Comparatives

Question 1

regular positive comparison

Answer 1

stem + regular ending

alt-us = high
miser-er = miserable
pulch-er = beautiful
fort-is = brave
feli-x = fortunate
inge-ns = huge

Question 2

regular comparative comparison

Answer 2

stem + ior

alt-ior = higher
miser-ior = more miserable
pulchr-ior = more beautiful
fort-ior = more brave
felic–ior = more fortunate
ingent-ior = more huge

Question 3

regular superlative comparison

Answer 3

stem + issimus or rimus

alt-issimus = highest/very high
miser-rimus = very miserable
pulcher-rimus = very beautiful
fort-issimus = very brave, the bravest
felic-issimus = very fortunate
ingent-issimus = very huge

Question 4

irregular positive comparison

Answer 4

bonus = good
malus = bad
magnus = big
parvus = small
multus = much/many

Question 5

irregular comparative comparison

Answer 5

melior = better
peior = worse
maior = bigger
minor = small
plus = more

Question 6

irregular superlative comparison

Answer 6

optimus = very good,best
pessimus = very bad, worst
maximus = very big, biggest
minimus = very small, smallest
plurimus = most, very many