That: ille, illa, illud

Level 3

That one, over there, matching its noun.

How It Works

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ille	illa	illud
accusative	illum	illam	illud
plural nominative	illi	illae	illa
plural accusative	illos	illas	illa

Compare the two pointing words. Hic puer is this boy, near me. Ille puer is that boy, over there.

The genitive is illius and the dative is illi, for every gender. The neuter ends in -d, like id and quod.

Ille also works alone as the word for he. Ille dicit means he says, with some stress on he. With a name it can mean the famous one, as in ille Marcus.

Examples (5)

Ille puer Quintus est.
That boy is Quintus.
Ille is masculine, like puer.
Illa puella Cornelia est.
That girl is Cornelia.
Illa is feminine, like puella.
Illud donum magnum est.
That gift is big.
Illud is neuter, like donum.
Illum puerum video.
I see that boy.
Illum is the masculine accusative. The boy is what I see.
In illo tempore.
At that time.
The words that open the Gospel reading at Mass. Illo tempore is ablative, and in means at.

Common Mistakes

Using the feminine form with a masculine noun.
Illa puer Quintus est.
Ille puer Quintus est.
Puer is masculine, so the pointing word is ille.
Using the masculine form with a neuter noun.
Ille donum magnum est.
Illud donum magnum est.
Donum is neuter, so the pointing word is illud.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

That: ille, illa, illudLevel 3

Learn This First

Ille has the same pattern as hic.

This: hic, haec, hoc
Know hic, haec, hoc, because ille, illa, illud has the same pattern.
Level 3

Words in This Pattern

illeille

Practice That: ille, illa, illud in Bubblegum

Poppy, your AI tutor, writes Latin lessons at your level. Tap any grammar point in a lesson to see its full explanation.