Noun-Adjective Agreement: Take 2

Noun-Adjective Agreement: Take 2

Multiple Choice

An adjective is a word that describes...

• a noun

• a verb

• an adverb

• another adjective

Multiple Choice

Which form of the adjective "happy" would be used to describe coquum?

• laetus

• laetum

• laeto

• laeti

Multiple Choice

Which form of the adjective "happy" would go with the noun "pueri"?

• laeti

• laetus

• laeto

• laetis

Multiple Choice

In addition to case and number, what does an adjective need to have in common with the noun it is describing?

• gender

• declension

• tense

• conjugation

All nouns have a gender:

masculine, feminine, or neuter

• Masc. Examples: servus, vir, Salvius, pater, canis

• Fem. Examples: ancilla, via, Rufilla, mater, urbs, uxor

• Neut. Examples: atrium, horreum, nomen

Adjectives will need to be the same gender as the noun they describe, so there MUST be a set of masculine, feminine, and neuter endings for ANY ADJECTIVE

• laetus <-- This is a masculine form, so it could describe vir, Caecilius, puer, canis, pater, etc...

• There MUST also be feminine forms of this word, "happy"; otherwise, an "uxor" could never be happy - and that's bad!

Multiple Select

Which of the following are possible adjective declensions?

• 1st declension

• 2nd declension

• 1st/2nd declension

• 3rd declension

• 4th declension

Multiple Choice

Which declension is this adjective: brevis, brevis, breve

• 1st/2nd declension

• 3rd declension

• 1st declension

• 2nd declension

Multiple Choice

Which declension is this adjective: fessus, fessa, fessum

• 1st/2nd declension

• 3rd declension

• 1st declension

• 2nd declension

Multiple Choice

Which declension is this adjective: diligens, diligens, diligens (gen. diligentis)

• 1st/2nd declension

• 3rd declension

• 1st declension

• 2nd declension

Multiple Select

Which of these adjectives would (usually) appear AFTER the noun it describes?

• multae

• laetus

• magna

• irato

• aegrum