TFL Lesson 29 Grammar Review Flashcards
Adverbs stand ___ the verbs they modify.
before
3rd declension adjectives of two and three terminations are changed into adverbs by ___.
adding -iteror-er to the stem
The ___ implies a comparison a comparison among more than two persons or things.
comparitive
Give two examples of Latin nouns that have only plural forms and meanings. Write the Latin and English.
liberi (children), arma (arms, weapons), hiberna (winter quarters), angustiae (when it means “difficulties”)
The superlative adjective is formed by adding ___ to the stem.
-issimus, -rimus, or -limus
Some nouns have plural forms only, but may have a singular or plural ___. A noun and its verb must agree in person and ___.
meaning; number
Two nouns or pronouns compared using the adverb quam must be ___.
in the same case
When sum is used to mean there is or there are, sum will be in the ___ person, and is usually the ___ word in the sentence or ___ the subject.
third; first; before
Adjectives with stems ending in a vowel are usually compared with the adverbs ___.
magis, máximē
The ___ is descriptive.
positive
The ___ implies a comparison among more than two persons or things.
superlative
Some adjectives, especially of quantity and number, form adverbs with the ___.
accusative singular
Some verbs may take two accusatives instead of one. One example is verbs that call someone something, where the something is called a ___ and the construction is called the ___.
predicate accusative; double accusative
A comparitive adjective used to indicate degree rather than comparison means ___.
rather, too, more than the average
In adjectives and adverbs, there are ___.
degrees of comparison
1st/ 2nd declension adjectives are changed into adverbs by ___.
adding -ē to the stem
The superlative of regular adverbs is formed by ___.
adding -ē to the superlative stem
The degrees of comparison are:
positive, comparitive, superlative
Give an exampole of degrees of comparison in English using the adjective great.
great, greater, greatest
The verb ___ can be used to mean ___ or ___ in the sense of existence
sum; there is; there are
The Latin comparitive is formed by adding ___ and ___ to the stem.
-ior; -ius
In English, other adjectives and adverbs are compared by means of the words ___.
more and most
The superlative adjective is declined like ___.
bonus -a -um
In English, many positive adjectives can be changed into comparisons by adding ___ and changed into superlatives by adding ___.
-er; -est
The Latin comparitive is declined like a regular ___ noun.
3rd declension
A superlative adjective used to indicate degree rather than comparisons means ___.
very
Give two examples of Latin nouns with plural forms that have singular meanings in English. Write the Latin and English.
insidiae (plot, ambush), castra (camp), impedimenta (baggage, baggage train), angústiae (when it means “narrow place”)
The comparitive of regular adverbs is the ___.
neuter singular nominative form
