ADJECTIVEs

ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS

• Adjectives must match nouns in:
• Number
• Case
• Gender
• They don't need to match in spelling

For example...
Haec pictura est pulchra.
Notice how pictura and pulchra match in number (singular), case (nom), and gender (feminine).
They also happen to match in spelling.

SOME MORE EXAMPLES...

• Gladiator bestias feroces agitabat
• -the gladiator was hunting the fierce beasts
• Quintus fabulam mirabilem narravit
• -Quintus told the miraculous story

Dumnorix est callidior quam Belimicus
-Dumnorix is more clever than Belimicus
This is an example of a comparative adjective. The comparatives end with "ior" and have 'quam' written after them. This translates as 'more _\_er than'

Dumnorix saevissimam ursam pulsavit.
-Dumnorix punched the very savage bear.
This is an example of a superlative adjective. They end with "issim-" and an ending. They translate as "most _/_est."

SOME EXAMPLES FOR YOU TO TRY

• Mercator filium bonum laudavit.
• Leonem saevissimum interfeci.
• Regenses sunt callidiores quam Cantiaci.
• Homo non potest portare ingentem saxum.