocat? ego tē vocō, who is calling me? I (emphatic) am calling you.

b. The personal pronouns have two forms for the genitive plural, that in -um being used partitively (§ 346), and that in -ī oftenest objectively (§ 348):—

• mâior vestrum, the elder of you.
• habētis ducem memorem vestrī, oblītum suī; (Cat. 4.19), you have a leader who thinks (is mindful) of you and forgets (is forgetful of) himself.
• pars nostrum, a part (i.e. some) of us.

c. The Latin has no personal pronouns of the third person except the reflexive sē. The want is supplied by a Demonstrative or Relative (§§ 296. 2, 308. f)