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Comparative Adjectives!

Comparative Adjectives!. Review. Adjectives have 3 degrees Positive: I am tall Comparative: I am taller than you Superlative: I am the tallest person ever. Positive Adjectives. These are the basic adjectives 1st and 2nd declension adjectives pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (beautiful)

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Comparative Adjectives!

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  1. Comparative Adjectives!

  2. Review • Adjectives have 3 degrees • Positive: I am tall • Comparative: I am taller than you • Superlative: I am the tallest person ever

  3. Positive Adjectives • These are the basic adjectives • 1st and 2nd declension adjectives • pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (beautiful) stem: pulcher • saevus, saeva, saevum (savage) stem: saev

  4. More Positive Adjectives • 3rd declension adjectives • fortis, fortis, forte (brave, strong) stem: fort • ferox, ferox, ferox (gen. ferocis) (fierce) stem: ferōc

  5. Superlative Adjectives • To form them add –issimus, issima, issimum to the stem • saevus, stem = saev • superlative = saevissimus • fortis, stem = fort • superlative = fortissimus • Exceptions: adverbs that end in “r” or “l” double the consonant and add –imus • pulcher, stem = pulcher • superlative = pulcherrimus

  6. Superlative Adjectives! • Translate as “very ______” “_______est” or “most _____” • saevissimus = very savage • fortissimus = bravest • pulcherrimus = most beautiful

  7. Comparative Adjectives • To form comparative, add –ior (m & f) or –ius to the stem. Decline like 3rd decl. • Find the stem: • saevus, saeva, saevum stem: saev • comparative: saevior, saevius • fortis, fortis, forte stem: fort • comparative: fortior, fortius • pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum stem: pulcher • comparative: pulcherior

  8. Comparative Adjectives • How do they translate? • “more ______” or “_____er” or “too _____” • saevior = too savage • fortior = braver • pulcherior = more beautiful

  9. Irregular Comparatives • A few comparative adjectives are irregular • They are the same as the irregulars in English: • What’s the comparative for good? • Better (not gooder) • In Latin, bonus = good, melior = better • magna = big, maior = bigger

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