[i] Latin adjectives agree with the noun in gender (masculine / feminine / neuter), number (singular / plural) and case (nominative, genitive etc.)
[ii] Latin adjectives are in two groups; here, we deal with
the first group: 1st / 2nd declension adjectives,
so-called because they happen to have the same endings are first and
second declension nouns:
[iii] Feminine adjectives in -a are
declined like feminine nouns in -a, and you should learn to decline them
together as follows [image]
Nouns
Italia, -ae, f., Italy
Sicilia, -ae, f., Sicily
tuba, -ae, f., trumpet (tube)
via, -ae, f., way, road, street (viaduct)
Adjectives
alta, high, deep (altitude)
clāra, clear, bright; famous
lāta, wide (latitude)
longa, long (longitude)
nova, new (novelty)
Exercise
- Longae nōn sunt tuae viae.
- Suntne tubae novae in meā casā? Nōn sunt.
- Quis lātā in silvā habitat? Diāna, lūnae clārae pulchra dea, lātā in silvā habitat.
- Nautae altās et lātās amant aquās.
- Quid ancilla tua portat? Ancilla mea tubam novam portat.
- Ubi sunt Lesbia et Iūlia? In tuā casā est Lesbia et Iūlia est in meā.
- Estne Italia lāta terra? Longa est Italia, nōn lāta.
- Cui Galba agricola fābulam novam nārrat? Fīliābus dominae clārae fābulam novam nārrat.
- Clāra est īnsula Sicilia.
- Quem laudat Lātōna? Lātōna laudat fīliam.
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- Your ways / streets / roads are not long.
- Are the new trumpets in my cottage? They’re not.
- Who lives in the wide forest? Diana, the beautiful goddess of the clear moon, lives in the wide forest.
- The sailors love deep and wide waters.
- What does your maidservant carry? My maidservant carries a new trumpet.
- Where are lesbia and Julia? Lesbia is in your cottage, and Julia is in mine.
- Is Italy a wide land? Italy is long, not wide.
- To whom does Galba, the farmer, tell the new story? He tells the new story to the daughters of the famous lady.
- The island of Sicily is famous.
- Whom does Latona praise? Latona praises her daughter.
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