582. Comparison of Adjectives. In Latin, adjectives are compared by adding to the roct of the positive the following endings: REM, 1.-Adjectives in ĕr add rĭmús (ă, ŭm) to the positive, to form the superla tive; e. g., Pulcher, pulchrior, pulcherrimus. REM. 2.—A few adjectives in lis form the superlative by adding līmūs to the root REM. 3.-The following adjectives are quite irregular in their comparison, viz.: făcilior, difficilior, similior, 1 dissimilior, făcillimus. difficillimus. simillimus. I. The Possessive Pronouns (so called because they denote possession), meus, meă, meum; tuŭs, tuă, tuŭm; suŭs, suă, suŭm; noslěr, nostră, nostrum; vestěr, vestră, vestrăm, are declined, as we have already seen (114, REM. 3), like adjectives of the first and second declension. II. Demonstrative Pronouns (so called because they point out or specify the objects to which they refer), are hic, illē, istě, îs, and their compounds, and are declined as follows: Istě, that, is declined like ille. It usually refers to objects which are present to the person addressed, and sometimes expresses contempt. III. The Intensive Pronoun, ipsě, himself, is so called because it is used to render an object emphatic. It is declined as follows: IV. The Relative Pronoun, qui, who, is so called because it always relates to some noun or pronoun, expressed or understood, called its antecedent. It is declined as follows: V. The Interrogative Pronouns, quis and qui, are so called because they are used in asking questions. Qui (which? what?) is used adjectively, and is declined like the relative. Quis (who? which? what?) is generally used substantively, and is declined like the relative, except in the forms quis, nom. masc., and quid, nom. and acc. neut. VI. Indefinite Pronouns are so called because they do not definitely specify the objects to which they refer; e. g., quīdăm, a certain one; ăliquis, some one; quisque, every one; sīquis, if any, &c. They are compounds either of quis or qui, and are declined in nearly the same manner as the simple pronouns. REM. The compounds of quis generally take quid in the neut. sing. when used substantively, and quod when used adjectively. Some of those compounds, as aliquis, siquis, take quă (nat quae) in the fem. sing. and neut. plur. 586. Paradigm of the verb Esse. INDICATIVE MOOD. IMPERFECT (might, could, would, or should be). Essěm, I might be. Esses, thou mightest be. Essět, he might be. Essemus, we might be. Essetis, you might be. Essent, they might be. Fuĕrimus, we may have been. PERFECT (may have been). Fuĕrim, I may have been. PLUPERFECT (might, could, Fuissem, I might have been. Fuisses, thou mightest have been. Fuisset, he might have been. Fuĕritis, you may have been. Fuerint, they may have been. would, or should have been). Fuissemus, we might have been |