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  1. Matthew Greydanus says:

    The girl’s shout because a bear is eating their own food… shouldn’t that be the reflexive possessive adjective (suum) rather than the intensive?

    1. Hi Matthew, great question! If we used “suum” in this instance, it would refer back to the subject of the subordinate clause, which in this case is “ursus.” So the sentence would mean “the girls shout because the bear is eating HIS OWN food.” When there are multiple clauses in a sentence, a reflexive usually refers to the subject of its own clause.

  2. What is the correct way of saying “The sound speaks for itself?” Would it be “Sonus ipso loquitur?”

    1. Hi John, great question! In your example sentence, “itself” is actually a reflexive pronoun, not an intensive pronoun. The translation would be “Sonus prō sē loquitur”.

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