As in Spanish, English, when comparing two things we want to use adjectives and their varying degrees: positive, comparative and superlative.
- The good referred to the degree simplest form:
A sunny day
- The comparison refers to a degree higher quality of one thing over another.
A better day
- The degree superlative quality concerns in its highest expression:
Today is the best day of the year
COMPARISON OF CLASSES
- COMPARISON OF EQUALITY | |
With the adjective form is interspersed between the "ace ace ..." (as tan. ..) for phrases and affirmative interrogatives and "not as ... as" or "not so ... as" negative for the phrases .
I'm as young as you
I am as young as you?
I'm not so young as you
We can use after the second 'he' pronoun in the nominative and accusative case (He, his; She, her ...)
He is as young as she; He is as young as her
If this is a comparison between two verbs, we can use the phrase "as much as (much as) in a negative way
She does not work as much as she should
When the comparison is made between two nouns have used "as much as" to the singular and "as many as" for the plural.
I have as much work as my boss
I have as many pencils as you
If we are comparing two substantive accounting (books, cars, houses ...) use "as many as ..." but if we are comparing two substantive uncountable (wood, weather, music ...) we will use the building "as much. .. ace. "
We have as many books as them
We have as much space as them
- COMPARISON OF LOWER | |
With the adjective form is interspersed among the "less than ..." (menos. that ..) but it is more usual to find the comparison of equality in a negative way (which has the same meaning).
He's less than you young
He's not as young as you
Normally it is used less for fewer and for accounting uncounted
- COMPARATIVE Superior | |
It is formed of two ways:
Adding the adjective suffix-er for the comparative superiority and-est for the superlative..
= | + er | + est |
| | |
big (grande) | bigger (más grande) | biggest (el más grande) |
The word more precedence (over) for the comparative superiority and "the most" for the superlative
intelligent
more intelligent
the most intelligent
The one-syllable adjectives form the comparative and superlative with-er and-est
old, older, the oldest
new, newer, the newest
dark, darker, the Darkest
The two syllables ending in er, and he and ow and those with the accent (prosodic) on the last syllable also form the comparative and superlative with-er and-est
clever, cleverer, the cleverest
idle, Idler, the idlest
happy, happier, the happiest
narrow, narrower, the narrowest
The remaining two-syllable adjectives and all of three or more form the comparative and superlative with more with most.
interesting, more interesting, the most interesting
COMPARATIVE AND SuperLan IRREGULAR
Some adjectives are the comparative erratically
good, better, the best
bad, worse, the worst
far, further, the furthest
CONSIDERATIONS
- When an adjective ending in-e adds only for ry-st the comparative and superlative.
long, long, the largest
- When ending in consonant and change and i
easy, easier, the easiest
- If ends in a single consonant prededida of a single vowel, double the consonant
big, bigger, the biggest
- The second term of the comparison using the form than that which corresponds to Spanish.
He is workshop than his brother
- When the comparison is made between two adjectives are used more.
She is more funny than happy
- The Spanish expression "increasing" in English is equivalent to the two comparative adjective.
The film is becoming more and more interesting
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