Adjectives stage 14

Adjectives:

• describe nouns

• describe verbs

• are action words

An adjective must agree with its noun in:

• number (sg., pl.)

• case (nom., acc.)

• gender (masc., fem., neut.)

• tense (present, perfect)

In Latin, most adjectives come __ the nouns they modify.

• before

• after

Adjectives can be:

• 1st and 2nd declension

• 3rd declension

• only 1st declension

In your vocab list or in a dictionary, an adjective can look like this:

• serpens, serpentis, m.

• latro, latrare, latravi, latratus

• strenuus, -a, -um

• ferox, ferocis

Marcus est puer ___.

• laetus

• laetum

• laeto

• laeti

canis est ___.

• ferox

• ferocem

• feroces

Salvius servum ___ retinere non vult.

• aeger

• aegrum

• aegros

puellae ___ sunt.

• laeta

• laetae

• laetam

amicus ___ est.

• fidelis

• fidelem

• fideles