Latin I Capita XI/XII Formative Quick Review

Capita XI/XII
Formative Quick Review

Superlative Adjectives

• In English as well as Latin, there are degrees of adjectives

  • Positive - normal form of the adjective (i.e. tall)

  • Comparative - form used to compare differences between one object and another (i.e. taller)

  • Superlative - form used to describe something at the upper or lower limit of a quality (i.e. tallest)

• To form the superlative version of a Latin adjective, the suffix -issimus, -issima, -issimum is added to the adjective's stem

  • The stem of an adjective is found by removing the -a or -is from a Latin adjective

    • Ex. alta - altissimus, altissima, altissimum

Multiple Select

Which of the following are superlative adjectives?

• gratus, -a, -um

• iratus, -a, -um

• fessissimus, -a, -um

• flavissimus, -a, -um

• carus, -a, -um

Irregular Superlative Adjectives

• Some adjectives have exceptions to their formation rules

  • Adjectives ending in -r will add -rimus to the masculine form (i.e. pulcher -- pulcherrimus, -a, -um)

  • Adjectives ending in -lis will add -limus after first removing the -is (i.e. difficilis -- difficillimus, -a, -um)

• Other adjectives are simply completely irregular in form and must be memorized:

  • bonus, bona, bonum -- optimus, optima, optimum

  • malus, mala, malum -- pessimus, pessima, pessimum

  • parvus, parva, parvum -- minimus, minima, minimum

  • magnus, magna, magnum -- maximus, maxima, maximum

Multiple Choice

Which of the following superlative adjectives are correctly formed?

• bonissimus, -a, -um

• facillissimus, -a, -um

• aegerrissimus, -a, -um

• parvissimus, -a, -um

• None of these are correctly formed.

Future Tense Verbs

• To express actions that have not happened yet, we employ the future tense

• To form the future tense in Latin, first start with the infinitive (the 2nd principal part), drop the -re, and add -bi plus the regular endings (except -bo for ego and -bunt for 3rd person plurals)

• Please note that this applies to verbs ending in -are and -ēre -- we will learn rules for other verbs later!

Match

Match the following future tense verbs to their subjects:

• ego

• tu

• vos

• nos

• regina

dabo

mutabis

putabitis

movebimus

docebit

• dabo

• mutabis

• putabitis

• movebimus

• docebit

Irregular Future Tense Verbs

• Irregular forms for esse and posse in the future tense are similar but should be memorized as they are used and seen frequently in Latin writing

Drag and Drop

Fill in the blank with the correct future tense form of the verb:

Ego canem cras videre ​

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(posse).

​

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ne (esse) tu in convivio?​

Magistra matematicam discipulis ​

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(docere)

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

potero

Eris

docebit

potebo

essebis

bis

docerebit

erit docere

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