1st and 2nd declension Adjectives

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1st and 2nd declension Adjectives

• EVERY ADJECTIVE MUST AGREE WITH THE NOUN
  IT MODIFIES
• 
  IN
• NUMBER
• GENDER
• 
  CASE

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NUMBER

• IF THE NOUN IS SING SO MUST THE ADJECTIVE BE
  SINGULAR
• puella bona, puellae bonae, puellae bonae,
  puellam bonam, puellA bonA
• IF THE NOUN IS PLURAL SO MUST THE ADJECTIVE BE
  PLURAL
• puellae bonae, puellarum bonarum, puellis bonis,
  puellas bonas, puellis bonis

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1st and 2nd declension adjective chart

• M F
  N
  M F
  N
• Nom bonus bona bonum
  boni
  bonae bona
• Gen boni bonae boni
  bonorum
  bonarum bonorum
• Dat bono bonae bono
  bonis
  bonis bonis
• Acc bonum bonam bonum
  bonos
  bonas bona
• Abl bono bonA bono
  bonis
  bonis bonis

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Gender (and heres the rub)

• If the noun is masculine so must the adjective be
  masculine
• If it is feminine, I need the feminine adjective
• If Neuter, then I need the neuter endings.
• Pretty simple, but what about words like Nauta,
  ae, m, sailor?
• Nota Bene I need masculine endings for the
  adj...use the adj chart

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CASE

• Case is easy...if the noun is dative I need the
  dative of the adjective
• etc, etc, so lets practice
• to the good friend amico bono (dat/masc/sing)
• for the good girls puellis bonis (dat/fem/pl)
• of the good horses equorum bonorum (gen/masc/pl)
• of the good sailors nautarum bonorum
  (gen/masc/pl)
• The bad boy waits for the good girls. Puer malus
  puellas bonas expectat.