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Adverbs!

Adverbs!. Comparative and Superlative!. Review. Adjectives have 3 degrees Positive: I am tall Comparative: I am taller than you Superlative: I am the tallest person ever Adverbs have degrees, too. Positive Adverbs. These are most of the adverbs you already know

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Adverbs!

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  1. Adverbs! Comparative and Superlative!

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

  3. Positive Adverbs • These are most of the adverbs you already know • Most 1st and 2nd declension adjectives add ~ē to the stem. • pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (beautiful) stem: pulchr adverb: pulchrē (beautifully) • saevus, saeva, saevum (savage) stem: saev adverb: saevē (savagely)

  4. More Positive Adverbs • Most 3rd declension adjectives add ~(it)er to the stem. If the base ends in “nt” only the er is added. • ferox, ferox, ferox (gen. ferocis) (fierce) stem: ferōc adverb: ferōciter (fiercely) • prūdēns, prudens, prudens (gen. prudentis) (discreet) stem: prūdent adverb: prūdenter (discreetly)

  5. Comparative Adverbs • The comparative adverb is the same as the neuter form of the comparative adjective  • So let’s review comparative adjectives. . . • Find the stem: • tardus, tarda, tardum stem: tard • suavis, suavis, suave stem: suav • add –ior for masc & fem, add –ius for neuter

  6. Comparative Adverbs • So the comparative adverbs are: • tardius • suavius • How do they translate? • “more ______ly” or “_____er” or “too _____” • tardius = later • suavius = more sweetly

  7. Superlative Adverbs • To form them add -issimē to the stem • tardus, stem = tard • superlative = tardissimē • suavis, stem = suav • superlative = suavissimē • Exceptions: adverbs that end in “r” or “l” double the consonant and add –imē • celer, stem = celer • superlative = celerrimē

  8. Superlative Adverbs! • Translate as “very ______ly” or “most _____ly” • tardissimē = very late • suavissimē = very sweetly • celerrimē = very swiftly

  9. Irregular Ones! • List on pg 52 

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