WORD
Amicus, amica, amicum
Bonus, bona, bonum
Ferus, fera, ferum inimicus, -a, -um
Laetus, -a, -um
Magnus, -a, -um
Malus, -a, -um
Miser, misera, miserum
Multus, -a, -um
Pauci, paucae, pauca
Pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum
DEFINITION
Friendly good
Wild, savage
Unfriendly, hostile happy
Great, large
Bad, evil, wicked
Unhappy, poor
Much (sing.); many few
Beautiful
DERIVATIVE

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An adjective is a word or phrase that modifies or describes a noun
Adjectives in Latin must match the noun they describe in case, number, and gender

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1 st /2 nd declension adjectives have three different forms: magnus, magna, magnum
Magnus puer
Magna femina
Magnum bellum

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Singular Plural
Nom Magna puella Magnae puellae
Gen Magnae puellae Magnarum puellarum
Dat Magnae puellae Magnis puellis
Acc
Abl
Magnam puellam Magnas puellas
Magn ā puellā Magnis puellis

Use the adjective “pulcher” to describe the following nouns, then translate the phrase:
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Patriam
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agris poetae feminarum
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puellae pueri legate auxilium agricolas bella

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Vocative is the case of direct address
Vocative always matches nominative
EXCEPT for 2 nd declension nouns that end in -us
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Hey, farmer! Salve, agricola!
Hey, friend! Salve, amice!

Parse the following feminine adjectives. Then, change the adjectives to masculine (and neuter, if different) adjectives, keeping the same case/number:
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Malae
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pulchras inimicarum misera paucis magnam mult ā

Make the adjective agree with a noun, then translate.
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Poetae sunt (laetus).
Puer cum puellā (pulcher) ambulabat.
Dea (malus) feminas spectat sed non amat.
E (magnus) oppido ambulabimus.
(Multus) amicae auxilium portant.
Bella (pauci) sunt.
(Miser) agricolae non villa (magnus) est.

Decline (full chart):
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The unfriendly war
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the great escape
The wild farmer

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Attributive adjectives provide extra detail about the noun it modifies- the sentence would still make sense without the adjective
Agricola miser ambulat in magnam villam.
The unhappy farmer walks into the big farmhouse.

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Predicative adjectives (usually with some form of sum) make a statement about the noun- without the adjective, the sentence wouldn’t make sense
Agricola est miser.
The farmer is unhappy.

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Substantive adjectives have no noun to modify, but is standing in place of a noun. It is translated according to its gender and number
Sometimes in English: “Only the good die young”
Malus: an evil man
Mala: an evil woman
Malum: an evil thing

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Multi in Africā fere habitant.
Bonae amicae auxilium portant.
Bella pauca sunt.
Miseri agricolae villa non magna est.

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The hostile sailors are wickedly seizing the poor farmer’s farmhouse.
Where do you live with your friendly family?
The messenger’s beautiful daughter greatly loves the friend of the great envoy.
The wretched boy is walking unhappily out of the large town into the wild woods.
Many people live in farmhouses in the town, but few people savagely live in the woods.

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An adjective is _______________.
An adverb is _______________.
If a noun is feminine, the adjective describing it must use ______ endings, like magn_ femina
If a noun is masculine, the adjective describing it must use _____ endings, like magn__ nuntius or magn__ nauta
If a noun is neuter, the adjective describing it must use
_____ endings, like magn__ bellum
An _________ adjective adds extra detail to a sentence, but without the adjective would still make sense
A ________ adjective makes a statement about a noun; usually seen with ____ or _____
A ________ adjective stands alone, without a specific noun to describe, like the old song “Only the ____ die young”
To create an adverb, add ___ to the ___, like fer_

Ferus
Amicus
Magnus
Multus pulchra fuga inimicus pauci miser malus periculum aedifico