Degrees of Adjectives good better best brave braver

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

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

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

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

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, plurimus – many/much, more, most The me se m mo ust rize be d!

Remember Adjective Agreement • An adjective must agree with the noun it modifies in case, number, and gender. • canis magnus but villa magna • a big dog (masculine) … a big house (feminine) • servus ignavior but servi ignaviores • the lazier slave (singular) … the lazier slaves (plural) • vinum optimum but cenam optimam • the best wine (neuter) … the best dinner (feminine)