Superlatives
Translate to English and find the superlative:
tum spectātōrēs erant laetissimī
The spectators were very happy then
Superlative: laetissimī
Translate the sentence:
cierō villās pulchrās habet
Cicero has pretty houses
Find the noun and adjective agreement:
cierō villās pulchrās habet
villās pulchrās
Find the noun and adjective agreement:
LAETA PUELLA BONUM AGRICOLAM AMAT
Puella Agricolam
Translate to English and find the superlative:
heri umbra erat īrātissima
Yesterday the ghost was very angry
Superlative: īrātissima
Choose the right word:
The gladiators were brave.
gladiātōrēs erant (fortēs/fortissimī)
fortēs
gladiātōrēs erant fortēs
Translate into Latin: The happy father was giving a dog to the good daughter.
Translate into Latin: The happy father was giving a dog to the good daughter.
Translate into English: Tres servi onera magna in multis plaustris ferebant.
Three slaves were carrying big loads in many wagons.
Find the noun and adjective agreements:
LAETA PUELLA REGINAM AMAT
Puella Regina Amat
Choose the right word:
Your dress is beautiful
stola tua est (pulcherrima/pulchra)
Pulchra
stola tua est pulchra
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The net-fighter killed the murmillo as quickly as possible.
rētiārius murmillōnem (quam celerrimē/celeriter)
quam celerrimē
rētiārius murmillōnem quam celerrimē
Choose the noun-adjective pair that does NOT agree:
1. multorum patrum 2.omnes puellae
3.bona matrem. 4.novae villae
3.bona matrem
Choose the noun-adjective pair that DOES agree:
1. omnibus puellis. 2. laetos pater
3. magnam plaustrum. 3. multarum feminae
1. omnibus puellis
Choose the noun-adjective pair that DOES agree:
1. Villa pulchra 2. bona matrem
Villa pulchra
Choose the right word:
Caecilius liked the very big picture
caecilius pictūram (maximam/magnam) amābat
Maximam
caecilius pictūramn maximam amābat
Translate to Latin:
The dogs killed the deer very quickly
canēs cervōs celerrimē interfēcērunt
Form the noun-adjective pair: happy girls (feminine, plural, accusative)
laetas puellas
Form the noun-adjective pair: angry boy (masculine, singular, nominative)
iratus puer
Form the noun-adjective pair: many mothers (feminine, plural, ablative)
multis matribus
Choose the right word and translate to English:
lupī canēs (celerrimē/celeriter) interfēcērunt
lupī canēs celeriter interfēcērunt
The wolves killed the dogs quickly
What are superlative adjectives?
describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality. (Ex: the tallest, the fastest, etc)
Answers may vary
What is the agreement between nouns and adjectives?
If the noun is singular, the adjective must be singular. If the noun is plural, the adjective must be plural.
Adjective must agree with nouns in what?
Number, Case, and Gender
What is something that could help us find out if the adjective and noun agree?
The endings.
For example: multorum patrum
Translate the sentence:
tū aprōs ferōcissimōs retinēs
You are holding back the most ferocious boars