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Superlatives

Superlatives. a VERY exciting thing to know!. What do Superlatives DO?. Show the highest “degree” in which an adjective can modify the noun. Example: positive comparative superlative good better best

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Superlatives

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  1. Superlatives a VERY exciting thing to know!

  2. What do Superlatives DO? • Show the highest “degree” in which an adjective can modify the noun. Example: positive comparativesuperlative good better best pretty prettier prettiest/very pretty ferocious more most/ very ferocious ferocious

  3. How about the Latin? An adjective with –issim- or -rim- plus the 1st and 2nd declension endings Example: Positive laetus, laeta, laetum pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum Superlative laet-issim-us laetissima laetissimum pulcher-rim-us pulcherrima pulcherrimum

  4. Pattern? • It will follow 1st and 2nd Declension pattern Singular Plural M F N M F N us a um i ae a i ae i orum arum orum o ae o is is is um am um os as os ōā ō is is is

  5. Mercator est tristis. Senex est tristissimus.

  6. Canis erat ferox. Leo erat ferocissimus

  7. Amicus fabulam longissimam narravit.

  8. Murmilliones erant fortes, sed retiarii erant fortissimi.

  9. Melissa erat pulcherrima.

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