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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Fast Faster Fastest/ very fast

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Fast Faster Fastest/ very fast Positive Comparative Superlative Adjective Adjective Adjective. Standard Comparative Superlative fast faster fastest/very fast

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Fast Faster Fastest/ very fast

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  1. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Fast Faster Fastest/ very fast Positive Comparative Superlative Adjective Adjective Adjective

  2. Standard ComparativeSuperlative fast faster fastest/very fast celer celerior celerrimus happy happier happiest/ very happy laetus laetior laetissimus

  3. Which is which? celer iratior magnus laetissimus iratissimus mortuus tristis fortissimus laetior pulchrior perterritus pulcherrimus sonorior laetus celerrimus parvus tristior

  4. Comparatives – look out for THAN 1. dominus est stultiorquam servus The master is more stupid than the slave = comparative + quam 2. dominus est stultior servo The master is more stupid than the slave = comparative + ablative of comparison

  5. Practice… • haec puella pulcherrima est. • haec puella pulchrior est quam soror. • servus ferocior est milite. • hic libertus est audacior quam dominus. • dominus laetior est servo. • hic mons minimum est quam umquam vidi.

  6. Practice… • ille senex filio fortior est. • haec puella pulchrior est quam soror. • servus ferocior est milite. • montem altissimum in insula conspeximus. • lux iter facillimum fecit. • libertus nunc est laetior quam dominus..

  7. Adverbs

  8. What are adjectives? • What are adverbs?

  9. 2nd declension adjectives: end in -us and change their endings like ‘servus’ laetus stultus lentus 3rd declension adjectives: end NOT with –us, and change their endings like ‘leo’ brevis ferox insolens

  10. How do we change adjectives to adverbs?

  11. bonus, melior, optimus - good malus, peior, pessimus – bad magnus, maior, maxiums – big parvus, minor minimus – small multus, plus, plurimus – much

  12. Adverb Practice… • cives donum laetissime acceperunt. • iuvenes Romani maxime gaudebant. • ego celeriter cucurri, sed servus celerius effugit. • senator civibus facilius persuasit quam ego. • nemo fortius pugnavit quam dux noster. • pueri cenam quam celerrime consumpserunt.

  13. Practice… • ille senex filio fortior est. • lux iter facillimum fecit. • cives nuntium laetissime acceperunt. • rex homini scelesto iratissime respondit • talia nunc saepius accidunt quam antea • nemo melius loquitur quam dux noster • femina epistulam difficilem quam optime scripsit.

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