Adjective Booklet. Include the following
Page 1 – Title – Degrees of Adjectives
Page 2 – Title - Positive Degree
1.
Adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number and case
2.
To get the base of an adjective you drop the “a” or “is”
3.
There are two sets of adjectives 1 st
-2 nd
and 3 rd
4.
1 st
-2 nd
declension adjectives look for the letter “a”
5.
3 rd
declension adjectives look for the letters “is”
6.
Write out the charts for both 1 st
-2 nd
decl and 3rd
7.
Examples: color code the examples this way base and ending of both noun and adjective difficile bellum and translate the pair multos milites omnem diem tristi servo altam puellam
Page 3 – Title – Comparative Degree
1.
Get the base
2.
Add -ior or -ius
3.
Add 3 rd
declension noun endings (write out the endings)
4.
Only use ius in the neuter nominative and accusative singular
5.
The adjective agrees with the noun in gender number and case
6.
Translations -----er, more, rather, too
7.
Quam – than
8.
Ablative of comparison-put the 2 nd
word being compared in the ablative, supply “than” when translating
9.
Ablative of degree of difference – paulo=a little, multo – much
Examples: color code the comparative form base –ior - ending
Translate the sentence
Hic servus est multo tristior quam ille servus
Longiorem fabulam scripsisti
Illi milites erant paulo paratiores illis militibus
Page 4 – title – Superlative degree
1.
get the base
2.
add –issim—
3.
use 1 st
-2 nd
decl. endings
1.
take the word ending in –er
2.
add –rim—
3.
use 1 st
-2 nd
decl. endings use only with words ending in –er in the nom. masc. sing.
Translations - most, very, -----est
Quam with the superlative – as------as possible
Examples – color code the superlative form base- superlative marker—ending
Translate the example
1.
Illi sunt laetissimi
2.
Hic est celerrimus
3.
Difficillimum iter trans montem fecimus
4.
Illa fabula erat quam tristissima
1.
get the base
2.
add –lim—
3.
use 1 st
-2 nd
decl. endings use only with difficilis, facilis, similis, dissimilis,gracilis, humilis