Adjectives have three degrees:

• Positive
• Comparative
• Superlative

• The normal adjectives you already know
• They come in two declension groups:
• 1^st/2^nd (carus, -a, -um)
• 3^rd (tristis, triste)

• formed by adding –ior to the positive stem
• car-ior, carius
• trist-ior, tristius
• translated in –er (or more ***, or rather ***)
• dearer
• sadder
• 3^rd declension only
• followed by a quam clause
• nemo carior mihi quam filius est carus
• or followed by an ablative of comparison
• nemo carior mihi filiô
• the rules of noun-adjective agreement apply

• formed by adding –issim- to the positive stem
• car-issim-us, -a, -um
• trist-issim-us, -a, -um
• translated in –est (or most ***, or very ***)
• dearest
• saddest
• 1^st/2^nd declension only
• followed by a partitive genitive
• filius meus carissimus omnium est
• quam + superlative: as *** as possible
• quam carissimus
• the rules of noun-adjective agreement apply