Timeline for What is the difference between is, ille, and hic when they mean "he"?
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| Nov 21, 2019 at 1:15 | comment | added | C Monsour | Keep in mind that these aren't quite the same as English he as they can refer to any masculine noun, not just male persons. So in Latin you may need to repeat a name or add a noun (hic vir) for clarity when you might just say he in English. | |
| Nov 19, 2019 at 10:44 | comment | added | Quidam | Yes, it's the classical use for this pronoun. I'm not very advanced in Latin, so I'm looking to translate simple sentences. | |
| Nov 19, 2019 at 9:23 | comment | added | Unbrutal_Russian | "He" isn't a meaning, but a pronoun that can be used in various syntactic and semantic functions - this also goes for all the Latin pronouns you mention. Do you mean the anaphoric usage? | |
| Nov 18, 2019 at 21:03 | answer | added | Nickimite | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 18, 2019 at 17:22 | history | asked | Quidam | CC BY-SA 4.0 |