Usages of pertinere
Magistra addit vocativum ad eum pertinere qui appellatur.
The teacher adds that the vocative belongs to the person who is addressed.
Participium saepe ad nomen pertinet et quasi verbum et adiectivum simul continet.
A participle often belongs to a noun and in a way contains both a verb and an adjective at the same time.
Marcus respondet hoc participium ad tempus praeteritum pertinere, quia rem iam factam significat.
Marcus answers that this participle belongs to past time, because it indicates a thing already done.
Lucia autem dicit aliud participium ad futurum pertinere, quia rem mox faciendam significat.
Lucia, however, says that another participle belongs to the future, because it indicates a thing about to be done soon.
Civis ad tribum et centuriam pertinet.
The citizen belongs to a tribe and a voting division.
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