NOUNADJECTIVE AGREEMENT DECLENSIONSTYPES OF ADJECTIVES 1 1 ST2
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT DECLENSIONS/TYPES OF ADJECTIVES: 1. 1 ST/2 ND DECLENSION: laetus, -a, -um – happy; pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum beautiful 2. 3 rd DECLENSION: fortis, forte – strong/brave audax, audacis, audace – bold IDENTIFICATION OF ADJECTIVES: Identified in the dictionary by the nominative, singular forms ex. laetus, -a, -um – happy = 1 st/2 nd declension adj. *** ex. felix, felicis, felice – favorable = 3 rd declension adj.
THE RULES!!! �ADJECTIVES must “agree” with the nouns they describe/modify in 3 ways: o Gender (masculine/feminine/neuter) o Number (singular/plural) o Case (nom. , gen. , dat. , acc. , abl. , voc. ) o. The NOUN will give you all the info. necessary to make the adjective agree with it. • e. g. Make “bonus, -a, -um – good” agree with the following form of, “puella, -ae (f. ) – girl” ________puellam 1. ) G – 2. ) # 3. ) Case -
More Rules!!! �Adjectives will NOT always have the same “endings” as the nouns they describe. �e. g. Make bonus, -a, -um – good” agree with the following form of, “mercator, mercatoris (m. ) – merchant” _________mercatore (Declen. =_____) 1. ) G: 2. ) #: 3. ) Case:
PRACTICE!!!! Make the following adjectives AGREE with each noun. 1. ) magnus, -a, -um – big servus, servī (m. ) – slave _______ servōrum G: ______ #: _______ Case(s): _____ 2. alius, alia, alium – other nox, noctis (f. ) – night _______ noctēs G: ______ #: _______ Case(s): _____ 3. novus, nova, novum – new bos, bovis (m. ) – cow _______ bovibus G: ______ #: _______ Case(s): _____ 4. parvus, parva, parvum – small porcus, porcī (m. ) – pig
PRACTICE!!! 3 ADJECTIVES DECLEN. �MAKE THE FOLLOWING NOUNS AGREE WITH THE 3 RD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES BELOW. � 1. felix, felicis, felice – lucky dog canis, canis (f. ) – _______ canum G: N: C: � 2. fortis, fortis – brave agricola, -ae (f. ) – farmer _______ G: N: C: agricolā
