Is, ea, id

[john abshire]

The man wrote a letter but he had not sent it.
Vir epistolam scribavit, sed ea/id? non habuierat.

Do you use grammatical gender or biological gender for is, ea, id?
Also, if to represent “this thing” or “those things” etc., with is, ea, Id which gender do you use?

 

[cinefactus]

sed eam non missit
ea if it was these things, but epistula is feminine

 

[john abshire]

sed eam non missit
ea if it was these things, but epistula is feminine

Let me try again.
The man wrote a letter, but he had not sent it.
Vir epistolam scribavit, sed eam non missit.
(The “non habuierat” came from “he did not have (time)...” and I changed my example sentence.)
If I understand correctly, if the “it” (or “this”) refers to a feminine noun (epistola) you use eam, and eum for masculine, etc.
And eas, eos, ea for these (or those) things.
And the gender of the pronoun depends on grammatical gender of the “parent “ noun, not the biological gender?

 

[cinefactus]

All gender is grammatical.
ea for those things, unless you are saying something like eas res

 

[rothbard]

Scribo follows the third conjugation, not the first.

 

[john abshire]

Scribo follows the third conjugation, not the first.

Scribo follows the third conjugation, not the first.

Scripsit vs scribavit.
Thanks
Also, misierat vs misit

 

[cinefactus]

Also, misierat vs misit

No. Perfect is misit, pluperfect is miserat

 

[john abshire]

No. Perfect is misit, pluperfect is miserat

Sed eam non miserat.
But he had not sent it.