Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• -How they are formed
• -How to use them

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• Positive you are saying something about a
  quality of a noun.
• Comparative you are comparing the same quality
  of two different nouns.
• Superlative you are saying that the quality of
  a particular noun exceeds all other nouns.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• Positive you are saying something about a
  quality of a noun. .for example,
• Cornelius is a brave man.
• Cornelius est vir fortis.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• Comparative you are comparing the same quality
  of two different nounsfor example
• Cornelius is a braver man.
• Cornelius is a rather brave man.
  (alternatively)
• Cornelius est vir fortior.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• Superlative you are saying that the quality of
  a particular noun exceeds all other nouns.
• example
• Cornelius is the bravest man.
• Cornelius is a very brave man. (alternatively)
• Cornelius est vir fortissimus.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• As with any adjective, comparative and
  superlative adjectives must agree with the nouns
  they describe in GENDER, NUMBER AND
  CASE.for example
• Cornelius est vir fortissimus.
• Video virum fortiorem.
• Necavit multos viros fortes.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• As with any adjective, comparative and
  superlative adjectives must agree with the nouns
  they describe in GENDER, NUMBER AND
  CASE.and note that ALL comparative
  adjectives follow the 3rd Declension pattern
  (with the exception of ablative singular e)
• And ALL superlative adjectives follow the 1st/2nd
  Declension pattern.

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Positive, Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

• Adverbs also have comparative and superlative
  forms.examples
• laetius..more happily
• laetissime.most happily
• the neuter singular comparative adjective (-ius)
  is used as the comparative adverb and the
  superlative adjective, ending in e is the
  superlative adverb.