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Degrees of Adjectives

Degrees of Adjectives. g ood, better, best … brave, braver, bravest!. Adjectives have 3 degrees. Positive is used to describe something. The car is big . C omparative is used to compare that one thing is more ___ than something else. The red car is bigger than the yellow car.

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Degrees of Adjectives

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  1. Degrees of Adjectives good, better, best … brave, braver, bravest!

  2. Adjectives have 3 degrees • Positiveis used to describe something. • The car is big. • Comparativeis used to compare that one thing is more ___ than something else. • The red car is bigger than the yellow car. • Superlativeis used to say that something is the most ____ or very ___. • The green car is the biggest.

  3. Latin Degrees of Adjectives • You already know many regular adjectives. • Marcus est laetus. • Marcus is happy. • Comparative adjectives end in –ioror –iores. • Quintus est laetior quam Marcus. • Quintus is happier than Marcus. • Remember that superlative adjectives end in –issimusor –errimus. • Salvius est laetissimus. • Salvius is very happy (happiest).

  4. Degrees for Regular Adjectives • ferox, ferocior, ferocissimus • fierce, fiercer, fiercest • pulcher, pulchrior, pulcherrimus • pretty, prettier, prettiest • ignavus, ignavior, ignavissimus • lazy, lazier, laziest • ingens, ingentior, ingentissimus • huge, more huge, most huge

  5. Degrees of irregular adjectives • magnus, maior, maximus • big, bigger, biggest • parvus, minor, minimus • small, smaller, smallest • bonus, melior, optimus • good, better, best/very good • malus, peior, pessimus • bad, worse, worst/very bad • multus, plus, plurimus • many/much, more, most These must be memorized!

  6. Remember Adjective Agreement • An adjective must agree with the noun it modifies in case, number, and gender. • canismagnusbut villa magna • a big dog (masculine) … a big house (feminine) • servusignaviorbut serviignaviores • the lazier slave (singular) … the lazier slaves (plural) • vinum optimumbut cenamoptimam • the best wine (neuter) … the best dinner (feminine)

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