Adjectives

Like in English, adjectives in Latin describe a noun. You already met Latin adjectives in the story
last week, like “Flaccus fessus est,” meaning “Flaccus is tired.” Like verbs, the appearance of
adjectives depends on the noun that goes with them. Adjectives must agree in number, gender and
case. This means the change depending on whether the noun in singular or plural, nominative or
accusative, or masculine or feminine. For example:
fessus puer fessa puella
fessum puerum fessam puellam
fessi pueri fessae puellae
fessos pueros fessas puellas

In the space next to each pair, write down the number (singular or plural), gender (masculine or
feminine) and case (nom. or acc.) of each.
Care must be taken when dealing with 3rd declension nouns, because the endings won’t look the
same as the noun anymore, but will still depend on number gender and case. For example:
fessus pater fessa mater
fessum patrem fessam matrem
fessi patres fessae matres
fessos patres fessas matres

Here are some adjectives and their meanings:

fessus tired
laetus happy
paratus ready
iratus angry
anxius anxious
magnus big
miser (fem. misera) miserable
multus much, many
Correct the following Latin sentences

1. filia fessus est.

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2. filius laeta est.

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3. cena non paratus est.

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4. puer irata est.

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5. fabula non longus est.

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Translate into Latin:

1. Horatia is carrying water into the house.

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2. She is tired but she hurries.

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3. She enters the house and calls Scintilla.

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4. Scintilla praises (her) daughter.

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