Overview

A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun. Examples in English include: I, them, that, these, which, what.

Pronouns have the same range of endings as nouns, so decline, changing with case, gender and number.

There are a range of pronouns available in Latin, following a few basic patterns.

The following table summarises the main pronouns you will come across, their official terms and their meaning.

Information on how these pronouns are declined can be found in the pages on personal pronouns.

Summary of pronouns and related words
Latin title translation
hic, haec hoc demonstrative adjective this, these
ille, illa, illud demonstrative adjective that, those
is, ea, id demonstrative adjective/pronoun he, she, it
ego me mei mihi me 1st person personal pronoun I, me ...
tu te tui tibi te 2nd person personal pronoun You (s)
nos nostrum/-i, nobis 1st person pl. personal pronoun We, us ...
vos, vestrum/-i, vobis 2nd person pl. personal pronoun You (pl)
se sui sibi se 3rd person reflexive pronoun him, them etc.
meus, -a, -um 1st person possessive adjective my
tuus, -a, -um 2nd person possessive adjective your (s)
noster, nostra, nostrum 1st person pl. possessive adjective our
vester, vestra, vestrum 2nd person pl. possessive adjective your
suus, -a, -um 3rd person reflexive possessive adjective his, hers, its, their own
qui, quae, quod relative pronoun who, what
qui, quae, quod? interrogative adjective which? what?
quis, quid? interrogative pronoun who? what?
aliquis, aliquid indefinite pronoun someone, anyone
aliqui, aliqua, aliquod indefinite adjective someone, anyone
quis, quid indefinite pronoun someone, anyone
quisquam, quidquam indefinite pronoun someone, anyone
quiquam, quaequam, quidquam indefinite adjective someone, anyone