Translation
I
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Examples
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It was not I who did this.
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Give me the book.
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He saw me.
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Come with me to the city.
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You and I want the same thing.
"I", but you will meet the other cases far more often than this one. The forms are ego (subject), me (object and ablative), mihi (to or for me) and mei (of me), and Latin normally leaves the nominative out altogether, because the verb ending already says who is speaking: "venio" is a complete sentence meaning "I come".
That makes the appearance of "ego" meaningful. When a writer does put it in, it is for EMPHASIS or contrast, so "ego hoc feci" is closer to "I am the one who did this" than to a flat "I did this".
Note "mecum" for "with me": the preposition "cum" attaches to the back of the pronoun rather than standing in front of it, and the same happens with "tecum", "nobiscum" and "secum". The plural of "ego" is not a plural form of the same stem but a separate word, "nos".
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Stories
(9)Bene fecisti!
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Novem loca
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Et cum spiritu tuo
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Carmina mea
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Si tuleritis
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Ex Britannia
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Venus
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Inter sepulcra
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Lupus et agnus
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Grammar articles
(9)Latin Conditional Sentences: si, nisi and the Subjunctive
Latin Connectors: tamen, quamquam, ergo, igitur and autem
Latin Demonstratives: Hic, Haec, Hoc and Ille Charts
Latin Greetings and Survival Phrases: Say Something Today
Latin Interjections and Conversation Words: heus, ecce, edepol
Latin ipse, idem and iste: Himself, the Same, That of Yours
Latin Passive Periphrastic: Carthago delenda est
Latin Pronouns Chart: ego, is, hic, ille and qui
Latin Verb Endings Chart: -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 6: ego, hic, enim and 8 more words.