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Experience III, Lesson 14: Pronominal Adjectives

Learning to form the Pronominal Adjectives

There is a group of adjectives, called pronominal adjectives that form the same as the above demonstrative pronouns learned in last lesson. I.e. they are standard block 1 adjectives (-us, -a, -um) except for for being irregular in their genitive singular = "-ius" and dative singular = "-i"

There are nine of them, but they are important adjectives so they need to be learned:

Pronominal Adjectives

unus, -a, -um	one, alone, only (pl)
nullus, -a, -um [nonnullus, -a, -um]	none, no [some, several]
ullus, -a, -um	any
solus, -a, -um	sole, alone
neuter, neutra, neutrum	neither (of 2)
alter, -a, -um	the other (of 2), the second; plural: the other group (pl)
uter, utra, utrum [uterque, utraque, utrumque]	which (of 2) [both, each (of 2)]
totus, -a, -um	whole; entire [* doesn't mean: all]
alius, -a, -ud	another, others

N.B.

They are listed in this order to from an acronym to help remember them, the Latin for 'one sailor': UNUS NAUTA
Alius doesn't have a genitive form. Instead use the genitive form of Alter: alterius (singular).

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