Degrees of Adjectives Vocabulary
Master adjective degrees! Practice comparative & superlative forms and explore Latin-based derivatives.
Degrees of Adjectives Vocabulary I'm giving you the positive degree of the adjective. Use it to form the comparative and superlative degrees. Write out the entire word for each of the Latin genders. Use my example as a formatting guide for how to write your responses in the chart. If I have listed multiple meanings, you must include both meanings in the chart. pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (beautiful) pulchrior, pulchrius (more beautiful) pulcherrimus, pulcherrima, pulcherrimum (most beautiful) longus, longa, longum (long) longior, longius (longer) longissimus, longissima, longissimum (longest) brevis, breve (short) brevior, brevius (shorter) brevissimus, brevissima, brevissimum (shortest) felix, felicis (happy, lucky) felicior, felicius (happier, luckier) felicissimus, felicissima, felicissimum (happiest, luckiest) celer, celeris, celere (swift) celerior, celerius (swifter) celerrimus, celerrima, celerrimum (swiftest) facilis, facile (easy) facilior, facilius (easier) facillimus, facillima, facillimum (easiest) difficilis, difficlie (difficult) difficilior, difficilius (more difficult) difficillimus, difficillima, difficillimum (most difficult) bonus, bona, bonum (good) melior, melius (better) optimus, optima, optimum (best) malus, mala, malum (bad) peior, peius (worse) pessimus, pessima, pessimum (worst) parvus, parva, parvum (small) minor, minus (smaller) minimus, minima, minimum (smallest) magnus, magna, magnum (large, great) maior, maius (larger, greater) maximus, maxima, maximum (largest, greatest) What's the best derivative you can find from this vocabulary set? Write and define your English derivative. Then, explain from which word it derives and how the two words connect in meaning. Sort our vocabulary (current and a few previous) into the the following four categories. Regular Adjectives longus brevis felix laetus robustus rapidus Irregular (stem change) bonus malus parvus magnus Irregular (-llimus) facilis difficilis Irregular (-rrimus) pulcher celer miser