Adjectives

Degrees of Adjectives - KEY

Answer Key to Sentence Translations

1. Mercator est tristis; senex est tristissimus.
   The merchant is sad; the old man is very sad.
   
   
2. Canis erat ferox; porcus erat ferior; leo erat ferocissimus.
   The dog is fierce, the pig is fiercer; the lion is fiercest.
   
   
3. Amicus fabulam longissimam narravit.
   A friend told a very long story.
   
   
4. Murmillones erant fortes sed retiarii erant fortissimi.
   The gladiators (Gallic) were strong but the net men were the strongest.
   
   
5. Urbs est pulchra sed mons est pulcherrimus.
   The city is beautiful but the mountain is most beautiful.
   
   
6. Nos Romani sumus fortiores quam vos Graeci.
   We Romans are stronger than you Greeks.
   
   
7. Aurelia irata est sed Cornelius iratior quam Aurelia.
   Aurelia is angry but Cornelia is angrier than Aurelia.
   
   
8. Melissa est pulcherrima; Cornelia est pulchrior quam Metella. Estne Cornelia pulchrior quam Melissa?
   Melissa is very beautiful; Cornelia is more beautiful than Metella. Is Cornelia more beautiful than Melissa?
   
   
9. Cerberus est fortissimus canis.
   Cerberus is the strongest dog.
   
   
10. Iovis est potentior quam Iuno; est potentissimus omnium deorum.
    Jupiter is more powerful than Juno; he is the most powerful of all gods.
    
    

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