The interrogative adjective translates as which? what? what kind of?
In general, adjectives have the function of narrowing the field of reference, for example:
I really like that car? > Which car? > The blue one.
Therefore, interrogative adjectives refer to known nouns but ask to specify which noun:
Which car did you buy? What kind of music do you like?
There is very little distinction between the interrogative adjectives and the interrogative pronouns in the previous post except that:
[i] the interrogative adjective has all three genders in the singular which is logical because the adjective has to be able to agree with nouns of all three genders.
[ii] the neuter singular (nominative and accusative) is quod and not quid.
In the plural, the interrogative adjectives and pronouns are identical.
NOMINATIVE
Quī vir mē vocat? │ Which / what kind of man is calling me?
Quae bella gerunt? │ What sort of wars do they wage?
GENITIVE
Cuius fēminae domus est? │ Literally: Of which woman is the house? [ = Which woman does the house belong to?]
Dē factīs quōrum hominum fābulam nārrās? │ Which / whose men’s deeds [ = the deeds of which men] are you telling a story about?
DATIVE
Cui puerō / puellae dōnum dedistī? │ To which boy / girl did you give a gift?
Quibus magistrīs librum lēgit? │ To which teachers did s/he read a book?
ACCUSATIVE
Quod oppidum vidēs? │ What town do you see?
Quōs mīlitēs vocat rēx? │ Which / what soldiers is the king calling?
ABLATIVE
- In quō locō urbs erit? │ In what place will the city be?
- Dē quibus librīs loqueris? │ What / which books are you talking about?
- Translation practice:
- Quī homō vocat?
- Quem virum amās?
- Quod templum vidēs
- Quōs librōs lēgistī?
- In quibus oppidīs vīxistis?
- Quod animal in agrō erat?
- Cum quā fēmina ambulābat?
- Quibus tēlīs cōpiae nostrae eguērunt?
- Quae prōvinciae ā Rōmānīs occupātae sunt?
- Cuius scūtum habēs?
- Quibus virīs deī favēbunt?
- Quī virī castra pōnunt?
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