AureliaeLacrimae Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Well, this one is fairly straightforward, so I'll keep it simple. Just recall the first and the second declension and you'll be fine. You use those endings here as well (in most cases as about 80 per cent of the adjectives are of first and second declension)Bonus, bona, bonum is one of them, and it means ''good''. This means that an adjective has three forms - bonus is masculine form and would be used with masculine nouns, for example, amicus; bona is feminine form and would be used with feminine nouns such as amica; and bonum with neuter, such as donum, so here's how it goes: M F Sg Pl Sg PlN bonus amicus boni amici bona amica bonae amicae G boni amici bonorum amicorum bonae amicae bonarum amicarum D bono amico bonis amicis bonae amicae bonis amicisAc bonum amicum bonos amicos bonam amicam bonas amicasV bone amice boni amici bona amica bonae amicaeAb bono amico bonis amicis bona amica bonis amicisRemember the rule of the neuter? Nominative equals accusative equals Vocative!And also: Plural in these cases ends on a:N bonum donum bona donaG boni doni bonorum donorumD bono dono bonis donisAc bonum donum bona donaV bonum donum bona donaAb bono dono bonis donisSome of the adjectives which also follow the pattern of bonus, bona, bonum are:clarus, clara, clarum - famousnotus, nota, notum - knownmalus, mala, malum - badmagnus, magna, magnum - bigparvus, parva, parvum - smalllaetus, laeta, laetum - happyavarus, avara, avarum - greedybellus, bella, bellum - beautifulantiquus, antiqua, antiquum - ancientSomething for practice: Combine the right form of adjective: ''magnus'' with aqua, ae,f''parvus'' with donum, i, n''laetus'' with filia, ae, f''avarus'' with dominus, i, m''antiquus'' with patria, ae, f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I would like to provide a list for Adjectives ending in -us and um:Here you go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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