(1) Indefinites are used:
[i] as pronouns to refer people or things without saying
exactly who or what they are, for example somebody, anything:
“Somebody told me that”;“Do you have anything to
say?”
[ii] as adjectives e.g. “Some man told
me this”; “There has to be some reason for that”
[iii] as adverbs indicating, for example, indefinite time or
place e.g. “Come and see me sometime, wherever I
am”
(2) Here we focus only on [i] and [ii] because those
indefinite forms decline, and there can be some slight differences in
formation, whereas indefinite adverbs, like any other adverbs, are single
indeclinable words.
(3) The indefinite pronouns and adjectives are formed with either
one prefix: ali-, or with a range of possible
suffixes: -piam, -dam, -quam, -cumque, -que,
-vīs, -libet
(4) The prefix and suffixes themselves are indeclinable and
they are all formed by combinations with the same
group of words, namely:
quis (quī), quae, quod (quid): who,
which, what
When these words stand alone, they can variously act as:
[1] interrogative pronouns e.g. Quis vocat?
│ Who is calling?
[2] interrogative adjectives e.g. Quī homō vocat
│ Which man is calling?
[3] relative pronouns e.g. Puer quī in hortō
sedet cantat │ The boy who is sitting in the garden is
singing.
17.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [2] formation; markers
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/171125-level-3-indefinites-2-formation.html
20.11.25: Level 3;
indefinites [3] markers; recognition and meaning
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/201125-level-3-indefinites-3-markers.html
(5) All of the indefinites have been covered in depth; below
are reference tables with links to where each of them was discussed.
[1] aliquis, aliqua, aliquid (aliquod): someone
/ anyone; something / anything
20.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [4] ali- [i]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/201125-level-3-indefinites-4-ali-i.html
20.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [5] ali- [ii] aliquis;
declension and examples
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/201125-level-3-indefinites-5-ali-ii.html
23.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [6] ali- [iii] examples from
the authors
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/231125-level-3-indefinites-6-ali-iii.html
23.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [7] ali- [iv] an overdose of
indefinites from Plautus
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/231125-level-3-indefinites-7-ali-iv.html
23.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [8] ali- [v] practice
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/231125-level-3-indefinites-8-ali-v.html
[2] quispiam, quaepiam, quidpiam (quippiam) / quodpiam:
anyone / someone … (or other); anything / something … (or other)
26.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [9]: -piam
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/261125-level-3-indefinites-9-piam.html
[3] quīdam, quaedam, quiddam: a certain (person);
a certain (thing)
29.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [11] quīdam [i]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/291125-level-3-indefinites-11-quidam-i.html
29.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [12] quīdam [ii] examples
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/291125-level-3-indefinites-12-quidam-ii.html
29.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [13] quīdam [iii] practice
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/291125-level-3-indefinites-13-quidam.html
[4] quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque: whoever /
whosoever; whatever / whatsoever
02.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [14] -cumque [i]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/021225-level-3-indefinites-14-cumque-i.html
02.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [15] -cumque [ii] practice
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/021225-level-3-indefinites-15-cumque-ii.html
[5] quisque, quaeque, quidque / quicque / quodque:
each one, every one
05.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [16] -que
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/051225-level-3-indefinites-16-que.html
[6] quisquam, quidquam / quicquam: anyone;
anything
05.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [17] -quam
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/051225-level-3-indefinites-17-quam.html
[7]
[i] quīvīs, quaevīs, quidvīs / quodvīs i.e. from vīs (you
want); whoever / whatever (you want)
[ii] quīlibet, quaelibet, quidlibet / quodlibet i.e.
from libet (it pleases); whoever / whatever (pleases)
Both have the same meaning: no matter who / what
08.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [18] -vīs; -libet
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/081225-level-3-indefinites-18-vis-libet.html
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