Ch. 37

HW: 37A 1,2,4,5,8,10 37B 2 & 6

CORRELATIVES

Correlative expressions correlate (connect or associate) separate words or clauses.
See section 371 in your book for a list. Many of them are t- and q- words such as tam and quam or tot and quot. Is, ea, id (and occasionally other demonstratives such as ille, illa, illud or hic, haec, hoc) in its various forms is correlated with qui, quae, quod.

Examples:
Tam magnus quam tu est.
Literal: He is so big as you (are).
Usual English: He is as big as you.

Tot homines quot ille scio.
Literal: I know so many people as he (does)
Usual English: I know as many people as he (does).

Tanta bella quanta umquam fuerant erant.
Literal: So great were the wars as had ever been.
Usual English: The wars were as great as had ever been.

Ea (abl.) qua (abl.) veni veniet.
*Note the ablative ea understands a Latin "via" with it
Literal: He will come by that (way) by which I came.
Usual English: He will come the same way (that*) I did.
*The that may be omitted.

Eo* ire voluit quo* omnes iebant.
*Note Latin has to use the special place to which adverbs (eo/quo) instead of place where (ibi/ubi) since they here denote destinations. Also omnes is plural in Latin, but everyone is singular in English.
Literal: He wanted to go thither* whither* all were going.
*Archaic English place to which adverbs.
Usual English: He wanted to go the same place (that/where*) everyone was going.
*The that or where may be omitted.

Special examples with superlative in relative clause
Note the superlative moves from the main clause in normal English to the relative clause in normal Latin.

Normal English: I saw the biggest man who was there.
Rephrased, Awkward English: I saw him (or "the guy") who was the biggest there.
Normal Latin: Vidi eum qui maximus ibi erat.
Normal English: I gave the sword to the most deserving person whom I knew.
Rephrased, Stilted/Archaic English: I gave the sword to him whom I knew (to be) most worthy.
Normal Latin: Gladium ei quem dignissimum noveram dedi.