Interrogative and relative pronouns
(Pronomina interrogativa et relativa)

The circumflex accent ( ˆ ) is used to denote the length of the vowels.

There are two interrogative and one relative pronouns in Latin:

    quis, (quae), quid who? which one? what man / what woman / what thing?
    qui, quae, quod what kind of?
    qui, quae, quod who, which
 

Cases		Interrogative pronouns				Relative pronouns
		m	f	n		m	f	n
Sg.	Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl.	quis cujus cui quem quô	quae cujus cui quam quâ	quid (quod) cujus cui quid (quod) quô		qui cujus cui quem quô	quae cujus cui quam quâ	quod cujus cui quod quô
Pl.	Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl.	qui quôrum quibus quos quibus	quae quârum quibus quas quibus	quae quôrum quibus quae quibus		qui quôrum quibus quos quibus	quae quârum quibus quas quibus	quae quôrum quibus quae quibus

    The interrogative pronouns are referred to persons, objects and qualities.

    There are two types of interrogative pronouns:

1. The substantive interrogative pronoun quis, (quae), quid is used independently; the answer to it is always a noun. Usually the feminine forms are substituted by the masculine ones.
2. The adjective interrogative pronoun qui, quae, quod is used as a determinative; the answer to it is always an adjective. The declension of the adjective interrogative pronoun is like that of the relative one.

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